October 4-10, 1998
El V Congreso de las Asociación Latinoamericana de
Antropología Biológica y el VI Simposio de Antropología
Física "Luis Montane" will be hosted by the Sociedad Cubana de
Antropología Biológica, the Museo Antropológico Montane,
and the Cátedra de Antropología from the Universidad de La
Habana, Cuba. For more information, contact Antonio J. Martinez Fuentes,
Secretario, Asociación Latinoamericana de Antropología
Biológica, Museo Antropológico Montane, Facultad de
Biología, Universidad de La Habana, Calle 25 #455, entre J. e I. Vedado,
Ciudad Habana 10400, Cuba, (+537) 32-9000-79-3488, fax (+537) 32-1321-33-5774,
email montane@comuh.uh.cu.
October 5-9, 1998
Ninth annual Rassegna Internazionale del Cinema Archeologico festival
will feature "The Adventure of Archaeology" as this year's theme. For
additional information, contact Dario Di Blasi, Artistic Director, Rassegna
Internazionale del Cinema Archeologico, Rovereto Museo Civico, Largo S.
Caterina 43, 38068 Rovereto (TN), Italy, (+39-464) 439-055, fax (+39-464)
439-487, email museo@museocivico.rovereto.tn.it, web
www.museocivico.rovereto.tn.it.
October 7-11, 1998
The FERCO International Conference on Climate and Culture at 3000 B.C.
will be held at the University of Maine, in Orono. For more information,
contact Dan Sandweiss, Anthropology Department, S. Stevens Hall, UMaine, Orono,
ME 04469-5773, (207) 581-1889, email dan_sandweiss@umit.maine.edu. General
information is available on the web at
www.ferco.org/ferco_el_nino.html.
October 9-10, 1998
Fifth Gender and Archaeology Conference, "From the Ground Up: Beyond
Gender Theory in Archaeology," will be held at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee. For additional information, please contact either Bettina
Arnold, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box
413 Bolton Hall, Milwaukee, WI 53201, email barnold@csd.uwm.edu or Nancy
Wicker, email nancy.wicker@mankato.msus.edu. Conference abstracts also are
available on the web at www.uwm.edu/~barnold/.
October 14-17, 1998
56th Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference will be
held at the Radisson Inn, Bismarck, North Dakota. For more information, contact
Fern Swenson, State Historical Society of North Dakota, 612 E. Blvd. Ave.,
Bismarck, ND 58505, (701) 328-3675, email ccmail.fswenson@ranch.state.nd.us.
October 16-18, 1998
Primer Congreso de Arqueología de la Región Pampeana
Argentina will be held in Venado Tuerto, Provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina.
For information, contact Fernando Oliva, email mozzoni@enredes.com.
October 16-18th, 1998
Archaeologists and First Nations: Bridges From the Past to a Better
Tomorrow will be held on at the Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford,
Ontario, Canada, sponsored by the Ontario Archaeological Society. A preliminary
list of papers is available at www.adamsheritage.on.ca/oas/events.htm.
October 21-24, 1998
The 11th Navajo Studies Conference will be held in Window Rock, Arizona.
The conference will be held in the new Navajo Nation Museum, Library, and
Visitor's Center, with the theme "Diné be'iina' bindii'a (The Roots of
Navajo Life)." For information, contact Conference Secretary at NNHPD-Roads,
P.O. Box 6028, Shiprock, NM 87420, (505) 368-1067. Information also may be
obtained at www.cia-g.com/~roadprog/navstudy.html.
October 23-24, 1998
A symposium on Archaeology and Architecture of Tactical Sites will be
sponsored by the Arizona Archaeological Council, the Arizona Archaeological
Society, the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society, and Northern
Arizona University at the fall meeting of the Arizona Archaeological Council,
at the City Council Chambers in Flagstaff. It will include a two-day symposium
and workshop on tactical sites: places constructed or occupied for offensive or
defensive purposes (e.g., forts, refuges, lookouts, and breastworks). The
symposium seeks to broaden, refine, and coordinate conceptual and
methodological approaches to tactical sites and related issues. What types of
information establish the functional, cultural, and temporal associations of
suspected tactical sites? What can tactical sites tell us about the changing
modes and technologies of conflict? What roles did warfare, or the threat
thereof, play in demographic, settlement, and sociopolitical dynamics? The
symposium will feature diverse forums intended to encourage a broad
participation. To participate, submit a description of your presentation or a
paper title and abstract to John Welch (email and wordperfect disk submissions
appreciated). Proceedings will be published. For additional information,
contact John R. Welch, Symposium Facilitator, P.O. Box 584, Fort Apache, AZ
85926, (520) 338-5430, fax (520) 338-5488, jwelch@mail.bia.gov.
