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Kudos to former BSU anthropology students and colleagues!
The Other Side of Middletown praised in recent American Anthropological Association review (General Anthropology Bulletin of the General Anthropology Division, Spring 2007, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 15-16).
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September is Archaeology Month in Indiana
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Link to Archaeology Month web page
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2007 Midwest Archaeological
Conference
Call for Papers
University of
Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana
October 4–6, 2007
Organizer: Mark R. Schurr, University of
Notre Dame
Co-Sponsors: Department of Anthropology, UND
Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, UND
Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. of Lexington, KY
Abstracts of proposed papers and symposia
must be submitted by Aug 27, 2007.
Web
submissions are strongly encouraged. Though, submissions by mail for
symposia and
papers and posters are accepted.
Presenters must be 2007 members of the MAC.
Important Note: If you are submitting a paper or symposium proposal on an Oneota topic at the conference, please consider submitting it to an experimental multi-session symposium focusing on Oneota Studies.
Read more >
A Student Paper Competition will be held, with prizes: for consideration, submit hard copies of papers by August 27, 2007 to: Mark Schurr, 611 Flanner Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Read more >
Registration can be made by mail or on-line. Registration fees must be submitted by check (made to “2007 MAC”) or credit card. Members of the public and other non-MAC guests can register for one day attendance.
Registration fees: $60 for MAC members before September 4, 2007, $70 thereafter; student members $45 before September 4, $55 thereafter; Non-member rate is $70 before September 4 ($80 thereafter).
Vendors: contact Mark Schurr, 611 Flanner Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556; Mark.R.Schurr.1@nd.edu.
Conference Hotel: the Inn at St. Mary’s is located within one mile of the Center for Continuing Education (McKenna Hall on the Notre Dame campus) where conference activities will occur. Rooms will be $115.36, including tax and breakfast, if booked under the MAC block before September 4. You must book your room through the conference registration web site.
Conference Events and Preliminary Schedule:
On Friday afternoon October 5 there will be a bus tour to Fort. St. Joseph Museum and site ($15 in advance) and a tour of the Reyniers Laboratory for Biocultural Studies (no cost).
On Friday evening October 5 there will be a reception with an open beer/wine bar at the Morris Inn next to the conference center.
On Saturday evening October 6 there will be a banquet, with speaker Dr. Kenneth Sassaman, University of Florida, followed by a reception ($25).
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Midwest Historical Archaeology Conference 3
DePaul University, Chicago
November 2-3, 2007
The theme of MHAC3 will be “Engaged Archaeologies,” which will explore the diverse ways archaeologists can work with their many public constituencies effectively. Historical archaeologists work on sites that have direct implications for preservation and development in local communities, for identity and history of descendant populations, and for legal and popular constructions of national narratives. Historical archaeologists engage with a variety of constituencies when they conduct their research, and this dynamic is a critical concern in disciplinary practice. Finding ways to balance research goals, student training, and the concerns of these various stakeholders will be the focus of our conversations.
There is no registration fee for this year’s conference, and attendees will receive breakfast, lunch, and dinner as part of their registration. The first 60 registrants will receive a free copy of Paul Shackel's and Barbara Little's Archaeology as a Tool of Civic Engagement (2007, Alta Mira Press) prior to the conference to prepare for our afternoon open discussion after Dr. Shackel’s keynote address. Student attendees will have the option of presenting their research as posters during our lunch break on Saturday (pre-registration required).
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Knoxville, Tennessee
The Archaeological Research Laboratory and Department of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee are pleased to host the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference in Knoxville. Information about the receptions and dance will be available shortly.
Despite our best efforts to select a weekend without a home football game, the University of Tennessee recently added a home game on Saturday, November 3rd, and then designated it as Homecoming Weekend. This means that hotel rooms will be at a premium in downtown, so we STRONGLY encourage meeting attendees to make their reservations as soon as possible. However, we expect that the descent of numerous Tennessee Volunteers on the city of Knoxville will provide a festive (and orange) atmosphere more than anything else, and do not anticipate any adverse affects on the conference itself. We will not be planning a Saturday afternoon/evening event, but do hope you will enjoy the local festivities and perhaps engage in some participant observation.
Meeting Organizer:
| Boyce Driskell (865) 974-6525 bdriskel@utk.edu |
Registration Chairs:
| Kandi Hollenbach (865) 974-9647 kdh@utk.edu |
| Judy Sichler (865) 974-4002 jsichler@utk.edu |
Program Chairs:
| David Anderson (865) 974-2960 dander19@utk.edu |
| Sarah Sherwood (865) 974-9645 scs@utk.edu |
Holiday Inn Select Downtown The SEAC
room block is Full
525 Henley St.
Knoxville, TN 37902
865-522-2800
865-523-0738(fax)
http://www.hiselect.com/tys-downtown
Hotel Rate: $100/night for single/double/triple/quad, plus 17.25% tax
Group Code: SEA
Click here to make reservations through the internet, or make reservations
by phone by calling the hotel directly (865-522-2800).
Cut-off date for the SEAC group rate is midnight, September 30th, 2007.
Parking is currently $6/night per vehicle at the hotel garage.
