Society for American Archaeology

 

Wednesday Evening, Apr 22

Symposium Archaeology Beyond Archaeology
Organizers: Michael E. Smith,C. Michael Barton & Michelle Hegmon
Chairs: C. Michael Barton & Michelle Hegmon
Participants: Michael E. Smith; Tim A. Kohler; C. Michael Barton; Margaret C. Nelson; Joseph A. Tainter; Patrick V. Kirch; Rebecca Storey; Carla M. Sinopoli; Michelle Hegmon; Robert Costanza
Discussants: Robert Costanza; James F. Brooks

Thursday Morning, Apr 23

General Session Recent Research in Central American Archaeology
Chair: Kathryn E. Sampeck
Participants: Jeb J. Card and Laura Matthew; Masakage Murano, Hiroto Fukuda and Kenji Kanegae; Kathryn E. Sampeck and William Fowler; Thomas A. Wake

Symposium New Perspectives on Old Issues in Maya Studies
Organizer: Maline D. Werness
Chair: Elizabeth Olton
Participants: Maline D. Werness; Elizabeth Olton; Michele Mae Bernatz; Philippe Bezy; Penny Steinbach;

Sponsored Forum Toward a New Curriculum: The Future of Applied Archaeology in Higher Education
(Sponsored by SAA Committee on Curriculum)
Organizers: E. Christian Wells & Pei-Lin Yu
Moderator: E. Christian Wells
Discussants: Michael Blake; Amanda B. Esterhuysen; ; Barbara Little; Dominic Perring; Patricia S. Plunket; Anthony G. Sinclair

Symposium Investigations in the Cupul Region of the Northern Maya Lowlands: the Xuenkal Archaeological Project
Organizers: Justin P. Lowry,Trent Stockton & Eric K. Stockdell
Chair: Justin P. Lowry
Participants: T. Kam Manahan and Traci Ardren; Justin P. Lowry; Daniel Vallejo Caliz; Elizabeth R. Konwest; Eric K. Stockdell; Trent Stockton; Fernando Godos González; ALEJANDRA ALONSO-OLVERA, Eric Stockdell and Trent Stockton; Julie K. Wesp, Traci Ardren, Alejandra Alonso and T. Kam Manahan; Traci Ardren, Alejandra Alonso and T. Kam Manahan
Discussants: Tomas Gallareta Negron; E. Wyllys Andrews

Symposium Archaeology of Puebla-Tlaxcala
Organizer: J. Heath Anderson
Chair: J. Heath Anderson
Participants: J. Heath Anderson; Aurelio Lopez Corral; Gabriela Urunuela, Cristina Desentis, Patricia Plunket and Manuel Vera; James J. Sheehy and Miguel Medina Jaen; Patricia S. Plunket and Gabriela Uruñuela; Sergio Suárez; Blas R. Castellon Huerta and Ignacio Castellon; Aleksander Borejsza, Emily McClung de Tapia, Isabel Rodríguez López, Sergey Sedov and Lorenzo Vázquez Selem; Richard Lesure, Aleksander Borejsza, David Carballo and Jennifer Carballo; Mari C. Serra
Discussant: Kenneth Hirth

General Session Classic and Postclassic Mesoamerica
Chair: Angela C. Huster
Participants: Angela C. Huster; Cherra Wyllie; Lane F. Fargher, Richard Blanton and Verenice Heredia Espinoza; Laura R. Stiver Walsh; David B. Wahl and Francisco Estrada-Belli; Michelle L. Trogdon

Thursday Afternoon, Apr 23

Symposium Investigations at Cerro Jazmin, Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca
Organizer: Veronica Perez Rodriguez
Chair: Veronica Perez Rodriguez
Participants: Kirk Anderson and Joshua Edwards; Margaret K. Neff; Leigh Anne Ellison; Veronica Perez Rodriguez

Poster Session New Research in the Casas Grandes World
Organizers: Gordon F.M. Rakita & Todd L. Van Pool
Chairs: Todd L. Van Pool & Gordon F.M. Rakita
Participants: Karen Slonim, Karen Slonim and Todd VanPool; and Emily Carriker; Marc Thompson; Jerimy J. Cunningham and Jerimy Cunningham; and David Wilson; Aaron T. Walter and Aaron Walter; Gordon F.M. Rakita, Gordon Rakita and Todd Van Pool; Hayley Logeson and Hayley Logeson; Sara A. Rugroden and Sara Rugroden

General Session Ethics Bowl

General Session New Research on the Preclassic Maya
Chair: Lucy E. Cogswell
Participants: Karen Pereira; Lynneth S. Lowe and Bruce Bachand; Lucy E. Cogswell; John J. Tomasic and Andrew Wyatt; Jeffrey R. Vadala; Jessica A. Bercovici; Sarah Kurnick; Angela H. Keller; Caitlin Earley

Symposium Recent Investigations on the Sacred Precinct of Tenochtitlan: The Seventh Field Season of the Proyecto Templo Mayor
Organizers: Leonardo López Luján & Gregory Pereira
Chair: Leonardo López Luján
Participants: Leonardo López Luján; Saburo Sugiyama, Tenoch Medina, Shigeru Kabata and Ivan Hernandez; Agustín Ortiz, Luis Barba and Jorge Blancas; Ximena M. Chávez Balderas and Alejandra Aguirre; Gregory Pereira, Camila Pascal, Ángel González López, José María García and Julie Kay Wesp; Aurora Montufar and Alejandra Alonso; Osiris Quezada, Amaranta Argúelles and Norma Valentín
Discussants: Frances F. Berdan; Elizabeth M. Brumfiel

