Call for papers:
The 10th more or less annual South Central
Historical Archeology Conference will be held
26-28 September, 2008, at the Teaching Barn (in
the Dirty Classroom–hmmm) at the Winthrop
Rockefeller Institute atop genuinely beautiful
Petit Jean Mountain (think “mesa), looming above
Morrilton, Arkansas and the Arkansas River, about
30 minutes off I40, and about 1.5 hours west of Little Rock.
Folks will gather Friday afternoon, the
26th, for a distracting tour of admittedly
prehistoric but nonetheless spectacular “rock
art” (that’s the technical term) in Petit Jean
(should insert Archeological here) State Park 10
minutes from said Barn. Friday night is BYOB at
the Tack Room at WRI. Saturday will be all day
for (probably, no, certainly) interesting and
fascinating papers, not to mention clever low
budget and higher budget posters. Then a gourmet
banquet (yes, really), followed by more BYOB
revelries back at the Tack Room. Did I mention
the River Rock Grill at WRI is “soppy wet”? The
traditional Sunday morning workshop will be on
integrating historical archy, oral history, and
GIS, held in conjunction with the “Sense of
Place” exhibit, guest curated by Mary Brennan, at
the Arkansas Tech University Museum in nearby
Russellville. And then you are free to go.
After nine gatherings so far, we’re
still not sure what “South Central” really means,
so show up from wherever and help us define the
region. And bring $5 for registration.
Look pretty soon for specific
information on WRI room and meal costs at the
nifty SCHAC web site (thanks to Debbie Weddle) at
http://www.uark.edu/campus-resources/archinfo/schac.html.
And don’t forget, papers are
published on this selfsame web site with neither
the messiness of editing nor the awkwardness of
peer review. Not so great for promotions or
tenure but you get your results out there on the intertubes.
And since I'm program chair and local
arrangements chair and host, send abstracts and
contact information to me at this email address. And call your mother.
Leslie C. "Skip" Stewart-Abernathy, Ph.D.
Arkansas Archeological Survey
Winthrop Rockefeller Institute
Petit Jean Mountain
1 Rockefeller Drive
Morrilton, AR 72110
501 727-6250
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