Dear Colleagues:
The relatively small and cozy, used-to-be historians-only GULF COAST HISTORY
AND HUMANITIES CONFERENCE has been convinced to include HISTORICAL
ARCHAEOLOGY in its subject area. (Yes, I am on the board and have been
working on them!) In my opinion, archaeologists and historians need to be
together more in professional conferences, so we are trying out this idea at
the next meeting in OCTOBER 1997 ON PENSACOLA BEACH, FL.
I encourage you to submit a paper on your historical archaeology research
and begin this interdisciplinary exchange with this conference. We
(University of West Florida) will present a panel on our Early Spanish
Period Presidio research in Pensacola, the Late Colonial Water Powered
Industry research in West Florida, the 1559 Luna fleet Shipwreck we are
working on, and Greg Waselkov's team will present their French colonial Old
Mobile research.
This is a researcher and graduate student friendly conference. Is should be
small (100- 200 people), no competing sessions and focused on Historical
Archaeology on the Gulf Coast. In addition, ALL THE PAPERS ARE PUBLISHED
from this conference in the Conference Proceedings.
The weather should be excellent and the hotel is right on the beach!
I encourage you and your students and colleagues to present your research
and attend this conference where historians and archaeologist working in the
same time periods can meet and share information and ideas!
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Here is the official information:
CALL FOR PAPERS
16th Gulf Coast History and Humanities Conference
HISTORY AND HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GULF COAST
October 9 - 11, 1997, Pensacola Beach, FL
$150 prize for best graduate student paper
Encouraged topics include:
investigations of archaeological sites, terrestrial and underwater
historical examination of social, economic, and political issues
archival studies
curation and exhibition of artifacts
DEADLINE: MAY 20th:
FOMATS AND INFORMATION NEEDED
Paper: 50 word abstract
Panel (Symposium): title and abstract of symposium
short resume of chair
50 word abstract for each paper
name of discussants (if any)
Roundtable (panel discussion format):
title
short resume of chair
topic for each participant
SEND TO: Professor Dan E. Miller, Department of History, University of West
Florida, Pensacola, FL 32514. Voice: 904-474-2067, FAX 904-857-6015
You also can contact me, Judy Bense, Archaeology Institute, UWF, Pensacola,
FL 32514. Voice: 904-474-3015; FAX 904-474-2764
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