October 26-31, 1998
ICRONOS Semaine Internationale du Film Archiologique, Bordeaux
Association du Festival International du Film Archiologique (AFIFA). The
biennial festival of recent films on archaeology, partly organized around a
theme, serves as the centerpiece for an intensive week-long, regional
archaeology awareness program. The main theme for the sixth festival is Rome
and its provinces. However, a special event will commemorate the Year of Egypt
and the contributions of Champollion, and part of the program will be dedicated
to documentaries reporting international news about the field over the past two
years. For information, contact Director Philippe Dorthe or Comissaire Giniral
Maryse Chatrix, 20 Quai de la Monnaie, 33000 Bordeaux, France, +(33)
556-52-22-75 or 556-94-22-20, fax +(33) 556-79-74-33 or 556-94-27-87.
November 2-8, 1998
Cuarta Jornadas de Arquelogía de la Patagonia will be held at
Río Gallegos. For information, contact IV Jornadas de Arquelogía
de la Patagonia, INAPL, 3 de Febrero 1370 (1426), Buenos Aires, Argentina,
(+541) 783-6554, fax (+542) 783-3371, email rafa@bibapl.edu.ar.
November 11-14, 1998
The 55th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference
will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Greenville, South Carolina. For
information, contact Ken Sassaman, SRARP, P.O. Box 600, New Ellenton, SC 29809,
(803) 725-1130, email sassamank@garnet.cla.sc.edu.
November 12-15, 1998
The 31st Annual Chacmool Conference will be held at the University of
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, with the theme, "On Being First: Cultural Innovation
and Environmental Consequences of First Peoplings." For further information,
contact 1998 Conference Committee, Department of Archaeology, University of
Calgary, Calgary AB T1N 2N4, Canada, fax 2820-9567, email
nicholls@acs.ucalgary.ca.
November 12-15, 1998
The American Society for Ethnohistory will hold its Annual Meeting at
the Radisson Metrodome/University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. For
information, contact Jean O'Brien-Kehoe, Department of History, University of
Minnesota-Twin Cities, 614 Social Science Tower, Minneapolis, MN 55455, email
obrie002@maroon.tc.umn.edu or Brenda Child, Program in American Studies,
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 104 Scott Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455,
email child011@gold.tc.umn.edu.
November 19, 1998
The Council for British Archaeology/British Universities Film and Video
Council Working Party (CBA/BUFVC) will collectively celebrate its 21st
anniversary this year with an award ceremony at the House of Lords, sponsored
by Channel 4 Television. Departing from standard procedures on this occasion,
overall winners will be selected in each film category from among previous
winning films. Productions released from 1996 to the present will be eligible
for consideration. For additional information, contact Cathy Grant, 55 Greek
St., London W1V5LR England, (+44-171) 734-3687, fax (+44-171) 287-3914, email
bufvc@open.ac.uk, web www.bufvc.ac.uk.
November 19-22, 1998
The Inter-Congress Meeting of UISPP Commission for Data Management and
Mathematical Methods in Archaeology will be held in Scottsdale, Arizona.
For more information, consult our web page archaeology.la.asu.edu/uispp,
or contact George Cowgill, cowgill@asu.edu, or Keith Kintigh, kintigh@asu.edu,
Department of Anthropology, P.O. Box 872402, Arizona State University, Tempe,
AZ 85287-2402.
January 5-10, 1999
The 1999 Society for Historical Archaeology conference on historical and
underwater archaeology will be held at the Hilton Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The theme is "Crossroads of the West: 19th-Century Transportation, Mining, and
Commercial Development in the Intermountain West" (including emigrant trails,
stagecoach routes, the Pony Express, the Transcontinental Railroad, telegraph
lines, and highways). For further information, contact Don Southworth, Program
Coordinator, or Michael R. Polk, Conference Chair, Sagebrush Consultants, 3670
Quincy Ave., Suite 203, Ogden, UT 84403, (801) 394-0013, fax (801) 394-0032,
email sageb@aol.com.