Symposium On Sacred Ground: The Life History of a Place and Its People
Organizer: Michael Heilen
Chair: Michael Heilen
Participants: Ivan W Davis, Andy Bean and John Hall; Marlesa A. Gray; Roger Anyon; Stephen A. McElroy, Malcolm Hooe and Matthew Lewis; Catherine McMahon and John D. Hall; Michael Heilen; Cannon S. Daughtrey, Michael Heilen and John Hall; Kimberly Spurr, Rochelle Bennett, Kristin Sewell and Michael Heilen; Joe T Hefner and Kristin Sewell; Lorrie Lincoln-Babb, John McClelland, Willa Trask and Shari Tiedens; Tracie D. Diaz; Kristin J. Sewell, Callie Unverzagt and Charlotte Cable; Jeremy W. Pye, Shannon Acothley and Kristin Sewell; Karen K. Swope and R. Scott Plumlee; R. Scott Plumlee, Shari Tiedens, Ashley Morton and Callie Unverzagt
Discussant: Lynne Goldstein

Symposium Lithic Technological Systems: Evolutionary Approaches to Understanding Stone Technologies as a Byproduct of Human Behavior
Organizers: Nathan B. Goodale & William Andrefsky
Chairs: William Andrefsky & Nathan B. Goodale
Participants: Nathan Stevens; R. L. Lyman; Colin P. Quinn; Robert Bettinger, Christopher Morgan and Loukas Barton; Loukas W. Barton, Christopher Morgan, Robert Bettinger and Dongju Zhang; Charlotte Beck and George T. Jones; Jennifer M. Ferris; Carl P. Lipo, Brooke Hundtoft and Terry Hunt; Marcus J Hamilton and Briggs Buchanan; Nathan B. Goodale, William Andrefsky, Lara Cueni, Curtis Osterhoudt and Ian Kuijt; Lisa M. Fontes, Nathan Goodale, Anna Prentiss and Curtis Osterhoudt; Anna Marie Prentiss, Curtis Osterhoudt, Nathan Goodale and Nicole Crossland; Todd L. Van Pool, Michael O'Brien and R. Lee Lyman; Michael J. Shott
Discussants: Kenneth M. Ames; James L. Boone

Symposium Rethinking Garbage in the Archaeological Record: Theoretical Perspectives and Case Studies from the Maya Region
Organizers: Michelle E. Rich,Olivia C. Navarro Farr & Zachary Hruby
Chair: Olivia C. Navarro Farr
Participants: Zachary Hruby; Jennifer P. Mathews; Olivia C. Navarro Farr; Cameron L. McNeil; Tara Bond-Freeman; Michelle E. Rich; Jason W Barrett; Eleanor Harrison-Buck; Michael Callaghan and Brigitte Kovacevich; Jeffrey H. Hokanson and William Walker
Discussant: Zachary Hruby

General Session Lithic Technology and Raw Material Selection
Chair: Jeffrey T. Rasic
Participants: Magen E. Coleman, Jeffrey Ferguson, Michael D. Glascock, J. David Robertson and Stanley Ambrose; David E Purcell; Jim A. Railey; Julie Esdale; Karen Caffrey, Michael R. Bever, Matthew T. Boulanger and Michael D. Glascock; Adam J. Nazaroff and Lee Drake; Andrew T. Riddle and Alexandra Sumner; Jeffrey T. Rasic; Jim D. Cassidy; Javier G. Iñañez, Jaume Buxeda i Garrigós, Vassilis Kilikoglou, Amelia Rodríguez Rodríguez and Robert J. Speakman

General Session Social Theory
Chair: Betsy A. Marzahn-Ramos
Participants: Megan A. Teague and James Davidson, Ph.D; Elizabeth M. Scott; Betsy A. Marzahn-Ramos

Thursday Evening, Apr 23

Sponsored Forum Public Education in Archaeology: How are We Doing?
(Sponsored by SAA Public Education Commitee)
Organizer: Lynn M. Alex
Chair: Lynn M. Alex
Discussants: Shereen Lerner; Carol McDavid; Carol J. Ellick; Elaine Franklin; Ben S. Thomas; Phyllis E. Messenger; Cassandra R. Harper; Joelle G. Clark; Judith Bense

Symposium Innovative Analytical Techniques in Coastal Guatemalan Archaeology
Organizer: James T. Daniels
Chair: Hector Neff
Participants: Kristin N. Safi, Hector Neff, Carl Lipo and Oswaldo Chinchilla; Tony T. Quach, John G. Jones and Hector Neff; Adrian Abella and Dr. Hector Neff; James T. Daniels; Brigitte Kovacevich, Rafael Castillo, Molly Morgan and Hector Neff; Maureen F. Lynch; Victor J. Castillo, Hector Neff, Ronald Bishop and M. James Blackman
Discussant: Barbara Arroyo

Sponsored Forum Students Present! How to Prepare and Deliver a Successful Paper
(Sponsored by Student Affairs Committee)
Organizer: Lesley D. Frame
Chair: Lesley D. Frame
Discussants: Kimberlee S. Moran; Cerisa R. Reynolds; Elizabeth A. Bollwerk; Laura M. Short; Bryan D. Tucker; Charlotte M. Cable

General Session Architecture and Ideology in Classic Maya Centers
Chair: Brett A. Houk
Participants: Ryan Mongelluzzo; Kenichiro Tsukamoto; Maria M. Martinez; Shane M. Lutz and David B. Small, Phd.; Brett A. Houk, Gregory Zaro and Débora Trein; Kevin R. Schwarz; Jeremy D. Coltman; Adrienne M. Tremblay; Timothy J Smith; M. Kathryn Brown

Symposium Reconstructing the Natures of Communities in the Intermediate Area
Organizers: Scott Palumbo & William A. Locascio
Chair: William A. Locascio
Participants: Scott Palumbo; Adam C. Menzies and Adam Menzies; Roberto A. Herrera; Sarah M. Rowe and Sarah Rowe; William A. Locascio and William Locascio; Julia C. Mayo and CARLOS MAYO; Ana Maria Boada; Ilean I. Isaza and Ilean Isaza; Geoffrey McCafferty, Geoffrey McCafferty, Rhianne McKay and Tanya Chiykowski; Patricia Hansell and Patricia Hansell; Francisco E. Romano and Francisco Romano; Charles A. Berrey and Charles A. Berrey; Mauricio Murillo Herrera and Alexander J. Martin

