SCHAC 10: Second Call for Papers
(And first announcement of lodging and food.)
The 10th more or less annual South
Central Historical Archeology Conference will be
held 26-28 September, 2008, at the Teaching Barn
at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, atop Petit
Jean Mountain. The Rockefeller Institute is about
30 minutes from I40 Exit 108 at Morrilton,
Arkansas and about 1.5 hours west of Little
Rock. Or, one can cruise through the Ouachitas
for awhile and come up from the south via Petit
Jean on US Hwy 7 or Oppelo on US Hwy 9.
I'm program chair and local arrangements
chair and host, so quick send titles and
abstracts and contact information to me at this
email address [log in to unmask] or
[log in to unmask] Or call at 501 727-6250 or 479 264-8149.
SCHAC 10 program
The “formal” (as if) program will begin
Friday afternoon the 26th, with a distracting
tour of prehistoric spectacular rock art in
Petit Jean State Park 10 minutes from said Barn.
Exact time to start the tour depends on if we
have so many paper submissions, but it should be
ok to arrive by 1pm without missing anything–stay
tuned. Friday night is BYOB at the Tack Room at WRI.
Saturday will be all day for fascinating
essays, field reports, descriptive analyses, wild
speculations, and sober reflections, 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 “ wet”? And it’s the only venue of its kind on the Mountain.
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
about 45 minutes away in nearby
Russellville. And then you are free to go,
unless you want to stay for a Series of Discovery
lecture by historian and archivist Tom Dillard,
“Going Beyond the Arkansas Traveler: Some
Thoughts on Arkansas Transportation History” at the Museum at 230pm.
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.
And don’t forget, complete programs are
published on this selfsame web site at
http://www.uark.edu/campus-resources/archinfo/schacpapers.html,
and so are submitted papers, 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.
SCHAC 10 Lodging and Meals
Because lodging and dining opportunities
on Petit Jean Mountain are limited to Petit Jean
State Park and the Winthrop Rockefeller
Institute, WRI has put together a package for
SCHAC 10 folks. $183.58 covers single or double
occupancy lodging for Friday and Saturday night,
continental breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday
morning, and lunch and dinner for one on
Saturday. $54.08 covers meals for someone staying
with someone else (I don’t want to
know). Participants are on your own for Friday
night (as at the WRI Grill or State Park Mather
Lodge) and for Sunday lunch in Russellville. For
those overnighting only on Saturday, $113.34
covers lodging and the Saturday meals. For those
commuting, the Saturday meals cost $43.10. For
WRI go online at www.uawri.org or call 501 727-5435.
Keep it secret, but at the I40 Exit 108
there are some fast food places, a beverage
store, and the Super 8 Motel (501 354-8188), and
at Exit 107 there is the Days Inn (501 354-5101).
These are 30 to 45 minutes from WRI and you’ll
miss all the fun. And because I’m ecumenical,
the State Park Lodge is 10 minutes away (501 727-5431).
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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