«SHA QUÉBEC 2000»
 
33rd CONFERENCE ON HISTORICAL AND UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY 
 
 
The 33rd Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology will
be held in Québec City, Canada, from January 4-9, 2000. The
Organizing Committee wishes to inform the membership that a grand
meeting will celebrate the turn of the century. 
 
Several proposals for sessions have already been received and we
are still awaiting prospective session organizers. As described
in detail in the previous bulletin and on the Conference WEB site
(www.sha.org/meet20.htm), the theme of the «SHA Quebec 2000»
conference is Waterways and Landscapes though sessions need not
be limited to this subject. Nevertheless, we recognize that
waterways and landscapes play a vital role in determining where
people live and how they settle new territories. 
 
Rivers often provided the easiest way to move inland and trade
with new people and, where natural routes were either unamenable
or inexistant, canals were frequently built to complement them.
Changes to the landscape are most evident when they involve the
built environment, but others are more subtle when physiography
is not altered. Modification of the landscape can even be
observed at the level of cultigens which in turn alter aspects of
the landscape. The most devastating impact on environments can be
seen on insular ecosystems where new plants and animal species
were introduced. Some implanted European landscapes gave exactly
the desired effect whereas others went totally amiss.
 
The emphasis of archaeology no longer bears on individual sites
in isolation, but on site systems and the transformation of
resulting landscapes under human influence. In order to explain
our built environment, we use the approach of contextual archaeology 
to understand former environments and, through an array of
techniques, we assess key variables that might have influenced
the operation of cultural systems. 
 
A few suggested topics for the «SHA Quebec 2000 Conference»
include, but are not limited to:
 
- Colonial French and Spanish archaeology in the New World;
- Public interpretation in archaeology;
- World historical archaeology;
- Urban archaeology;
- Waterways and the defense system;
- Environmental archaeology;
- Landscape archaeology;
- Conservation of archaeological sites;
- Archaeometallurgy;
- Palaeoanthropology;
- Historical ceramics;
- Ship modeling and replicas as tools for archaeology and
history;
- Recent research on river craftá: flatboat building technology;
- Small water craft: ship and boat building for ice conditions;
- The extension of European traditions in North American
shipbuilding;
- Ships of exploration and discovery;
- The wreck from Phips' 1690 military expedition against Quebec
City;
- The multi-century search for the North-West Passage and its
Legacy;
- The role of trained volunteers in underwater archaeology;
- Shipbuilding treatises and underwater archaeology finds;
- Strategic, economic and technological perspectives of waterways
as seen through archaeological sites;
- The transition from sail to motor-powered ships;
- Legislation and underwater archaeology;
- Recent trends in computer applications;
- Major projects on the theme of waterways and landscapes.
 
The deadline for all submissions is June 1, 1999. Application
forms to submit either a session or a paper can be found at
either the SHA WEB site (www.sha.org), the last issue of the
bulletin (Winter 1998) or may be obtained directly from the
Program Coordinator. ALL submissions for sessions must be sent to
the Program Coordinator and must be accompanied by a
pre-registration fee as well as an abstract. Further information
is available at the «SHA Québec 2000» website
(www.sha.org/meet20.htm).
 
Should you be interested in organizing a session, please contact:
 
Réginald Auger
Program Coordinator, CELAT, Université Laval, Québec City
(Québec), Canada G1K 7P4
(Email: [log in to unmask];  Fax: 418-656-5727 /
Phone: 418-656 2952)
 
For any other information concerning the conference, requests
should be addressed to either:
 
William Moss
Conference Co-chair, Design et Patrimoine, Ville de Québec,
c.p. 700 Haute-Ville, Québec City (Québec), Canada G1R 4S9
(Email: [log in to unmask]; Fax: 418-691-7853 / Phone: 418-
691-6869)
 
or 
 
Pierre Beaudet
Conference Co-chair, Archaeological Heritage, Parks Canada, 3
Passage du Chien-d'Or, Québec City (Québec), Canada G1R 4V7
(Email: [log in to unmask]; Fax: 418-649-8225 / Phone:
418-648-7723).
 
 
William Moss
Archeologue principal
Design et patrimoine
Hotel de Ville
C.P. 700, Haute-Ville
Quebec (Quebec)
Canada G1R 4S9
Tel. : 418-691-6869
Fax  : 418-691-7853
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