The 1995 annual meeting of the American Society for Ethnohistory will be held
in Kalamazoo, MI on Nov. 2-5, 1995. We are planning to organize a symposium
for the meeting that may be of interest to some of the readers of HISTARCH. We
solicit interest and comments via email, fax, snail mail, morse code, etc. The
focus of thr session will be the contribution of archaeology and material
culture studies to ethnohistory.
CALL FOR PAPERS
1995 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR
ETHNOHISTORY
KALAMAZOO, MI
NOVEMBER 2-5, 1995
Title: The Contribution of Archaeology and Material Culture Studies to
Ethnohistory: Their Complementary, Contradictory, and Interrogatory Roles
in Understanding Native North America
It is well established that historical data can be generated from a variety of
sources. These include not only a wide range of documents such as maps,
photographs, letters, diaries, biographies, field notes, and other written
accounts, but also interviews, oral tradition, narratives, folklore, myth, art,
ethnographic specimens, and archaeological remains. Indeed, practitioners in
the field of ethnohistory have long accepted that history and more traditional
anthropological pursuits have much to say to each other. We propose to
organize a symposium to showcase a range of approaches that bring the
interpretations of archaeological materials and ethnographic objects to bear
on the study of Native American culture. Towards this end, we seek papers
that demonstrate explicitly how the analysis of material objects can
complement, contradict, and interrogate information derived from other
historical sources. Papers should relate the material world to change and
continuity in the social, cultural, and political life of Native North
Americans.
For further information, contact either of us at the addresses below by May 1,
1995:
Michael S. Nassaney
Department of Anthropology
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5032
616-387-3981
fax: 616:387-3999
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Eric Johnson
UMASS Archaeological Services
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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