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>Subject: McDowell Mountains Symposium March 1999
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>MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISTRICT SYMPOSIUM
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>Call For Papers
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>Roadrunner Archaeology & Consulting and the City of Scottsdale would like
>to invite you to present an academic paper at a symposium on the
>archaeology of the McDowell Mountains and surrounding area. The format for
>papers is fairly open, but papers will be grouped into four general
>temporal periods - Archaic (Preceramic), Preclassic, Classic/Proto
>Historic, and Historic. The McDowell Mountain Archaeological (District)
>Symposium is being planned to present and share, between the academic and
>public communities, the archaeological data of the McDowell Mountain
>District compiled in recent years. With the rapid growth of the McDowell
>Mountain area, numerous surveys and several archaeological excavations have
>been completed that have significant bearing on the overall regional view
>of prehistory and history. This symposium will allow the various
>archaeological firms that have conducted investigations in the district to
>share their data not only with the academic community, also with the public
>at large. By so doing, we will all have a better understanding of our
>predecessors and the environment in which they lived. In turn, this
>understanding will provide the current community the opportunity to
>preserve and incorporate the rich legacy of the McDowell Mountains. The
>area being considered as the McDowell Mountains archaeological District
>includes the entire range of the McDowell Mountains to the Rio Verde on the
>east, south to the confluence of the Rio Verde with the Rio Salado at Red
>Mountain, all of the bajada area north of the Rio Salado and south of the
>McDowell Mountains, the geographical area known as Paradise Valley on the
>west, and north to Granite Mountain. Essentially, this is the area of
>precipitation runoff from the McDowell Mountains. Papers will be limited to
>15-20 minutes each, but more than one paper on a single site may be
>presented, provided each paper covers a different aspect of the data.
>Individuals my author or co-author several papers, however, no individual
>may present more than two papers at the symposium. Topics might include:
>regional perspectives; a general overview of site types in the District (or
>a portion of it) during all or any of the four temporal peiods given above;
>specific site overviews; and the character and influence/ significance of a
>specific artifact type (i.e., ceramics, shell, projectile points, et
>cetera). Contributing authors will need to provide an abstract of their
>paper by January 15, 1998. Papers presented at the Symposium will be
>considered for publication. Contact K.J. Schroeder at (602) 921-4055 by
>November 15, 1998, if you would like to participate. The Symposium will be
>held at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library Auditorium on Saturday, March
>20, 1999. For those who preregister, an 'indigenous' lunch will be
>provided. To preregister, contact Rosemary Van Kalsbeek at the Scottsdale
>Tourism Development Office, (602) 994-7989. Registration is free. Leading
>up to the Symposium, the City of Scottsdale will also sponsor events for
>children and the general public to increase awareness and support of both
>archaeological and human resources extant within the McDowell Mountain
>Archaeological District. Plans are still being made, but might include
>presentations at Scottsdale Libraries, the Desert Discovery Center, Salt
>River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and Fort McDowell Indian Community.
>Individuals who wish to get involved with this aspect of the Symposium
>should contact Judy Register, Scottsdale Library Director, at (602) 994-2454.
>
>
Anita Cohen-Williams
Lab Director, San Diego Presidio Excavation Project
Listowner of HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, SPANBORD
Co-listowner/Manager of ANTHRO-L
Contributing Editor, Anthropology page, http://www.suite101.com
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/cohwill/index.html
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