Friends!
On Saturday, 6 October 2012, the Illinois State Archaeological Survey and the Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be hosting this year's Midwest Historical Archaeology Conference. Our topic this year is:
Archaeological Insights and Civic Engagement: Learning from Midwest Historical Sites
The morning session is pretty well booked, with a series of 20-minute papers covering a wide variety of topics relating to public outreach and interpretation, ranging from domestic residential sites and town sites, to abandoned cemeteries and more …
The afternoon session will be devoted to individual 5-10 minute papers/presentations and posters on ANY aspect of Historical Archaeology in the Midwest. This would be a great opportunity for both undergraduate and graduate students to present the results of their research in a non-judgmental, but formal setting. We do have a number of slots open in the afternoon, and we would like to encourage everyone to consider either attending or contributing. We would like to have titles and abstracts for all presenters no later than 30 September.
There is no registration fee for this event, but we are asking everybody who plans to attend to pre-register. This will allow us to plan refreshments, etc., accordingly …
For general information on the Conference, including locations, motel recommendations, events, etc.,
please visit our general website:
http://www.isas.illinois.edu/mhac.shtml
For pre-registration, please contact me directly at [log in to unmask] and I will forward the registration
form in PDF form to you.
Thanks in advance, and I look forward to hearing from many of you!
Mark
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Mark C. Branstner, RPA
Historical Archaeologist
Illinois State Archaeological Survey
Prairie Research Institute
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571
23 East Stadium Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 217.244.0892
Fax: 217.244.7458
Cell: 217.549.6990
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