January 7-14, 1999
Second International Conference on The Inspiration of Astronomical
Phenomena ("INSAP II"), will be held in Malta exploring the theme of the
exploration of mankind's fascination with the astronomical phenomena that
define the sky--the lights in the sky, by day and by night--which have been a
strong and often dominant element in human life and culture. Scholars from
various disciplines (including archaeology, art, classics, history and
prehistory, mythology and folklore, philosophy, the physical sciences, and
religion) will meet to discuss the impacts astronomical phenomena have had on
mankind. Presentations by attendees will be grouped under four main topics:
art, literature, myth and religion, and history and prehistory. The
presentations will be published. For information, contact R. E. White, Steward
Observatory, University of Arizona, (520) 621-6528, email
rwhite@as.arizona.edu, web ethel.as.arizona.edu/~white/insap.htm.
January 10-14, 1999
World Archaeology Congress 4 will be held in Cape Town, South Africa.
The theme is "Global Archaeology at the Turn of the Millennium." For
information, contact Carolyn Ackermann, WAC4 Congress Secretariat, P.O. Box
44503, Claremont, 7735, South Africa, +27 (21) 762-8600, fax +27 (21) 762-8606,
email wac4@globalconf.co.za, web www.globalconf.co.za/wac4.
March 12-13, 1999
The National Council for Preservation Education, in partnership with the
National Park Service and Goucher College will hold its second national forum,
"Multiple Views; Multiple Meanings," at Goucher College, Towson, Maryland. It
will focus on the critical issue of historical integrity, in light of the new
disciplines, approaches, and methods being integrated. The conference attempts
to bring together individuals from a variety of backgrounds to exchange
ideas--anthropologists, archaeologists, architects, architectural historians,
cultural historians, cultural and historical geographers, folklorists,
historians of landscape and landscape architecture, historic preservationists,
planners, social historians, and urban historians working in academic
institutions, preservation offices, and private practice. For further
information, contact Michael A. Tomlan, Project Director, National Council for
Preservation Education, 210 W. Sibley Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
14853, (607) 255-7261, fax (607) 255-1971, email mat4@cornell.edu.
March 24-28, 1999
The 64th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology will be
held in Chicago at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers. For information,
contact LuAnn Wandsnider, Program Chair, Department of Anthropology, University
of Nebraska, 126 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0368, (402) 472-8873, email
lwand@unlinfo.unl.edu.
April 20-25, 1999
The Society for Applied Anthropology will convene the 58th Annual
Meeting in Tucson, Arizona, with the theme "Constructing Common Ground:
Human and Environmental Imperatives." Program Chair Willie Baber invites
participation and abstracts around this general theme. The meeting will include
applied social scientists from various disciplines and backgrounds. Registrants
will explore this theme and construct solutions in a variety of
domains--agriculture, health care, education, conservation, and economic
development. The exchange will occur in structured paper sessions,
problem-focused round table discussions, and poster sessions. Abstracts
deadline is October 15, 1998. For additional information, contact the Offices
of the Society, P.O. Box 24083, Oklahoma City, OK 73124, (405) 843-5113, fax
(405) 843-8553, email sfaa@telepath.com. For pre-registration forms visit our
webpage www.telepath.com/sfaa.
October 4-8, 1999
XIII Congreso Nacional de Arqueología Argentina will be held at
Cabildo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina. For information, write Casilla de
Correo 1082, Correo Central 5000, Córdoba, Argentina, fax (+ 54 51)
68-0689, email 13cnaa@ffyh.unc.edu.ar, web www.filosofia.uncor.edu.
November 7-11, 1999
The Departments of Conservation and Archaeological Research at the Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation announce a multidisciplinary conference designed to
bring conservators, archaeologists, and forensic anthropologists together to
discuss the unique problems faced when working with human remains. Each
discipline approaches this material from a different point; at times the
techniques used by one discipline may impede the work of another. The
conference will serve as a forum for discussions relating to the need for
standardization (does it exist?) and the potential for developing policies and
procedures for the removal, documentation, and storage of human remains.
Session topics include analytical methods, ethical issues pertaining to the
retrieval, conservation, and analysis of human remains, legal issues, questions
of display, and a session covering storage and the potential biohazards of the
improper handling of human remains. For more information and/or to be placed on
the mailing list, contact Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg Institute, P.O.
Box 1776, Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776, (800) 603-0948, (757) 220-7182, fax
(757) 565-8630, email dchapman@cwf.org.