Session Call for Papers, ASOR Annual Meeting, Nov 2025: Ancient Climate and Environmental Archaeology 
Session Chairs: Brita Lorentzen (Brita.Lorentzen@uga.edu), University of Georgia and Kathleen Forste, Brown University (kathleen_forste@brown.edu) 
Our session welcomes paper submissions that examine past human interactions with climate, environment, and the earth system within west-central Asia and the wider Mediterranean world. Topics in paleoclimate and environmental archaeology are broadly defined and may include research using archaeobotany/paleoethnobotany, zooarchaeology, geoarchaeology, including macrobotanical studies, anthracology, dendrochronology, pollen, phytolith and other micro-remain analyses, geochemical approaches, isotope analyses, remote sensing and other archaeological science methods. We also welcome papers focusing on broader theoretical and historical debates and connections between regional paleoenvironmental/paleoclimate studies and modern environmental and sustainability challenges in the Anthropocene. 
 
Papers from early career and internationally based researchers are especially welcome. This is a hybrid session, so there is the option to present and attend the session virtually, as well as in person at the conference venue in Boston.
 
Abstracts may be submitted now through March 15 (https://www.asor.org/am/2025/call-for-papers-2025) 
Please note that in order to present a paper at the Annual Meeting, you must be a current member of ASOR and must register for the Annual Meeting when submitting your abstract. 
 
Scholarships through ASOR are available to cover all or part of the registration fee. Contact programs@asor.org with requests and a brief explanation. 
 
Please feel free to contact session chairs Brita Lorentzen (Brita.Lorentzen@uga.edu) or Kathleen Forste (kathleen_forste@brown.edu) with any questions.