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The 3rd LRCW Conference will be in Parma and Pisa (Italy) from the 26 to the 30 March 2008. The Organizers are Sara Santoro (Dipartimento di Storia, University of Parma), Marinella Pasquinucci and Simonetta Menchelli (Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche del Mondo Antico, University of Pisa). The specific theme is &#8220;Comparison between the Western and the Eastern Mediterranean&#8221;.&#160;The conference will include lectures and poster sessions, visits to archaeological areas and museums. As in the previous editions, pottery from several Italian archaeological contexts will be displayed; moreover, some microscopes will be at disposal in order to permit an useful exchange of ideas between archaeologists and archaeometrists. &#160;Provisional Programme &#160;The conference programme will be divided into eight sessions, each one introduced by an invited speaker and followed by 4 or 5 lectures of about 20 minutes each. Two poster sessions are also scheduled. The first one, which will be in Parma on March 27th, will be dedicated to the Eastern Mediterranean. The second one, which will be in Pisa on March 29th, will concern the Western Mediterranean. &#160;Registration&#160;People who wish to participate are kindly requested to complete the registration form attached to this circular and send it by email to: lrcw3@humnet.unipi.it by 1st September 2007. A second circular, with further details, will be forwarded to those who register. &#160;Papers &#160;People who are interested in presenting theirs papers should email to lrcw3@humnet.unipi.it an abstract of 300 words maximum, in Word format and including the title (in capitals), author&#8217;s name, address, email, and some key-words. Please, specify if you wish to present a lecture or a poster. Abstracts will be examined by the Scientific Committee to establish in which form (oral or poster) each communication will be presented. The abstracts will be printed in an abstract volume which will be distributed to the participants. The deadline for submitting abstract is 30th November 2007. &#160;Languages &#160;Official conference documents will be in Italian and English. Papers can be presented in Italian, English, French or Spanish. &#160;Publication &#160;Both lectures and posters will be published in the volume of LRCW3 conference. The deadline for submitting texts is 31st May 2008. Email: lrcw3@humnet.unipi.it Web site: http://lrcw3.humnet.unipi.it &#160;