Symposium The Subterranean Discipline: Cave Archaeology in the 21st Century
Organizers: Scott Nicolay & Joel C. Williams
Chairs: Joel C. Williams & Scott Nicolay
Participants: Ksenija Borojevic; Scott Nicolay; Joel C. Williams, Susie Jansen, Scott Buskey, Ann Scott and Jon Beard; Sarah A. Blankenship, Alan Cressler and Jan F. Simek; Kenneth B. Tankersley; Patty Jo Watson; Amy Leska; John Greer and Mavis Greer; Staso Forenbaher, Timothy Kaiser, Sheelagh Frame and Ksenija Borojevic; Sheila Dawn Coulson; Mike R. Eddy; Robert Carr, William C. Schaffer, Jeff B. Ransom and Michael P. Pateman; Sonia E. Guillen, Steve Knutson and Agustin Rodríguez; Richard F. Townsend; Brent Woodfill
Discussant: Holley Moyes

General Session Identity and Ethnicity Formation in the Maya Area
Chair: Melanie J. Kingsley
Participants: Linda Howie, Christine D. White and Fred J. Longstaffe; Allan L Maca and Katherine Miller; J. Gregory Smith and William Ringle; Chelsea Blackmore and Shankari Patel; Jason J. Gonzalez; Carolyn R. Freiwald; Melanie J. Kingsley; Claire Novotny

Friday Morning, Apr 24

General Session Curriculum Issues in Archaeological Education
Chair: Laurie W. Rush
Participants: Francis Scardera; Laurie W. Rush; Mary M. Furlong

General Session Formative Mesoamerica
Chair: Billie Follensbee
Participants: Melissa K. Logan; Jason P. De León; Billie Follensbee; Carl J. Wendt and Roberto Lunagómez Reyes

Symposium 2009 Fryxell Award: Michael D. Glascock and the MURR Archaeometry Laboratory
Organizer: Robert J. Speakman
Chair: Robert J. Speakman
Participants: Hector Neff; Ronald L. Bishop, M. James Blackman and Erin L. Sears; Robert J. Speakman, Darrell Creel and Myles Miller; Robert H. Tykot; Cynthia L. Otis Charlton and Thomas H. Charlton
Discussants: Barbara L. Stark; Michael D. Glascock

General Session Use-Wear and Experimentation Studies
Chair: Kathryn Krasinski
Participants: Kathryn Krasinski and Gary Haynes; German Loffler; Kaoru Yonekura; Kaoru Akoshima; Scott Johnson and Grant McCall; Dashiell Glazer, Lisa Frink and Karen Harry; Michael R. Hilton

Symposium The Great Maya Droughts in Cultural Context
Organizer: Gyles Iannone
Chair: Gyles Iannone
Participants: Jim J. Aimers and Gyles Iannone; Gyles Iannone, Jason Yaeger and David Hodell; Nicholas P. Dunning, McCormick Carmen, Timothy Beach and John Jones; Thomas Sever, Robert Griffin, Udaysankar Nair and Matthew Welch; Kitty F. Emery and Erin K. Thornton; Antoine Repussard, Henry P. Schwarcz, Kitty F. Emery, Erin K. Thornton and Jonathon Malatesta; David L Webster; George A Brook, Holley Moyes, Jaime Awe and James Webster; Holley Moyes, James Webster, Jaime Awe and George Brook; Matt O'Mansky and Arthur Demarest; Andrew K. Scherer and Charles Golden; Arlen F. Chase and Diane Chase; Fred Valdez and Vernon Scarborough; Douglas J. Kennett, Patrick Bartlein, Kevin Cannariato, Yemane Asmerom and Megan Walsh; Keith M. Prufer, Brendan Culleton, Bruce Winterhalder, Jaime Awe and Douglas Kennett; David Hodell and Jason Yaeger

Symposium Studies of the production of space in ancient cities.
Organizers: Andy T. Creekmore & Kevin D. Fisher
Chairs: Andy T. Creekmore & Kevin D. Fisher
Participants: Andy T. Creekmore; Yoko Nishimura; Kevin D. Fisher; David M. Buell; Rodney D. Fitzsimons; Anna Razeto; Stephanie Wynne-Jones and Jeffrey Fleisher; John E. Kelly and James Brown; Jerry D. Moore; Ian G. Robertson; Jeffrey D. Seibert; Aline Magnoni, Bruce Dahlin, Scott Hutson and Traci Ardren; Barbara L. Stark
Discussant: George L. Cowgill

Poster Session The Gault School of Archaeological Research: Perspectives on the Earliest Peoples in the New World.
Organizer: D. Clark Wernecke
Chair: D. Clark Wernecke
Participants: D. Clark Wernecke and D. Clark Wernecke; Michael B. Collins and Michael Collins; Cinda L. Timperley and Cinda Timperley; C. Andrew Hemmings, C. Andrew Hemmings, Jessi Halligan, J. M. Adovasio and AShley Lemke; Jon C. Lohse, Jon Lohse, Jim Mead, Charles Frederick, Lorena Paiz and Molly Morgan; Marilyn Shoberg and Marilyn Shoberg; Jessi J. Halligan, Jessi Halligan, James Adovasio and C. Andrew Hemmings

