Call for Papers

International Symposium on the Metallurgy of the European Iron Age II (SMEIA II)

Conference on 28^th and 30^st October 2025 at the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) in Mainz.

The Iron Age with its new economic system is characterised by innovations such as the development of iron metallurgy and the processing and further engineering of precious metals and copper alloys. A “1^st International Symposium on the Metallurgy of the European Iron Age (SMEIA I)” was held in Mannheim in 2010. In 2025 it will be 15 years ago and numerous interesting studies have been performed in recent years, so it is time to organize a second conference on the topic of Iron Age metallurgy. We are therefore already looking forward to the “2^nd International Symposium on the Metallurgy of the European Iron Age (SMEIA II)”, which will be held at the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie in Mainz from Tuesday, 28^th to Thursday, 30^th of October 2025.

We are looking forward to contributions on European Iron Age iron and non-ferrous metallurgy, research on gold, silver, copper alloys and iron, smelting furnaces and technical ceramics.

We propose sections on:

Late Bronze Age – Iron Age transition
Interaction between Mediterranean cultures and the North
Innovations in Iron Age metallurgy
Trade and provenance
Transition to the Roman Iron Age

Call for papers

Please send your proposal together with an abstract (150-200 words) and up to date address until Monday, 31^st March 2025 to SMEIA2025(at)leiza.de

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