Call For Papers for 2013 State Meeting in April, Watertown, NY

Call For Papers

New York State Archaeological Association

97th Annual Meeting

April 26-28, 2013

Ramada Inn, Watertown, NY

The Finger Lakes and Thousand Islands Chapters are proud to host the 97th Annual Meeting of the New York State Archaeological Association and the annual spring meeting of the New York Archaeological Council. NYAC will meet Friday. The NYSAA annual business meeting will be Friday evening, with paper presentations all day Saturday and on Sunday morning. The annual banquet and awards ceremony will be held Saturday evening. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Claude Chapdelaine, discussing the search for Paleo-Indians in the far Northeast. All events will be at the Ramada Inn, conveniently located on Exit 45 off I-81.

This is an open call for papers on the archaeology of New York and adjoining regions. Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes in length. Time will be allowed for questions following the presentation.
Each speaker may present only one paper, although individuals may co-author multiple papers. All speakers must register for the conference.

Deadline for Abstracts: March 1, 2013

Abstracts (one paragraph, 150 words or less) and A/V preference must be received by March 1, 2013 for consideration. You will be notified by March 10 if your paper is accepted.
Meeting registration for paper presenters must be pre-paid by March 20, 2013, or your paper will be dropped from the program.
Registration information will be available online at http://nysaa-web.org/conference.

Please send your title, abstract, A/V preference and contact address to: Wendy Bacon, 2013 NYSAA 
Program Co-Chair at: [wbacon4@gmail.com]

Conference Co-Organizers:
Tim Abel (President Thousand Islands Chapter)
Wendy Bacon (Secretary Finger Lakes Chapter)
Sherene Baugher (President NYSAA)
Laura Johnson-Kelly (President Finger Lakes Chapter).