WORKSHOPS & MEETINGS
CONFERENCES

WORKSHOPS & MEETINGS

Iowa Offers Summer Classes in Archaeology for Teachers
The Office of the State Archaeologist-University of Iowa, in concert with Southern Prairie Area Educational Association, plans to offer two, one-week courses for K-12 teachers in June and July. Archaeology for the Classroom Teacher, June 7-11, will include background on archaeological methods, an introduction to Iowa’s archaeological past, and suggestions for integrating archaeology into K-12 curricula. Archaeology for the Classroom Teacher 2: A Field Experience, July 5-9, extends this learning into the field with a hands-on test excavation at an archaeological site in southeast Iowa. Participants in the second class must have completed the first class in June or in a previous year. Teachers will receive two recertification or graduate credits for each course. Instructors for both classes are Bill Anderson, retired middle school teacher from Pekin, Iowa, and Lynn M. Alex, Director of Education and Outreach, OSA-UI. Interested persons may contact: Lynn M. Alex, OSA-UI, 700 Clinton Street Building, Iowa City, IA 52242; 319-384-0561; lynn-alex@uiowa.edu.

Teachers’ Workshop Planned for St. Simons Island, GA
Archaeology is an innovative and hands-on method of teaching objectives in all subject areas, especially social studies. It is a multi-disciplinary and versatile teaching tool that addresses multiple learning needs. A workshop, Archaeology and Enhancing Classroom Instruction, will be held July 19-22 on St. Simons Island, Georgia. It will introduce educators to a successful archaeology education program for students, which has been incorporated into the local school district’s 4th grade curriculum. Both the program and workshop are the result of a partnership between the Glynn County School System and the National Park Service at Fort Frederica National Monument. In this workshop, teachers will learn the basics of archaeology from professional archaeologists, participate in an excavation, and learn methods used in an archaeology lab. Participants will gain insight on how history is interpreted through the study of archaeology and how that can be used to enhance instruction in their classrooms. Lesson plans, activities, materials, and resources will be provided that can be adapted for use in any classroom to integrate the study of archaeology in all areas of the curriculum. For information, contact: Ellen Provenzano, Glynn County Schools Archaeology Education Coordinator, at 912-638-6200 or eproven@glynn.k12.ga.us.

Colorado Workshop to be Held in August
A Project Archaeology Teachers Institute will be held August 8-14 at Kelly Place, Cortez, Colorado, in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management. Highlights of the program include two days of the BLM workshop on Project Archaeology, a one-day hands-on archaeology dig, and two days of guided tours of Mesa Verde, Anasazi Heritage Center, and Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, plus a variety of evening cultural programs and archaeological workshops. The $750 fee includes all meals, lodging, and ground transportation. For more information or to register for the program, contact Dr. Peter Feinman, Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education, at 914-933-0440 or email feinmanp@ihare.org.

Archaeology of the Southeastern Coastal Plain to be Featured at Symposium
The South Georgia Archaeological Research Team (BOGART) will hold its annual research symposium on Saturday, August 14, at South Georgia College, Douglas, Georgia. The meeting will be held in the science building auditorium (Stubby Hall) with the morning session beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending at noon. The meeting will then reconvene for an afternoon session at 1:30 p.m. and continue until around 5:00 p.m. While the general focus will be on research from the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains, presentations from other physiographic regions will also be considered for the program. Anyone interested in making a presentation should contact Dwight Kirkland at dkirk@alltel.net or 912-384-2819. Presenters should plan for a 20-25 minute presentation with a subsequent 5 minute question/answer period. Listeners are invited too! Come down/up for a day of sharing, learning, and camaraderie.