Sponsored Symposium TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL INVENTORY OF PREHISTORIC MINES AND QUARRIES
(Sponsored by Prehistoric Quarries and Early Mines Interest Group)
Organizers: Peter Topping & David J. Field
Chair: Peter Topping
Participants: Pedro Diaz-del-Rio, Juan M. Vicent, Alfonso Fraguas, Antonio Menchero and Susana Consuegra; Lynn E. Fisher, Susan Harris, Corina Knipper and Rainer Schreg; David J. Field; Peter Topping; Gabriel Cooney, Thomas Kador, Aimeé Little and Graeme Warren; Manek Kolhatkar and Adrian Burke; Thomas E. Emerson, Randall Hughes, Sarah Wisseman and Kenneth Farnsworth; Margaret C. Brewer-LaPorta, Philip LaPorta and Scott Minchak; Paul Katz; Véronique DARRAS; Olaf Jaime-Riveron and Dolores Tenorio; Cecilia Perez Winter, Raven Carper and Laura Salgan

Symposium Mesoamerica's Formative: New Approaches In and Out of Olman
Organizers: Natalia R. Donner & Jillian L. Mollenhauer
Chairs: Jillian L. Mollenhauer & Natalia R. Donner
Participants: Guy D. Hepp; Erika Morales Vigil; Josue A. Gomez, Douglas J. Kennett, Hector Neff, Michael D. Glascock and Barbara Voorhies; Annick J. E. Daneels; Jonathan H. Arana, Natalia Donner and Paulina Arellanos; Natalia R. Donner, Paulina Arellanos Soto and Jonathan Hernández Arana; Consuelo Morales; Santiago A. Garcia; Hirokazu Kotegawa; Jillian L. Mollenhauer
Discussants: Annick J. E. Daneels; Christopher A. Pool

Symposium What is New in Mesoamerican Cave Archaeology: The Implications of New Field Discoveries for Method and Theory, Part I
Organizer: James E. Brady
Chair: Ann M. Scott
Participants: James E. Brady; Allan B. Cobb and James Brady; Idi Okilo; Eden Chavez; Mario Giron; Melanie P. Saldana and C.L. Kieffer; Crystal L. Kieffer and Melanie Saldana; Leslie C. Shaw, Eleanor King, James Brady and Allan Cobb; Cameron S. Griffith

Poster Session Mesoamerica, Caribbean and Survey Methods Poster Session
Participants: Susan D. deFrance and Michelle LeFebvre; Susan D. Gillespie, Joshua Toney and Michael Volk; Andrea L. Torvinen; Robert E. VanderPoppen, Ivo van der Graaff, Thijs Nales and John van Tol; Dennis K. Wardlaw, John Schultz and Charles Dionne; Marijke M. Stoll; Craig T. Goralski; Nathan D. Wilson; Amy Karabowicz; Zaida Darley and Philip Reeder; Carley Smith, Douglas J. Kennett, Thomas A. Wake and Barbara Voorhies; Shawn G. Morton; Jillian E. Galle, Fraser Neiman, Leslie Cooper and Derek Wheeler; Jason Fenton; Lacey B Carpenter, William Whitehead and Lacy Carpenter; Meagan M. Kochel and William Whitehead; Katherine A. Miller; Ashley E. Sharpe and William Saturno; and Bobby Braly; Bridget A. Alex, Deborah Nichols and Michael D. Glascock; Janet Rafferty, Jeffrey Alvey and Keith Baca; Stephen L. Whittington, Andrew Workinger, Jamie Forde and Jessica Hedgepeth; Leslie G. Cecil; Jessica MacLellan and William Saturno; Marcie L. Venter and Wesley D. Stoner; V. Garth Norman; Jose L. Punzo and Hugo Sandoval Martínez; Gerald F. Schroedl, Todd Ahlman and Bobby Braly; Ethan K. Kalosky and Keith Prufer; Claudette A. Casile, Nicholas P. Dunning and John G. Jones; ; Travis F. Doering, Lori Collins and Mary Pohl; Amanda T. Groff

Poster Session Soil Geochemistry in the Maya area of Mesoamerica
Organizer: Richard E. Terry
Chair: Richard E. Terry
Participants: Chris Balzotti, Chris Balzotti, Richard Burnett and Richard Terry; Daniel Bair, Daniel Bair, Richard Terry, Bruce Dahlin and Marilyn Masson; Gordon L Rees, Gordon Rees, Richard Terry and Chris Balzotti; Richard E. Terry, Daniel Bair and David Anderson; Eric Coronel, Eric Coronel, Richard Terry, Daniel Bair, Rachel Bair and Chelsea Katseanes

Poster Session Recent Archaeological Research in Pre-Columbian Pacific Nicaragua
Organizers: Carrie L. Dennett & Geoffrey McCafferty
Chair: Geoffrey McCafferty
Participants: Carrie L. Dennett and Carrie L. Dennett; Tanya Chiykowski, Tanya Chiykowski and Kari Griffith; Kent Bromley, Kent D. Bromley and Carrie L. Dennett; Nicole R Jessup and Nicole Jessup; Brett Watson, Brett Watson and Geoffrey McCafferty; Sacha J. Wilke, Sacha Wilke and Sharisse McCafferty; Natasha Leullier Snedeker and Natasha Leullier Snedeker

Friday Afternoon, Apr 24

General Session Production and Exchange Models among the Maya
Chair: Darcy L. Wiewall
Participants: Matthew Patrick Yacubic and Timothy Pugh; Krista L. Garcia; Darcy L. Wiewall and Linda A. Howie; Nicholas F. Hearth; Elizabeth H. Paris; Satoru Murata and Francesco Berna

Sponsored Symposium Must Be True, I Saw it in a Video!
(Sponsored by Media Relations Committee)
Organizer: Renata B. Wolynec
Chair: Renata B. Wolynec
Participants: Renata B. Wolynec; Jon S. Czaplicki; Zachary Nelson; Pei-Lin Yu; Kristen E. Mt. Joy and Kristen Mt.Joy
Discussants: Richard M. Pettigrew; Andrea Elyse Messer