Four Points by Sheraton-Cumberland House
1109 White Ave.
Knoxville 37916 (865-971-4663)
This hotel is within site of, and across the park from, the Convention Center
and just a short stroll.
If you identify as a SEAC participant, they will give discounted rates for first
10 rooms until July 1 of $130 per night. $5/day parking.
Crowne Plaza Knoxville
401 W. Summit Hill Dr.
Knoxville 37902 (865-522-2600)
This hotel is about four blocks from the Convention Center. Trolleys run every
15 minutes.
Rates are about $134. They have about 20 rooms left.
Hampton Inn Downtown
618 W. Main St.
Knoxville 37902 (865-522-5400)
This hotel is across the street and one block up from the Convention Center.
Regular rates are about $279/night for a football weekend.
If you identify as a SEAC participant, they will give discounted rates for first
20 rooms until July 1 of $129 for Wed and Thurs nights, $229 for Fri and Sat
nights. Free parking and breakfast.
Knoxville Marriott
500 Hill Ave SE
Knoxville 37915 (865-637-1234)
This hotel is 6 to 8 blocks from the Convention Center but trolleys run every 15
minutes.
Rates are about $160 for Wed and Thurs nights; $230 for Fri and Sat nights. Free
parking.
Hilton Knoxville
501 Church St.
Knoxville 37902 (865-523-2300)
This hotel is across from the Convention Center and accessible from raised
walkway to the Convention Center.
Knoxville Convention Center
701 Henley St
Knoxville, TN 37902
865-522-5669
knoxvilleconventioncenter.com
The Knoxville Convention Center is located in World's Fair Park, conveniently located in between downtown Knoxville and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville campus. Nearby attractions include the McClung Museum (UT campus), Knoxville Museum of Art (World's Fair Park), and the East Tennessee Historical Society Museum, Blount Mansion, James White's Fort, and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (downtown).
For more information about the City of Knoxville, please visit the following website: www.ci.knoxville.tn.us
Advance Registration due October 1st, 2007 (rates increase $5 after October 1st):
| Regular Members: $65 |
| Non-Members: $75 |
| Students: $45 |
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Online Abstract Submission Now Available!!
SHA 2008 Conference Call for Papers (PDF)
SHA 2008 Conference Exhibitor Prospectus (PDF)
SHA 2008 Conference Business/Corporate Sponsorship (PDF)
SHA 2008 Conference Event Co-Sponsorship (PDF)
How does the public benefit from historical archaeology? What are the consequences of not engaging the public or demonstrating a public benefit? How do we effectively engage the public? How can “public benefit” be one of the primary goals of our efforts in historical archaeology? The 2008 conference program will feature symposiums, sessions, panel discussions, workshops, and forums that will address these and related questions about the public benefit of historical archaeology. Proposed sessions and forums include “Historical Archaeology and Civic Engagement,” “Heritage Matters in the 21st Century,” and “Academia, Cultural Resource Management, and the Public.” We are also looking for sessions and papers on such topics as “Diaspora Studies,” “Labor Studies in Historical Archaeology,” “Archaeology of the Working Class,” “Gender Studies in Historical Archaeology,” “Rewriting Documentary History,” “Modernization and Globalization,” “Colonialism,” and “Using Historical Archeology to Reveal Painful Pasts.”
As the 2008 conference will be in Albuquerque, there will also be several special sessions on the historical archaeology of New Mexico and the Southwest. Proposed sessions will examine the Spanish entrada, the impact of European contact on indigenous peoples, military sites in New Mexico, mining, and homesteading throughout the Southwest.
Conference participants will have opportunities to explore and enjoy New Mexico’s past through tours to Chaco Canyon; Acoma Pueblo; the state’s historic capital, Santa Fe; and other historical and archaeological sites in the region. Conference participants will get to sample the special cuisine of New Mexico, and will learn the answer to the official state question: “Red or green?”
| Information on Conducting an Electronic Symposium, SHA 2008 Conference |
| Electronic Symposia, SHA Conference 2008 |
| Instructions for Electronic Symposium Organizers |
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Central States Anthropological Society
85th Annual Meeting
March 27 - 29, 2008
Indianapolis, Indiana
Adams Mark Hotel
2008 Program Chair: Claude Jacobs
Call for proposals will be made in late August
Registration will open in late September 2007
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Plantations without Pillars: Archaeology, Wealth, and Material Life at Bush Hill
Site Report Available
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The triple volume excavation report Plantations without Pillars: Archaeology, Wealth, and Material Life at Bush Hill by Melanie Cabak and Mark Groover is currently available from the University of South Carolina. Data recovery excavations conducted at Bush Hill near Aiken, South Carolina uncovered the remains of a planter's residence occupied from circa 1810 to 1920. Printed copies of Volume 1 (Context and Interpretation) are available for $18.00 including shipping. Volumes 2 and 3 are included with Volume 1 on a CD in pdf format. The CD versions of the report containing all three volumes are also available for free. To obtain the report in printed or CD format, contact Gary Coleman, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia 803-777-8170.
Excavated remains of planter's I-house at Bush Hill near Aiken, South Carolina.