Hello all.
In light of recent discussions, it seems appropriate to post this call for
papers to HISTARCH.  Apologies for cross-posting.

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS/PAPERS
for the
2001 SAA
New Orleans, April 18-22
Student Affairs Committee Sponsored Symposium
Deadline: July 31st

Archaeology as Anthropology:
Perspectives at the Start of the New Millenium

The SAA Student Affairs Committee is pleased to announce that it is
accepting abstracts for consideration to be included in their 2001
sponsored symposium: "Archaeology as Anthropology."

As we enter the new millenium, it seems productive to explore Americanist
Archaeology's place within general Anthropology.  Students, representing
the future professionals within the field, are imminently situated to
evaluate how archaeology and it's parent discipline should react and
interact with each other and other disciplines.

Session Abstract:
American Archaeology as a discipline has been traditionally housed in
anthropology departments, in part due to historical accident.  Through
time, many archaeologists have argued that archaeology could and should be
anthropological in its analysis of past societies, and actively contribute
to anthropological theory, especially in regards to explanations of
culture change.  The issue of placing archaeological inquiry firmly within
anthropology came to the forefront when "processual" theorists came on to
the scene, although it did not necessarily originate with them.  In recent
decades, alternative paradigms have highlighted both archaeology's and
anthropology's ever increasing subject and analytic diversity, as well as
connections to history, psychology, sociology, geology, geography, biology
and other disciplines.  The papers in this symposium explore archaeology's
relationship to anthropology, and discuss interconnections and
divergences.

Paper abstracts will be due to Heather Van Wormer at
<[log in to unmask]> (or,
Anthropology Department, 354 Baker Hall, Michigan State University, East
Lansing,
MI 48824-1118) by July 31st and should conform to SAA guidelines
(Guidelines can be
found at http://www.saa.org/Meetings/index.html).  The Student Affairs
Committee
members will anonymously review all submissions.  Selected papers will be
presented
at the 2001 Annual Meetings in New Orleans.