There is a solid, small, interactive conference of historians and historical
archaeologists being held soon that should be of interest to historical
archaeologists, historians, ethnohistorians, and students in these fields.
The program has good research being presented and roundtable discussions.
The information is below. Contact me or Dan Miller (historian:
[log in to unmask]) for further information.
HISTORY AND HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GULF COAST CONFERENCE
October 9-11, 1997 at the Hampton Inn on Pensacola Beach, FL.
Program highlights:
Thursday October 9-11
1 - 5:30 PM
Panel: History and Archaeology at the Presidio Santa Maria de Galve,
Pensacola" Preliminary Summary of Research in Progress. Chair Judy Bense,
University of West Florida, Commentator: Paul Hoffman, Louisiana State
University.
Friday, October 10:
8 - 10 AM
Panel: Shipbuilding and Commerce on the Gulf Coast and Environs: 1840 -
1920. Chair Samuel C. Hyde, Southeastern Louisiana University, Commentator:
Bradley G. Bond, University of Southern Mississippi.
Panel: Settling the Gulf Coast and the Interior. Chair Joseph Cotter,
University of Arizona
10 AM -noon
Panel: Pensacola's Tristan de Luna Shipwreck: The Latest Findings. Chair:
Roger C. Smith, Florida Division of Historical Resources, Commentator:
Donald Keith, Ships of Discovery.
Panel: Native American Interaction with Europeans on the Gulf Coast.
Chair: Jane E. Dysart, University of West Florida, Commentator: Robin A.
Fabel, Auburn University.
1 - 3:15 PM
Roundtable Discussion: Colonial History and Archaeology on the Gulf Coast:
Trends and Traditions. Leader: Judy A. Bense, University of West Florida.
Panel: Archival Holdings Related to Gulf Coast History and Archaeology.
Chair: W. Dean deBolt, University of West Florida., Commentator: Timothy
Hamilton, Tulane University.
3:30-5:30 PM
Roundtable Discussion: Archaeology of Mid-16th Century Spanish Ships
Involved in the Colonization and Exploitation of the New World. Leader:
Roger C. Smith, Florida Division of Historical Resources
Panel: Spanish contributions to Gulf Coast History. Chair: Charles
Dranguet, Southeastern Louisiana University, Commentator: William S. Coker.
Friday Evening: Banquet and Keynote Speaker Jerald T. Milanich: Laboring
in the Fields of the Lord: New Perspectives on the Missions of Spanish Florida.
Saturday, October 11:
8 - 10 AM
Cultural Contact and Conflict on the Gulf Coast. Chair: Jane Landers,
Vanderbilt University, Commentator: Samuel C. Hyde, Southeastern Louisiana
University.
10 AM - noon
River Communities on the Gulf Coast. Chair: C. Howard Nichols, Southeast
Louisiana University, Commentator: Jack Bergstrasser, University of Alabama,
Birmingham.
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