Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan, “MIRAS” Social Organization in Support of Studying of Cultural Heritage (Azerbaijan) and Dokuz Eylul University of Center for Studies on Caucasian & Central Asian Archaeology (Turkey) will hold 4th International Congress of Eurasian Archaeology, ICEA, in Agsu City on 1-5 October 2012 with support of Governor of Agsu Town.

Basic purpose of the Conference is bring together archaeologists conducted excavations in the monuments covered a historical stage of old time to last Middle Ages in Eurasian region; ethnographs investigated ethnical specification of peoples; scientists and managers studied scientific and practical basis of archaeological and ethnographic tourism. Archaeological excavations, scientific research implemented lately in Azerbaijan, as well as large-scale explorations in medieval Agsu Town created circumstance for arrangement of this Conference in Azerbaijan.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Theme:
“Perspectives of Archaeological Research and Archaeo-Tourism in Eurasia Region”
Topics:
Archaeology (From earliest time to Middle Ages)
History
Rock Art
Archaeo-Tourism
Ethnography
Mythology
History of Art
Important dates:
Abstract submission deadline: 15 August 2012
Announcement of the accepted participants: 17 August 2012
Full text submission deadline: 30 August 2012
Official invitation letter sending: 31 August 2012
Arrive in Agsu and registration: 1 October 2012
Congress dates: 2-3-4 October 2012
Leave from Agsu: 5 October 2012 (12.00)
Venue:
Agsu Town, Azerbaijcan
Conference language:
Azerbaijani, Turkish, Russian and English
Presentations:
Presentations must be made 20 minutes. Russian and English-spoken reporters used Power-Point must submit presentations in Azerbaijani, or Turkish, Azebaijani, or Turkish-spoken reporters must submit presentations in English language at the first day of conference.
Accommodation:
Hotel and subsistence costs over conference of all conference participants will be paid by organizers.
Transport costs:
Transport costs will be paid by conference participants.
Registration fee:
Registration fee for members- € 100; non-members- € 125.
Proceedings:
Accepted reports will be published in the Conference Book.

SCIENTIFIC BOARD
(Alphabetical order)
Bayram Bayrakdar
(Dean of Literature Faculty, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Türkiye)
Gafar Cebiyev
(Member of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan)
Ludmila Sokolova
(Member of the Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg)
Semih Güneri
(Director of the Center for Studies on Caucasian & Central Asian Archaeology, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Türkiye)
Veli Aliyev
(Member of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan)

ORGANIZING BOARD
Fariz Halilli
(Head of Organizing Committee, Director of the Social Organization in Support of Studying of Cultural Heritage, MIRAS, Azerbaijan)
MEMBERS OF ORGANIZING BOARD
(Alphabetical order)
Emil Safarov
(Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan Department of Cultural Heritage)
Güneyhan Rüzgar
(Member of the Center for Studies on Caucasian & Central Asian Archaeology, Dokuz Eylül University, Türkiye)
Reşat İbrahimov
(Member of the Social Organization in Support of Studying of Cultural Heritage, MIRAS, Azerbaijan)
Şöle Bayramova
(Member of the Social Organization in Support of Studying of Cultural Heritage, MIRAS, Azerbaijan)