Dan:

I am sending my initial findings via HISTARCH because perhaps someone 
on the list (Rick Sprague ?) can help with a problem I have encountered.

The "Star Wars" Session was indeed in 1979 and I have that Program 
(PROGRAM SHA CUA January 2-6, 1979 Nashville) which on page 4 
(unnumbered) reads:

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, January 3

1:00 Official welcome (Regency Ballroom) -
         Herbert Harper and George Fielder

SHA SESSION 4: STAR WARS 79: Will the Pole Arm of Historical 
Archaeology Be Fashioned from Nomothetic Metal or the Dream Dust of 
Structuralism: Being a Review of the Recent Work of James Deetz and 
Stanley South (Organized by G.P. Moran), Regency Ballroom

1:10    Introduction - Geoffrey P. Moran

1:20    "Sate of the Art/Science" - James Deetz

1:40    "Start of the Art/Science" - Stanley South

2:20    Review of "In Small Things Forgotten and Method and Theory" - 
W.H. Adams

2:40    R. Dickens

3:00    COFFEE BREAK

3:20    W. Kelso

3:40    M. Leone

4:00    C. Redman

4:20    R. Schuyler

4:40    Cross-Examination and Rejoinders
*********************************************************************************

The problem is that I can not find the 1979 Abstracts for the 
meeting. Does anyone on the list have the Abstracts (papers)? Were 
there Abstracts given out that year? Of course the discussants may 
not have had formal papers. I am checking my own records on that question.

Bob Schuyler



At 10:26 AM 12/3/2008, you wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>I'm keen, in a paper I'm writing, to discuss the so-called 'Star 
>Wars' session/debate at the
>SHAs circa 1978, which included contributions from Jim Deetz and 
>Stan South (among
>others).
>
>As there is little or nothing published on the session, I'd be very 
>grateful if anyone who
>was there could send their memories of the session to me by email 
>(or indeed, anyone
>who wasn't there, but has opinions about its significance or content).
>
>Any references to descriptions/discussions of the session in print 
>also gratefully received!
>
>Many thanks in advance for your assistance and guidance with this,
>
>Dan Hicks
>........................................
>Dr Dan Hicks MIFA, FSA
>University Lecturer & Curator in Archaeology
>School of Archaeology/Pitt Rivers Museum
>University of Oxford
>email: [log in to unmask]