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Symposium on Bison Ecology and Management in North America will be held at the Holiday Inn in Bozeman, Mont., to provide a forum on utilizing various disciplines to understand and manage bison in North America. Sessions explore how disease, genetics, ecology, management, prehistory, and tribal concerns affect bison. For information, contact Bison Symposium, Montana State University, 235 Linfield Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717, (406) 994-3414.
June 7-8, 1997
The 18th Mid-South Archaeological Conference will meet at the Arkansas
State University Museum in Jonesboro. Topics are "Native American Reaction to
Archaeology," "History of Archaeology," and "Current Research in the
Mid-South." For information, contact Dan or Phyllis Morse, email
dmorse@osage.astate.edu.
July 11-13, 1997
Natural Catastrophes during Bronze Age Civilizations: Archaeological,
Geological, Astronomical and Cultural Perspectives will be held at
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, England. Organized by the Society
for Interdisciplinary Studies, historians, archaeologists, climatologists, and
astronomers will discuss whether the astronomical evidence of neo-catastrophist
astronomers can be substantiated by the archaeological and climatological
record. For information, please contact Benny J. Peiser, Liverpool John Moores
University, School of Human Sciences, Byrom St., Liverpool L3 3AF, England,
(0151) 231-2490, fax (0151) 298-1261, web
http://www.knowledge.co.uk/xxx/cat/sis/.
June 16-20, 1997
IX Congreso Nacional de Arqueología Uruguaya, sponsored by the
Uruguayan Archaeological Society, will be held at Colonia del Sacramento. For
more information, contact Comision Organizadora, General Flores 174, Colonia,
Uruguay, phone or fax (598+522) 3768, email spintos@adinet.com.uy.
July 21-25, 1997
XI Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala will
meet at the Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología. For
additional information, please ontact Dora de González, Museo Nacional
de Arqueología y Etnología, Edificio 5, La Aurora Zona 13,
Guatemala City, Guatemala.
July 21-25, 1997
The 17th International Congress of the International Association of
Caribbean Archaeologists will be held at the Bahamian Field Station, San
Salvador Island, Bahamas. For information, contact John Winter, Program Chair,
Molloy College, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre, NY 11570, (516)
678-5000, fax (516) 678-7295, email winjo01@molloy.edu.
July 28-August 1, 1997
A War without End: Crossing the Threshold of the Millennium, sponsored
by the College of Anthropology of Yucatán, Mexico, will commemorate the
150th anniversary of the Guerra de Castas de Yucatán. Symposia and paper
topics are invited. For information, contact Luis A. Varguez Pasos, Calle 16
No. 439, Col. Petcanche, C.P. 97145, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, fax
(91 99) 28-5115, email vpasos@tunku.uady.mx.
August 5-9, 1997
South Seas Symposium: Easter Island in Pacific Context, a conference on
Easter Island and the Pacific region, will be cosponsored by the Easter Island
Foundation and the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico.
Papers on Polynesian social organization, linguistics, paleoenvironments,
prehistoric adaptation, and the archaeology of stone architecture are
encouraged. For additional information, please contact Christopher Stevenson,
ASC Group, 4620 Indianola Ave., Columbus, OH 43214, (614) 268-2514, fax (614)
268-7881, email obsidlab@aol.com.
August 21-23, 1997
The Conservation of Outdoor and Indoor Scupture and Monuments, a
workshop at Brookgreen Gardens, Murrell's Inlet, S.C., is sponsored by the
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, Brookgreen Gardens,
SOS! (Save Outdoor Sculpture!), Southeastern Museums Conference, the North
Carolina Museums Council, and the South Carolina Federation of Museums. Current
issues and research in sculpture conservation--including assessment, treatment
and maintenance, and strategies for conservation--will be explored in this
practical, hands-on conference led by professional conservators surrounded by
an outstanding collection of scuplture. To request registration materials or
any additional information, please contact Sarah Luster, NCPTT, NSU Box 5682,
Natchitoches, LA 71497, (318) 357-6464, fax (318) 357-6421, email
lusters@alpha.nsula.edu.
September 18-21, 1997
The 3rd Biennial Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference will be held
in Bozeman, Mont. Participation of researchers from all areas of study
pertaining to the Rocky Mountains is encouraged. Participants are encouraged to
organize forums as an alternative to symposia. For more information, please
contact Ken Cannon, National Park Service, Midwest Archeological Center,
Federal Bldg., Room 474, 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, NE 68508-3873,
(402) 437-5392 ext. 139, fax (402) 437-5098, email ken_cannon@nps.gov; or Jack
Fisher, Department of Sociology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
59717-0238, (406) 994-5250, fax (406) 994-6879, email
isijf@msu.oscs.montana.edu, www http://www.montana.edu/wwwrmac/.
September 22-26, 1997
XII Congreso Nacional de Arqueología Argentina will be held at
the Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque
S/N, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. For additional information, please
call (+54 21) 25-6134, fax (+54 21) 25-7527, or email museo@isis.unlp.edu.ar.
September 22-26, 1997
X Reuniao da Sociedade de Arqueologia Brasileira will be held in Rio de
Janeiro. For more information, contact Maria Cristina Tenerio or Sheila M.F.
Mendonca de Souza, Departamento de Antropologia, Museu Nacional, Quinta da Boa
Vista sn. Sao Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. CEP 20 940 040, (55 21) 590-3789
ext. 2154, or 222-6390, fax (55 21) 280-8194 or 262-6139,
sferraz@manguinhos.ensp.fiocruz.br, maducris@ax.ibase.org.br, or
http://www.painet.com.br/~tfranco.