Symposium Teaching Ethics in Archaeology
Organizer: Paula Kay Lazrus
Chair: Joe E. Watkins
Moderator: Paula Kay Lazrus
Discussants: William Andrefsky; Robert A. Clouse; Janet E. Levy; Jeffrey H. Altschul; Phyllis E. Messenger

Symposium Beyond Empire: the Local and the Marginal in Archaic States
Organizer: Michael O. Sugerman
Chair: Michael O. Sugerman
Participants: Paul S. Goldstein; Stuart T. Smith; Michael O. Sugerman; Destiny Lynn Crider and Sarah Clayton; Stacie M. King; J. Cameron Monroe; John Cherry and Susan Alcock
Discussant: George L. Cowgill

Sponsored Symposium Beyond Provenance: Ceramic Petrography and Ceramic Technology
(Sponsored by Society for Archaeological Sciences)
Organizer: Maria A. Masucci
Chair: Maria A. Masucci
Participants: Maria A. Masucci; George L. Pevarnik; Patrick S Quinn and Margie Burton; Yukiko Tonoike; David V. Hill; Thomas H. Charlton and María Eugenia Guevara Mendoza; Sophia E. Kelly, Gordon Moore, David Abbott and Christopher Watkins; Jerolyn E Morrison and Mara T. Horowitz; Miriam E. Cantor; Sandra L. López Varela; Anabel Ford, Frank Spera and Brianne Catlin; Evangelia Kiriatzi; Marie-Claude Boileau
Discussants: John W. Hoopes; Charles C. Kolb

Symposium Cultural Expression and Style in the Huasteca
Organizers: Katherine A. Faust & Diana Zaragoza
Chair: Diana Zaragoza
Participants: Gustavo A. Ramirez; Denisse G. Santiago; Kim N. Richter; Diana Zaragoza; Sandra Xochipiltecatl V; Katherine A. Faust; Sophie Marchegay; Patricio Davila Cabrera

Sponsored Symposium Actors' and Artifacts' Agencies: The Dynamics of Creating Living Objects
(Sponsored by Archaeological Division of the American Anthropological Association)
Organizers: Christine S. VanPool,Elizabeth A. Newsome & Christopher Carr
Chairs: Christine S. VanPool & Elizabeth A. Newsome
Participants: Elizabeth A. Brandt; David S. Whitley; Christopher Carr and Anna Novotny; William H. Walker and Michael B. Schiffer; Christine S. VanPool and Elizabeth Newsome; Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin and Christine VanPool; Jay Williams; Aleks Webster; Christina T. Halperin; Megan E. O'Neil; Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh; Elizabeth A. Newsome; Michael Kabotie; James Luna
Discussant: Timothy R. Pauketat

Symposium Territoriality in Archaeology: The Politics of Land and Space
Organizers: Nathaniel P. VanValkenburgh & James F. Osborne
Chairs: Nathaniel P. VanValkenburgh & James F. Osborne
Participants: Nathaniel P. VanValkenburgh and James Osborne; Paul Dresch; John Bintliff; Bradley J. Parker; Derek T. Anderson and Maria Nieves Zedeño; Patricia A. Urban and Edward Schortman; Thomas G. Garrison; Steven B. Kosiba; Sonia Alconini; Namita Sugandhi; Morag M. Kersel
Discussants: Monica L. Smith; Robert Sack

Symposium Communities Across Space & Through Time: Investigations in Southeast Mesoamerica
Organizers: Lauren E. Schwartz & Marcela J. Esqueda
Chair: Lauren E. Schwartz
Participants: Lauren E. Schwartz; David Rogoff; Zachary D. Lee; Chester R. Liwosz; Gabriella Soto and Lauren Schwartz; John A. Compton; Emmett Brady and Edward Schortman; Marcela J. Esqueda; Karla L. Davis-Salazar and E. Christian Wells; Hayden N. Schortman, Patricia Urban and Edward Schortman; Jeanne Lopiparo; William J. McFarlane and Miranda Stockett; Charlie C. Webber
Discussant: Ellen E. Bell

Symposium What is New in Mesoamerican Cave Archaeology: The Implications of New Field Discoveries for Method and Theory, Part II
Organizers: Ann M. Scott & Crystal L. Kieffer
Chair: Crystal L. Kieffer
Participants: Guillermo De Anda Alaniz; Gabrielle Vail; Matthew Patrick French, Sergio Garza, Serinah Alexandri, Christian Christensen and Torben Redder; Sergio Garza, Serinah Alexandri and Matthew French; Serinah Alexandri, MATTHEW FRENCH, VICTOR J. CASTILLO and SERGIO GARZA; Ann M. Scott and Judith M. Maxwell; Luis Barba; Jeffrey H. Altschul and René Millon; Rebecca Sload and George L. Cowgill; Daniel Cutrone; Jon Spenard and Margaret Skrivseth
Discussants: Keith M. Prufer; Dominique Rissolo

Symposium Archaeological Research in Honduras: Understanding Ancient Lifeways in the Intermediate Area
Organizers: Terance Winemiller,Eva Martinez Ordonez & Virginia Ochoa-Winemiller
Chair: Terance Winemiller
Participants: Terance Winemiller and Virginia Ochoa-Winemiller; Heather McKillop; Christopher T. Begley; E. Christian Wells and Alejandro Figueroa; Julia A. Hendon; Laura C. O'Rourke; Silvia Salgado Gonzalez, John W. Hoopes, George O Maloof III and Mario Arias; Rus Sheptak and Kira Blaisdell-Sloan; Doris Maldonado, Jeanne Lopiparo and Shanti Morell-Hart
Discussants: Frederick W. Lange; Rosemary A. Joyce; Eva Martinez Ordonez

