The March 1979 SHA Newsletter reproduced essentially the same information,
with slightly less detail. No discussion or commentary on the conference.
My program and abstracts for this conference are missing from an otherwise
complete set of conference programs dating from 1975 onwards. Spooky?
I recall the Star Wars session in great detail though I admit I had
completely forgotten, indeed erased the memory, that certain individuals had
commented on the South & Deetz 1977 books. No one can accuse me of 20/20
hindsight.
I always wished Jim Deetz had published more on his brilliant notion of
developing a formula for assessing levels of domestic strife on the basis of
sherd breakage. (Grin.)
mcb
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Robert L. Schuyler
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> 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]
>>
>
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