Tulane to Host Maya Symposium
Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies will host the 3rd Annual Tulane Maya Symposium and Workshop during the weekend of October 29-31. The theme this year is Fifteen Centuries of Maya Literature from the Northern Lowlands. The program includes a series of lectures, discussions, and workshops on the hieroglyphic writing and literature of the Yucatec Maya. It is designed to be of interest to Manists and other Mesoamerican scholars, students, teachers, and researchers from related fields, as well as members of the public. This year’s event will feature talks on the latest discoveries made by epigraphers studying the growing corpus of hieroglyphic texts from the northern area, as well as current research by linguists, anthropologists, and historians who focus on the literary tradition of the northern Maya from Colonial times to the present day. A preliminary program, registration forms, and further information about the 2004 program are available on-line beginning at http://stonecenter.tulane.edu/MayaSymposium/.

Project Archaeology Workshops
Project Archaeology workshops will be scheduled in several states throughout the U.S. Attendees participating in the Teacher Workshops will learn activities that are included in the course material Intrigue of the Past: A Teacher’s Activity Guide for Grades 4-7. Fun experiences include fundamental concepts in archaeology, archaeology processes and issues, local archaeology for your area, and a field trip. For more details on Project Archaeology or to find out about workshops in your area, contact Suzanne Boles Parker, Project Archaeology Coordinator, at 970-882-4811 or suzanne_parker@co.blm.gov. Or check out the new web site at www.blm.gov/heritage/project_archaeology.htm.

Indiana Schedules Project Archaeology Educator Workshops
Project Archaeology is an educational program designed to teach young Americans to value and protect our nation’s rich cultural heritage. Through use of the educator’s resource guide, Intrigue of the Past, teachers can bring archaeology to the classroom. The following programs are to be held in Indiana this summer:

Indiana State Museum
June 29-July 1: West Lafayette, IN, (in cooperation with Purdue University)
July 27-29: Lanier Mansion State Historic Site, Madison, IN
For more information, visit our web site www.indianamuseum.org or contact Alicia Stewart, Project Archaeology Coordinator, at astewart@dnr.state.in.us or (317) 233-9348.

Martin University
July 12-14: Fort Harrison State Park, Indianapolis, IN
For more information, contact Harry Murphy at hmurphy@martin.edu.

Falls of the Ohio State Park
July 1-2: Falls of the Ohio State Park, Clarksville, IN
For more information, visit our web site www.fallsoftheohio.org or contact Bett Etenohan at betenohan@dnr.state.in.us or (812) 280-9970.

CONFERENCES

Social Sciences Conference to be Held in Hawaii
The 3rd annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences will be held from June 16-19, 2004, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference will provide many opportunities for academicians and professionals from the social sciences to interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines. Cross-disciplinary submissions with other fields are welcome. For more information about submissions, see www.hicsocial.org/cfp_ss.htm. For information on the conference, email social@hicsocial.org or check the web site at www.hicsocial.org.

AASLH to Meet in St. Louis
The 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) will be held at the Hyatt Regency in St. Louis, September 29-October 2. The theme will be Exploring Resources for Growth. The keynote speaker for the meeting will be Douglas Brinkley, director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies and professor of history at the University of New Orleans, as well as author of many books ranging from World War II to numerous presidents. Jon Kukla, Executive Director for the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation and author of A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America will be a plenary speaker. For more information, check the web site at www.aaslh.org/anmeeting.htm.

Southeast & Midwest to Hold Joint Archaeological Conference
The Southeastern Archaeological Conference and the Midwest Archaeological Conference will hold a joint meeting in 2004 in St. Louis, Missouri. The meeting will be held October 21-23 at the Mariott Hotel Downtown. For information, contact John Kelly (jkelly@artsci.wustl.edu) or Tim Baumann (tbaumann@umsl.edu).

NAI to Meet in Michigan
The National Association for Interpretation will hold a National Interpreters Workshop, November 16-20, in Grand Rapids, Mich. The theme of the workshop is An Interpreter’s Voyage. For further information, check the web site at www.interpnet.com/niw2004/index.htm.

AAM to Meet in May
The American Association of Museums will hold their 2005 annual meeting May 1-5 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The theme for the meeting is A Defining Moment: Museums at the Crossroads. For more information, check the web site at http://www.aam-us.org/hottopics.cfm?mode=list&id=51.