Sponsored Forum Who is Archaeology's Active Audience?:Insights and Applications from the National Survey on Recreation and the Environment
(Sponsored by Public Education Committe and the Public Archaeology Interest Group)
Organizer: Maureen Malloy
Chairs: Maureen Malloy & Linda K. Derry
Discussants: Linda K. Derry; Gary T Green; David Lindsay; Barbara Little; Julia A. King

General Session Built Environment
Chair: Elaine D. Schele
Participants: Elaine D. Schele; Christopher B. Wolff; Lori D. Collins and Travis Doering; Susan A. Dublin; Sarah E. Jackson and Joshua Wright

Saturday Morning, Apr 25

Symposium Of Crystal Balls and Possible Pathways:Visions of (co-) Futures in Archaeology
Organizer: Tamara L. Bray
Chair: James A. Zeidler
Participants: Kacy L. Hollenback and Maria Nieves Zedeno; Tamara L. Bray; Scott R. Hutson; K. Anne Pyburn; Randall H. McGuire; James A. Zeidler and Richard Edging

General Session North and West Mexico
Chair: Loni Kantor
Participants: Verenice Y. Heredia Espinoza; Nicolas M. Caretta, Armando Nicolau and Achim Lelgemann; David A. Muñiz and Jose Luis Punzo Diaz; Loni Kantor and Ben Nelson; Jennifer L. Meanwell; Michael D. Mathiowetz

General Session New Research in Quintana Roo, Campeche, and NW Belize
Chair: Robyn L. Dodge
Participants: Tatiana Zelenetskaya Young; William J. Folan, Edwin Barnes, Raymundo Gonzalez Heredia, Maria del Rosario Dominguez Carrasci and Abel Morales Lopez; Justine M. Shaw; Robyn L. Dodge and Fred Valdez, Jr.; Jeffrey B. Glover, Dominique Rissolo, Joseph Ball and Fabio E. Amador; Jason Sherman and Laura Villamil

General Session Digital Data
Chair: Sarah W. Kansa
Participants: David S. Clarke; Margaret Sabom Bruchez, Elizabeth I. Louden and Joel Gordon; Christopher Goodmaster; Sarah W. Kansa and Eric Kansa; Jessica M. Freas; Bulent Arikan; Jorgen Bergstrom

General Session Outreach and Archaeological Education
Chair: Meggie Dunivent
Participants: Meggie Dunivent, Thomas Foster and Susan E. Fishman-Armstrong, M.A.; AMALIA PEREZ-JUEZ; Stephen A. Brighton; Meredith H. Anderson; Rita F. Elliott and Laura Seifert

Forum Is Archaeology Useful?
Organizers: Ian B. Straughn & Liv G. Nilsson Stutz
Chair: Liv G. Nilsson Stutz
Discussants: Shannon L. Dawdy; Carol McDavid; Jeremy Sabloff; Joe E. Watkins; Margaret C. Nelson; Mark Pluciennik; Rita P. Wright

Sponsored Symposium Iconoclash and the Archaeology of Violence Toward Images
(Sponsored by Columbia Center for Archaeology (Columbia University, New York))
Organizer: Severin M. Fowles
Chair: Severin M. Fowles
Participants: Severin M. Fowles; Doug Bailey; ; Ellen F. Morris; Darryl A. Wilkinson; Anand V. Taneja; Ian B. Straughn; Terence N. D'Altroy; Zoë Crossland; Nan A. Rothschild

Symposium Communities in Time
Organizer: Eva L. Hulse
Chair: Eva L. Hulse
Participants: Scott E. Ingram; Dustin M. Keeler; Matthew L. Murray; Mark Tveskov; Matthew D. Moriarty and Ellen Spensley; William A Parkinson, Evan Peacock, Ronald Palmer, Yunju Xia and Bradley Carlock; Charlotte K. Sunseri; Adolfo I. Batun-Alpuche and Adolfo Batun-Alpuche; Max Friesen; Eva L. Hulse, Samuel Vaneeckhout, Andre Costopoulos, Jari Okkonen and Ezra Zubrow; Richard W. Yerkes and Attila Gyucha; Jake R. Fox; Roderick B. Salisbury; Jennifer Bracewell; Ian Kuijt; Tina L. Thurston

Symposium Recent Research on Olmec and Epi-Olmec Political Economy at Tres Zapotes, Veracruz, Mexico
Organizer: Christopher A. Pool
Chair: Amber M. VanDerwarker
Participants: Christopher A. Pool; Jorge Blancas, Luis Barba and Agustín Ortiz Butrón; Ponciano Ortiz Ceballos and Christopher Pool; Erin L. Sears; Matthew J. Davidson; Wesley D. Stoner, Maria del Carmen Rodriguez and Zenaido Salazar; Amber M. VanDerwarker; Tanya M. Peres; Guadalupe M. Espinosa and OLAF JAIME-RIVERON; Charles Knight; Michael L. Loughlin
Discussant: Richard A. Diehl

Symposium Understanding Complexity in Mesoamerica: Papers in Honor of Robert Sharer, Part I
Organizers: Marcello A. Canuto & Loa Traxler
Chair: Jason Yaeger
Participants: Bernard Wailes; William F Rust; David C. Grove; Donald W. Forsyth; Marion Popenoe Hatch; Arthur A. Demarest; Payson Sheets; Edward Schortman and Patricia Urban; Elin C. Danien and Ronald Bishop; Loa Traxler
Discussant: Robert Sharer

General Session People, Animals and Environment in the Caribbean
Chair: L. A. Curet
Participants: Jane Eva Baxter and Michael Steven Marshall; James M. VanderVeen; Zachary J. Beier; William J. Pestle; Emily J. Benz, John Jones and Pat Farrell; L. A. Curet and William J. Pestle; Helen C Blouet; Isaac Shearn and John Crock; Michelle J. LeFebvre, Christina M. Giovas and Scott M. Fitzpatrick; Mary Jane Berman and Kevin Johnston; A. Brooke Persons, Roberto Valcárcel Rojas and Vernon James Knight