October 2-5, 1997
The Society for Industrial Archaeology will hold its 1997 Fall Tour in
Alexandria, La. An extant turn-of-the-century sawmill, complete with railroad
equipment, is the piece de resistance. Other sites include plywood and paper
mills, other process industries, and locks and dams. The event is hosted by the
Louisiana Forestry Association and sponsored by the Rapides Parish Cooperative
Extension Service and the National Center for Preservation Technology and
Training. For additional information, please contact Lauren B. Sickels-Taves,
P. O. Box 597, Natchitoches, LA 71458, (318) 352-5747, fax (318) 352-6619,
email taves@cp-tel.net. For a copy of the registration, fax-on-demand will be
available as of July 1, 1997, at (318) 357-3214.
October 4-5, 1997
The 16th Annual Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and
Ethnohistory will be held at the University of Maine, Orono. For
information, contact Dan Sandweiss, Department of Anthropology, S. Stevens
Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5773, email
dan_sandweiss@voyager.umeres.maine.edu.
October 13-18, 1997
XIV Congreso Nacional de Arqueología Chilena will be held at the
Dirección de Bibliotecas y Archivos, Universidad de Chile,
Copiapó. For more information contact Miguel Cervellino, Casilla de
Correo 134, Copiapó, Chile, phone/fax (+56 52) 21-2313.
October 15-18, 1997
The Museum Computer Network Annual Conference will be at the Union
Station Hyatt Regency, St. Louis, Mo. The conference will address issues
relating to successful communication and how it is fundamental to fulfill the
educational mission of cultural heritage institutions: to interpret and
exhibit. For information, contact Michele Devine, Museum Computer Network, 8720
Georgia Ave., Suite 501, Silver Spring, MD 20910, (301) 585-4413, email
mcn@mcn.edu.
November 5-8, 1997
The 54th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference
will be held at the Radisson Hotel, Baton Rouge, La. For more information,
contact David Kelley, Coastal Environments, 1260 Main St., Baton Rouge, LA
70802, email cei@premier.net.
November 13-16, 1997
The 30th Annual Chacmool Conference will be held on the theme, "The
Entangled Past: Integrating History and Archaeology." Suggested topics include
colonialism and culture contact, oral history, museums and the presentation of
history, photography as a historical resource, perceptions of time,
multivocality in history, and critical analysis of historical sources. For
information, contact Nancy Saxberg, Chair, 1997 Conference Committee,
Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW,
Calgary, Alberta, T2N1N4, Canada, (403) 220-5227, fax (403) 282-9567, email
13042@ucdasvm1.admin.ucalgary.ca.
October 24-26, 1997
Taming the Taxonomy: Toward a New Understanding of Great Lakes
Archaeology is the theme of the 1997 Joint Symposium of the Ontario
Archaeological Society and the Midwest Archaeological Conference, to be held
at the Novotel Hotel, North York, Ontario, Canada. There is currently an
imponderable number of traditions, co-traditions, horizons, phases and
"cultures" in use in the archaeological literature of the Great Lakes region.
The goal is to identify new directions for a taxonomy that would enhance rather
than obscure communication among researchers in neighboring regions. A full-day
plenary session will feature invited speakers and panelists addressing such
topics as the evolution of sociopolitical structures, and material culture
change through time, but without any reference to existing taxonomic systems.
Topically related 20-minute papers are now being solicited for the moderated
open sessions. For information, please contact Ronald F. Williamson,
Archaeological Services, 528 Bathurst St., Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2P9, Canada,
(416) 966-1069, fax (416) 966-9723, email archaeology@sympatico.ca.
November 13-16, 1997
The American Society for Ethnohistory will hold its annual meeting at
the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City. Papers, organized sessions,
special events, and speakers that treat any world area are encouraged.
Abstracts of 50-100 words on appropriate submission forms and preregistration
fees of U.S. $40 (regular participants), U.S. $20 (student or retired
participants), or N $40 (Mexican participants) are due by June 6, 1997. Write
for submission forms and return to either William O. Autry, 1997 ASE Program
Cochair, P.O. Box 917, Goshen, IN 46527-0917, (219) 535-7402, fax (219)
535-7660, email billoa@goshen.edu, or Jesús Monjarás, Director de
Etnohistoria, INAH, Paseo de la Reforma y Calzada Gandhi, Colonia Polanco, CP
11560, Mexico City, Mexico. Limited travel funds will be available for students
who are presenting papers. More detailed abstracts will be required.
November 19-23, 1998
The American Anthropological Association 96th Annual Meeting will be
held in Washington, D.C. Archaeologists are encouraged to reassert their
presence in the association. For additional information, please contact
Elizabeth Brumfiel, Archaeology Division program chair, Department of
Anthropology and Sociology, Albion, MI 49224, (517) 629-0432, email
ebrumfiel@alpha.albion.edu. Be sure to consult the AAA web site at
http://www.ameranthassn.org for the call for papers and meeting forms.
January 7-11, 1998
The Society for Historical Archaeology annual meeting will be held in
Atlanta, Ga. To obtain additional information, please consult the web page at
http://www.mindspring.com~garrowga/sha1998/index.html.
March 25-29, 1998
The 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology will be
held in Seattle at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center and the
Sheraton. The deadline for submissions is September 3, 1997. For additional
information, please contact Jonathan Driver, Program Chair, Department of
Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6,
Canada, (604) 291-4182, fax (604) 291-5666, email driver@sfu.ca.