The “Oxford” International Symposia on Archaeoastronomy

The “Oxford” conferences bring together researchers from around the world and from a variety of academic disciplines, working in all areas of archaeoastronomy and cultural astronomy. The original Oxford conference (“Oxford I”) took place in 1981 and they have been held at roughly four-yearly intervals ever since, with ISAAC taking over responsibility for the conferences following Oxford VII. Oxford VIII took place in Lithuania in 2007 and Oxford IX will be held in Peru in 2011.

“Oxford” conferences, past and present

	Oxford IX Lima, Peru, 2011	See this website for information about this conference.
	Oxford VIII Klaipėda, Lithuania, 2007	Publication: Astronomy and Cosmology in Folk Traditions and Cultural Heritage, edited by Jonas Vaiškūnas (Archaeologia Baltica 10, Klaipėda University Press, 2009)*
	Oxford VII Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, 2004	Publication: Viewing the Sky Through Past and Present Cultures, edited by Todd W. Bostwick and Bryan Bates (Pueblo Grande Museum Anthropological Papers No. 15, 2006)
	Oxford VI La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, 1999	Publications: Astronomy and Cultural Diversity, edited by César Esteban and Juan Belmonte (Organismo Autónomo de Museos de Cabildo de Tenerife, 2000). Keynote papers were published separately as vol. 15 of Archaeoastronomy
	Oxford V Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 1996	Publication: Current Studies in Archaeoastronomy: Conversations Across Time and Space, edited by John W. Fountain and Rolf M. Sinclair (Carolina Academic Press, 2005)
	Oxford IV Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, 1993	Several conference papers were published in the proceedings of the parallel SEAC meeting, Astronomical Traditions in Past Cultures, edited by Vesselina Koleva and Dimiter Kolev (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences/Ocarina Books, 1996)
	Oxford III St Andrews, Scotland, 1990	Publications: Astronomies and Cultures, edited by Clive Ruggles and Nicholas Saunders (University Press of Colorado, 1993) and Archaeoastronomy in the 1990s, edited by Clive Ruggles (Group D Publications, 1993) [now out of print]
	Oxford II Mérida, Mexico, 1986	Publication: World Archaeoastronomy, edited by Anthony F. Aveni (Cambridge University Press, 1989) [now out of print]
	Oxford I Oxford, England, 1981	Publications: Archaeoastronomy in the Old World, edited by Douglas C. Heggie, and Archaeoastronomy in the New World, edited by Anthony F. Aveni (Cambridge University Press, 1982) [now out of print]

 * The Oxford VIII proceedings Astronomy and Cosmology in Folk Traditions and Cultural Heritage (Archaeologia Baltica 10) can be purchased or ordered from:

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