This is a forward of a forward. Ron -----Original Message----- From: Solveig A. Turpin Subject: Fwd: CFP, 2008 SAA Meeting, Vancouver: North American Cave Archaeology
>Call For Papers, 2008 Society for American Archaeology Meeting, >Vancouver: North American Cave Archaeology > > >Scott Nicolay and Joel Craig Williams are planning a double session on >cave archaeology in North America for the 2008 SAA Meeting in >Vancouver. The combined abstract for both sessions follows: > > >Dark Origins and Bright Futures: Speleocentric Approaches to the >Archaeology of Caves in North America > >Even before archaeology existed as a discrete discipline, >archaeologists sought out caves and rockshelters for the excellent >preservation of their protected deposits. This made caves ideal for >addressing many research questions, yet little research examined the >actual purposes for which prehistoric people entered caves. These two >sessions will present speleocentric research from across North America >that recognizes prehistoric cave activity as qualitatively different >from surface activity and primarily religious in nature. > >The sessions will be divided geographically, with the eastern half >covering the Mississippi Valley and all archaeological areas to the >east, and the western half covering the Plains, Rocky Mountains, >Central Texas and the Trans-Pecos, the Southwest, the Great Basin, the >Plateau, California, the Northwest Coast, Alaska and the Aleutian >Islands, as well as the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Sonora, Durango, >Coahuila, Baja California Norte y Baja California Norte Sur, Sinaloa, >Zacatecas, Tamaulipas, and Nuevo Leon. We welcome papers addressing >not only the use of caves, but all types of earth openings, including >but not limited to rockshelters, lava tubes, fissures, earth cracks, >sinkholes, and travertine pits. Papers taking a broader extra-regional >approach will be distributed as best we see fit. Papers on sites in >Canada and northern Mexico are of special interest. Joel Craig >Williams will chair the eastern half, and Scott Nicolay, the western >half. It is our goal at the outset to seek a university press >publishing contract for the combined symposium papers as an edited >volume. > >Scott Nicolay, Shiprock, NM / Joel Craig Williams, St. Louis, MO > >Please send all abstracts and/or questions to Scott Nicolay at >[email protected] as Craig will be in the field much of the >summer. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
