Business Meeting                                          

Spring 2009 Meeting 

The Spring PAC business meeting will be held in conjunction with the
80th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pennsyvlania Archaeology

   Location: 

State Museum of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, PA

   Date and Time:   Friday, April 3, 2009

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   Afternoon Activity:

Symposium: The Nature and Pace of Change in American Indian Cultures: 3000 to 4000 BP

    Preliminary Business Meeting Agenda:

Approval of the Minutes of Fall Meeting
President's Report
Membership Committee
Secretary/Treasurer's Report
Newsletter Report
SPA Report
PHMC/CAP Report
PENNDOT Report

Old Business
Committee Reports

New Business

 

The Nature and Pace of Change in American Indian Cultures: 3000 to 4000 BP

Organized by Michael Stewart, Temple University & Kurt W. Carr, The State Museum of Pennsylvania
Moderator- Michael Stewart

Presentations will be followed by 10 minute discussion periods.

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Problems, Problems, Problems: Working with the Archaeological Record of 3000-4000 BP, by Michael Stewart, Temple University

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Evidence for Climatic Variability During the Sub-Boreal/ Transitional Period: Fact or Fiction, by Frank Vento, Clarion University

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Settlement Patterns, Lithic Preferences and Cultural Adaptations During the Transitional Period, by Kurt W. Carr, The State Museum of Pennsylvania

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
The Transitional Archaic of the Susquehanna Valley, Part II, by Patricia Miller, URS Corporation

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Break

3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Rethinking the Terminal Archaic in Pennsylvania: Hearths, Fish and Pottery, by Roger Moeller, Archaeological Services

3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
An "Orient" Perspective on the Transitional Archaic in the Upper Delaware Valley, by Joseph R. Blondino, Temple University

4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Archaic Settlement Demography and Population Ecology Focus on the Terminal Archaic, by Heather A. Wholey, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

4:45 pm - 5:00 pm Closing Remarks

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