Symposium Town and Country in the Bolonchen District of the Puuc Hills, Yucatan: Investigating the Rural-Urban Continuum
Organizers: Rebecca E. Hill & Christopher M. Gunn
Chairs: Rebecca E. Hill & Christopher M. Gunn
Participants: Christopher M. Gunn; Tomas Gallareta Cervera, Rossana B. May Ciau and Anna Catesby Yant; Betsy M Kohut, Beniamino Volta and Mary Margaret Morgan-Smith; George J. Bey; Stephanie R. Simms; Tomas Gallareta Negron; William M. Ringle; Rebecca E. Hill and Melissa Galvan

General Session Archaeological Survey Techniques
Chair: Edward B. Banning
Participants: Royal O. Ghazal and Andrew M. Bauer; Edward B. Banning, Alicia Hawkins and Sarah T. Stewart; Nimet Pinar Ozguner and Nicholas Wolff; James T. Williams; Arleen E. Garcia-Herbst; Scott A. Macrae, Michael Stringer and Adam Pollock

Saturday Afternoon, Apr 25

Symposium Wetlands and Archaeology in Northern Belize and Beyond
Organizer: Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach
Chair: Timothy Beach
Participants: Timothy Beach and Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach; Kimberly A. Berry; Thomas H. Guderjan; Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach and Timothy Beach
Discussant: Patricia A. McAnany

Sponsored Forum Teaching Law in Archaeology: perspectives from the field
(Sponsored by Heritage Values Interest Group)
Organizers: Hilary A. Soderland & Donald F. Craib
Chair: Hilary A. Soderland
Moderator: Donald F. Craib
Discussants: Susan B. Bruning; Donald F. Craib; Ricardo J. Elia; Jennifer R. Richman; Hilary A. Soderland; Debora L Threedy

Symposium Evolutionary Dynamics of Cooperation
Organizer: David M. Carballo
Chair: David M. Carballo
Participants: David M. Carballo; Jelmer W. Eerkens and Amy Spurling; Thomas J. Pluckhahn; Elizabeth Chilton; Benjamin Hanowell; Kevin J Vaughn and John Kantner; Lisa J. Lucero; Charles Stanish
Discussant: Tim A. Kohler

Symposium END OF THE GOLDEN AGE? FIELD SCHOOLS AND THE FUTURE OF ARCHAEOLOGY
Organizer: Ran Boytner
Chair: Elizabeth A. Klarich
Participants: Ran Boytner; Elizabeth A. Klarich; Samuel V. Connell, Chad Gifford and Ana Lucia Gonzalez; Maria Cecilia Lozada; Willeke Wendrich; Anthony P. Graesch, David M. Schaepe and Catherine E. Bailey; Hadyn Dick; Shauna Mecartea and Kathleen Micham
Discussant: Lynn S. Dodd

Symposium Large coastal shell mounds: worldwide perspectives.
Organizers: Daniela Klokler,Antonieta M. Jerardino & Maria Dulce Gaspar
Chairs: Antonieta M. Jerardino & Maria Dulce Gaspar
Participants: Randolph J. Widmer; Naoto Yamamoto and Akitoshi Iwase; Todd J. Braje, Jon Erlandson and Torben Rick; Antonieta M. Jerardino; Maria Dulce Gaspar, Daniela Klokler, Marisa Afonso, Paulo DeBlasis and Levy Figuti; Tomonori Kanno; Michael A. Russo; Patrick Faulkner; Akira Matsui; Sarah K. Campbell; Rebecca Saunders; Margo Schwadron
Discussant: Suzanne K. Fish

Symposium Breaking and Entering the Aztec World: Papers in Honor of Liz Brumfiel
Organizers: Enrique Rodriguez & Deborah L. Nichols
Chairs: Deborah L. Nichols & Enrique Rodriguez
Participants: Deborah L. Nichols; Frederic Hicks; Frances F. Berdan; Lisa Overholtzer; Kristin De Lucia; Christopher T. Morehart; Emily S. McClung de Tapia, Diana Martínez Yrizar and Cristina Adriano-Morán; John K. Millhauser; Martin Biskowski; Enrique Rodriguez; Susan Toby Evans; Patricia Fournier and THOMAS H. CHARLTON
Discussants: Jeffrey R. Parsons; Rita P. Wright

Sponsored Symposium Provenance Studies in Archaeology
(Sponsored by Society for Archaeological Sciences and the International Association for Obsidian Studies)
Organizers: Mostafa J. Fayek & Sharon K. Hull
Chairs: Sharon K. Hull & Mostafa J. Fayek
Participants: Carolyn Dillian, David Braun and Emmanuel Ndiema; Anne C. Hamilton, Mostafa Fayek and S. Brooke Milne; Rachel E. ten Bruggencate and Mostafa Fayek; Alyson M. Thibodeau, Joaquin Ruiz and John Chesley; Judith A. Habicht-Mauche; Mostafa J. Fayek and Sharon Hull; Matthew T. Boulanger and Michael Glascock; Thomas Fenn, Peter Robertshaw, Marilee Wood and John Chesley; Lisa J. Molofsky and David Killick; Jeffrey C. Dobereiner, William Saturno and Robert H. Tykot; Daniel A. Contreras and Nicholas Tripcevich
Discussants: M Steven Shackley; Hector Neff; Robert H. Tykot

Symposium Understanding Maya Civilization: Papers in Honor of Robert Sharer, Part II
Organizers: Jason Yaeger & Loa Traxler
Chair: Marcello A. Canuto
Participants: Marcello A. Canuto; Wendy Ashmore; Charles W. Golden; Diane Zaino Chase and Arlen Chase; Eleanor M. King; Ellen E. Bell; Pamela L. Geller; Jason Yaeger; Miranda K. Stockett; Gregory J. Borgstede; Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle; William L. Fash and Barbara Fash; Jane E. Buikstra, Katherine Miller and Lori Wright; Julia Miller
Discussant: Joyce Marcus

