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 T2N 1N4, Canada, (403) 220-5227, fax (403) 282-9567, email 13042@ucdasvm1.admin.ucalgary.ca.

November 13-16, 1997
The American Society for Ethnohistory will hold its annual meeting at the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City. For more information, please contact 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.

November 17-19, 1997
The 4th National Conference of the National Research Council's Committee on Women in Science and Engineering will be held in Washington, D.C., on the theme"Maintaining Gender Diversity in the Federal Work Force during Periods of Downsizing." More information can be obtained at (202) 334-1841, fax (202) 334-2753, email lskidmor@nas.edu, web http://www2.nas.edu/cwse.

November 19-23, 1997
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 information, please contact Elizabeth Brumfiel, Archaeology Division Program Chair, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Albion College, Albion, MI 49224, (517) 629-0432, email ebrumfiel@alpha.albion.edu. Consult the AAA web site at http://www.ameranthassn.org for additional information.

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.

February 27-March 1, 1998
The Transition from Prehistory to History in the Southwest conference will be held in Albuquerque, N.M. It will include perspectives from both historians and archaeologists focusing on current research, synthetic presentations, and theoretical perspectives from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Results will be published. For information, contact Deni Seymour, 2301 Yale Blvd. S.E., Suite B2, Albuquerque, NM 87106, (505) 246-2606, email djslmas@aol.com, or Patrick H. Beckett, 317 N. Main, Las Cruces, NM 88001, (505) 524-8471.

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February 28-March 1, 1998
26th Annual Midwest Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology, Anthropology, and Ethnohistory will be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For information, please contact Helaine Silverman, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, email helaine@uiuc.edu.

March 6-7, 1998
21st Midwest Mesoamericanists Meeting will be held at Michigan State University, East Lansing. If you have questions or wish to be added to our mailing list, please contact Helen P. Pollard, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, 354 Baker Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, (517) 353-3135, fax (517) 432-5935, email helen.pollard@ssc.msu.edu.

March 13-14, 1998
The Caddo Conference will be held in Arkadelphia, Ark. Suggestions for program activities and events are welcomed. Program chair is Meeks Etchieson, U.S. Forest Service, P.O. Box 1270, Hot Springs, AR 71902, (501) 321-5252, fax (501) 321-5382. Arrangements chair is Ann M. Early, (870) 246-7311, fax (870) 230-5144.

March 21, 1998
The Symposium on Ohio Valley Urban and Historic Archaeology will meet at historic Riverside, the Farnsley-Moreman Landing, Louisville, Ky. For more information, contact Kit W. Wesler, Wickliffe Mounds Research Center, P.O. Box 155, Wickliffe, KY 42087, (502) 335-3681, email Kit.Wesler@murraystate.edu.

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. For 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.

April 1-4, 1998
The 67th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists will be held at the Salt Lake Hilton, downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. For program information, please contact Clark Larsen, Research Laboratories of Anthropology, Alumni Bldg., CB# 3120, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3120, (919) 962-3844, email cslarsen@email.unc.edu. For information on local arrangements, please contact Dennis O'Rourke, Physical Anthropology Program, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230, (703) 306-1758, email dorourke@nsf.gov.

April 8-11, 1998
The 1998 Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting will be held at the Hyatt Islandia Hotel in San Diego, which can be contacted at (800) 233-1234. The program will have symposia and workshops on diverse subjects including archaeological education and public outreach, Native American issues, Late Holocene cultures on the California coast, industrial archaeology, zooarchaeology, and southern California desert prehistory. For additional information, please contact Michael Sampson, California State Parks, 8885 Rio San Diego Dr., Suite 270, San Diego, CA 92108, (619) 220-5323, email msampson@parks.ca.gov.

April 17-18, 1998
The SIU/CAI 15th Annual Visiting Scholar's Conference will be held at Carbondale, Ill. The theme is"Perishable Material Culture in Archaeological Research." Deadline for abstracts is December 31, 1997. For more information, please visit http://www.siu.edu/~cai, or contact Penelope Drooker, Center for Archaeological Investigations, Faner 3479, Mail-code 4527, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4527, (618) 453-5032, fax (618) 453-3253, email pdrooker@siu.edu.

May 1-3, 1998

The 82nd Annual Meeting of the New York State Archaeological Association will be held at Bonnie Castle Resort Hotel, Alexandria Bay, N.Y. The conference theme is on St. Lawrence River archaeology. Although the modern U.S.-Canadian border did not exist in prehistory, its presence has nonetheless had a significant impact on the way we interpret the culture history of the valley. It raises the question of whether the cultural complexes we use are really objective constructs or whether they are influenced more by the border and the limits that it places on research. For additional information, please contact Tim Abel, Program Chair, at P.O. Box 81, Philadelphia, NY 13673, (315) 642-0202, email abeltj@northnet.org.

September 5-7, 1998

15th Biennial Meeting of the American Quaternary Association (AMQUA) will be held in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. For additional information, contact Socorro Lozano Garcia, Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, Apartado Postal 70-296, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico, fax (+52 5) 550-6644.

October 4-10, 1998
V Congreso de la Asociacion Latino-americana de Antropología Biológica y VI Simposio de Antropología Física"Luis Montane" will be hosted by the Sociedad Cubana de Antropología Biológica, the Museo Antropológico Montane, and the Catedra de Antro-pología from the Universidad de La Habana, Cuba. For additional information, please contact Antonio J. Martinez Fuentes, Secretario Asociación Latino-americana 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, (+53 7) 32-9000/79-3488, fax (+53 7) 32-1321/33-5774 email montane@comuh.uh.cu.

October 14-17, 1998
The 56th Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference will be held at the Radisson Inn, Bismarck, N.D. 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.

November 2-8, 1998
The IV Jornadas de Arqueología de la Patagonia will be held at Rio Gallegos. The deadline for abstracts is September 30, 1998. For additional information, please contact IV Jornadas de Arqueología de la Patagonia, INAPL, 3 de Febrero 1370 (1426), Buenos Aires, Argentina, (+54 1) 783-6554, fax (+54 2) 783-3371, email rafa@bibapl.edu.ar.

January 10-14, 1999
The World Archaeology Congress 4 will take place in Cape Town, South Africa. The theme for this conference is"Global Archaeology at the Turn of the Millennium." For additional information, please 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 http://www.globalconf.co.za/wac4.