The Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) North American chapter is pleased to announce THATCamp for computational archaeology, co-sponsored by the University of Virginia Library. It will be held Friday, August 10, 2012 in the Harrison-Small Special Collections Library of U.Va., Charlottesville, Virginia. The registration period for the event is now open and closes May 31. Registration is free. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by June 8.

THATCamp (The Humanities and Technology Camp) CAA-NA is an “unconference” with the mission of facilitating communication and collaboration between students, scholars, professionals, and other interested individuals within archaeology and related disciplines. General themes (borrowed from CAA 2012, held in Southampton, UK) are as follows:
• Simulating the Past
• Spatial Analysis
• Data Modelling & Sharing
• Data Analysis, Management, Integration & Visualisation
• Geospatial Technologies
• Field & Lab Recording
• Theoretical Approaches & Context of Archaeological Computing
• Human Computer Interaction, Multimedia, Museums

Please visit http://caana2012.thatcamp.org/ for more information. Inquiries can be made to [email protected]. You can follow announcements made on twitter at @THATCampCAANA.