Poster Session Science in Support of Archaeology
Organizer: Linda Scott Cummings
Chair: Linda Scott Cummings
Participants: R. A. Varney and R.A. Varney; Kathryn Puseman and Kathryn Puseman; Linda Scott Cummings and Linda Cummings; W Michael Gear and Linda Cummings; Chad L Yost and Chad Yost; Elizabeth Hickey and Elizabeth Hickey; Peter C. Condon, Peter C. Condon and Maria E. Hroncich

Symposium Violence and Warfare as Embodied Action
Organizers: John E. Robb & Charles R. Cobb
Chair: Andrew Gardner
Participants: Oliver Harris; Joanna R. Sofaer; Bettina Arnold; Andrew Gardner; Charles R. Cobb and Dawnie Steadman; John E. Robb; Shannon A. Novak; Victor Raharijaona and Susan Kus; Tiffiny A. Tung; Erica Hill; Takeshi Inomata

General Session Ethnoarchaeology
Chair: John G. Douglass
Participants: Brian S. Shaffer; ; Karen L. Kramer and Russell Greaves; Russell D. Greaves; John G. Douglass and Seetha Reddy; Randi L. Scott; Paula Saunders

General Session Hunter-Gatherers and Technology
Chair: Chris Morgan
Participants: Mark Collard, Briggs Buchanan, Jesse Morin and Andre Costopoulos; David Foxe; Chris Morgan; Barbara A. Vargo, Katherine Kelly and Laura S. Phillips; Janis Calleja; Daron Duke

General Session New Research on Teotihuacan
Chair: Agapi Filini
Participants: Achim Lelgemann; Mia M. Jorgensen; Agapi Filini; Warren T D Barbour, Joshua J. Kwoka, Monique Boudreau and Mia M. Jorgensen

General Session Zooarchaeological Studies in the Maya Area
Chair: Elyse M. Anderson
Participants: Erin Kennedy Thornton; Erol G. Kavountzis; Elyse M. Anderson; Nawa Sugiyama and William Fash

Sunday Morning, Apr 26

General Session New Directions in Ceramic Studies
Chair: Brenda J. Bowser
Participants: Brenda J. Bowser and Andrew Duff; Bart Mcleod, Travis Doering and Lori D Collins; Michael W. Gregg, Greg Slater and Edward Banning; Amy J. Hirshman; Alan F. Greene and Charles Hartley

General Session Social Integration and Domestic Organization among the Classic Maya
Chair: Jon Hageman
Participants: Matthew D. Rockmore; and Sarah J. Wille; Michael P. Smyth and Nicholas Dunning; Andrew R. Wyatt; Jon Hageman, David Goldstein, Erol Kavoutzis, Robin Coleman and Rae Magnani; Julie A. Hoggarth and Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown; Jaime J. Awe, Jim Aimers and Gabe Wrobel

Forum Of Global Significance: Seeking Inscription on The World Heritage List
Organizers: Diana M. Greenlee & Nancy Hawkins
Chair: Nancy Hawkins
Discussants: Dean K. Alexander; Gustavo F Araoz; Douglas C. Comer; Mark E. Esarey; Diana M. Greenlee; Bill Iseminger; Barbara Little; Scott Travis; Barbara West

Symposium Early Writing and Agency: Epigraphy and Agents in the Archaeological Record
Organizer: Joshua D. Englehardt
Chairs: Dimitri Nakassis & Joshua D. Englehardt
Participants: Adam D. Smith; Michael D. Carrasco; Haicheng Wang; Dimitri Nakassis; Joshua D. Englehardt; Laurel D. Bestock; John Justeson
Discussant: John E. Robb

Symposium The Real World: Teaching Archaeology in Non-Traditional Ways and Places
Organizers: Shereen Lerner,Rachel Most & Johna Hutira
Participants: Beverly A. Chiarulli and R. Scott Moore; Kevin Cunningham, Michael Petraglia, Ravi Korisettar and Rama Das; Phoebe Bryna Eskenazi and Ronald Rood; Shereen Lerner; Rachel Most; Johna Hutira; Richard M. Pettigrew; John Hedden, Cindy Nagel, Lynn Alex and John Hall; Lance E. Holly and Phillip Trella

General Session New Findings on the First Americans
Chair: D. Shane Miller
Participants: Matthew G. Hill, Thomas J. Loebel and David W. May; Albert C. Goodyear; Thomas A. Jennings and Michael R. Waters; James M. Adovasio and C. Andrew Hemmings; Vance T. Holliday, Guadalupe Sanchez Miranda and Edmund Gaines; Kurt W. Carr, Frank Vento and James Adovasio; David J. Meltzer, Steve Emslie and Andrew Boehm; Rigden A. Glaab; D. Shane Miller and Ashley M. Smallwood; Ashley M. Smallwood and D. Shane Miller; Daniel M. Winkler

Symposium Recent Advances in Preclassic Lowland Maya Archaeology
Organizers: David S. Anderson & Sherman W. Horn
Chairs: Sherman W. Horn & David S. Anderson
Participants: Francisco G Estrada-Belli; Astrid M. Runggaldier and William A. Saturno; Nina Neivens De Estrada and Francisco Estrada-Belli; Sherman W. Horn; Gregory J. Hansen, Tiffany Streit, Brittany Burrell, Randall Bach and Terry Powis; Bobbi M. Hohmann, Andrew Vaughan and Terry Powis; Nancy Peniche May; David S. Anderson; Vera G. Tiesler and Mónica Rodríguez-Pérez; Diane E. Davies
Discussant: E. Wyllys Andrews