SEAC Newsletter Fall 2009
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SOUTHEASTERN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE N E W S L E T T E R Volume 51, Number 2 October 2009 Edited by Phillip Hodge, Office of Social and Cultural Resources, TN-DOT 505 Deaderick Street, Suite 900, Nashville, TN 37243 ([email protected]) SEAC 2009 Inside This Issue: GO COASTAL in Mobile, Alabama! A Letter from SEAC President David G. Anderson 2 lans are complete for our annual meeting P and it promises to be an exciting time with a full and diverse preliminary program, which SEAC 2009 Meeting can be found in this issue as well as on the Information 3 SEAC website. Advanced registration ends on October 12 th , but online registration continues through October 23 rd at increased rates. On- SEAC 2009 Preliminary site registration will be available with cash or Program 4 check. You will receive the conference rate through October 12 th for reservations at the Exploring Brunswick Town’s newly renovated Renaissance Riverview Hotel Civil War Component 12 located in the revitalized Mobile downtown entertainment district. Our group code is "sacsaca" and must be entered to receive the Current Research conference rate when making online reserva- tions. Special events include a reception at Mississippi 16 the Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center di- rectly across from the conference hotel on North Carolina 18 Thursday with a taste of the Gulf Coast. The Friday dance will feature the funk, soul, feel- good music of Bust, which you can preview at 2009 SEAC Elections 18 www.myspace.com/bust123. Finally there will be a closing seafood extravaganza for a mod- erate charge (purchase ticket when you regis- Minutes of the Mid-Year ter) on the USS Alabama at Battleship Memo- Executive Committee rial Park located just off I-10 on beautiful Mo- Meeting 18 bile Bay (transportation provided). Come join us for a memorable time at SEAC 2009! Fall 2009 | SEAC Newsletter SEAC OFFICERS 2008-2009 David G. Anderson A Letter from SEAC President President David G. Anderson Ann Early President-Elect Rebecca Saunders would like to thank all those Secretary working so hard to continue to I Victor D. Thompson make the Southeastern Archaeo- Treasurer logical Conference the best re- Thomas J. Pluckhahn gional conference in the country, a Executive Officer I model of collegial, convivial, and http://web.utk.edu/~anthrop/faculty/anderson.html Chris Rodning consummate scholarship for all Executive Officer II other archaeological organizations. SEAC is run by its mem- bers, working voluntarily, and the success we have had as an Charles R. Cobb Editor organization reflects the work of many people. We welcome and encourage your help in the running of our organization. Renee B. Walker Associate Editor (Book Reviews)* Toward that end, I have a few requests for assistance from all of you. Eugene E. Futato Associate Editor (Sales)* First, if you have issues of the SEAC Newsletter prior to Volume 17, please let me know at [email protected]. We are Phillip Hodge trying to put all SEAC publications into electronic format to Associate Editor (Newsletter/Webmaster)* make them more generally available. I have complete runs of Megan C. Kassabaum the Bulletin and Southeastern Archaeology, and the last 30 Student Representative* years of the Newsletter, but my copies before Volume 17 *non-voting board member for 1977 have disappeared, as have my copies of SEAC Spe- For contact information, visit the SEAC website at cial Publications 1-3 and 5. We have tried getting these www.southeasternarchaeology.org/officers.html through inter-library loan, but have had no success with early numbers of the Newsletter. INFORMATION FOR SUBSCRIBERS The SEAC Newsletter is published semi- Second, if you have information on any past SEAC offi- annually in April and October by the Southeast- cers and their terms of office in hard copy or electronic ern Archaeological Conference. Subscription is by membership in the Conference. Annual form, please send those to me as well. Once we have a com- membership dues are $16.50 for students, plete run of the Newsletter, of course, this should be easy $37.50 for individuals, $42.50 for families, and to compile, but I have heard rumors that a listing has already $78.50 for institutions. Life membership dues are $500 for individuals and $550.00 for fami- been compiled. Third, the board has decided to develop a lies. In addition to the Newsletter, members manual to assist annual meeting organizers and program di- receive two issues per year of the journal South- eastern Archaeology. Membership requests, rectors. If anyone would like to volunteer to assist with subscription dues, and changes of address that, please let me know. should be directed to the Treasurer. Back is- sues orders should be sent to the Associate Fourth, SEAC has had trouble keeping up-to-date email Editor for Sales. addresses for many of you, especially those who move a lot. If you didn’t get an election ballot, let us know as soon as INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS The SEAC Newsletter publishes reports, opin- possible! We will correct your email address, and see to it ions, current research, obituaries, and an- that you can vote if you notify us in time. Keep SEAC posted nouncements of interest to members of the Conference. All materials should be submitted on where you are – we don’t want to lose you! Fifth, I to the Associate Editor for the Newsletter. Dead- would appreciate any and all comments anyone would care lines are March 1 for the April issue and Sep- tember 1 for the October issue. Submissions via to send me on what you think are the most important ad- e-mail are preferred. Style should conform to vances to occur in Southeastern Archaeology in the past two the detailed guidelines published in American decades or so. Major survey or excavation projects, theo- Antiquity, Volume 57, Number 4 (October 1992). retical directions, papers or books, research methods, and CREDITS anything else you can think of are all fair game. The SEAC Newsletter is designed with Micro- soft Publisher 2007, converted to PDF with Finally, if you have Great Spirits to be judged, bring them Adobe Acrobat 7.0, and printed by Allegra Print- to the meeting! If we can’t do judging and sampling at the ing in Nashville, Tennessee. reception Thursday night, we’ll do them in my room after. Questions or comments about the SEAC News- letter should be sent to [email protected]. Thanks, and see you all in Mobile! 2 SEAC Newsletter | Fall 2009 SEAC 2009 66 TH ANNUAL MEETING November 4-7, 2009 Renaissance Riverview Hotel – Mobile, Alabama Go Coastal! Hotel : The newly renovated Renaissance Riverview Hotel is located in the revitalized Mobile downtown entertainment district. Rising majestically over the sparkling waters of Mobile Bay and located just off of I-10 and near the I-65 and I-10 connection. The room rate will be $124 plus tax (about 14% currently) or a Bayview Parlor from $189 plus tax. Daily parking is offered for $12.00 self-parking and $16.00 valet. Reservations are directly accessible from the SEAC website. Deadline for hotel reser- vations is Monday, October 12, 2009. The conference rate is valid during November 4-8. Registration : Advance registration will be by check or on-line by credit card. On-site registration will be by check or by cash. Regular Student Up to October 12 th $65 $50 After October 12 th $75 $60 Volunteers A limited number of volunteer positions is available. For volunteering 8 hours, regis- tration costs will be waived. Volunteers will assist with registration, and/or provide technical assistance during sessions. Volunteer opportunities are available upon a first request basis. Special Events : Plan to attend a reception (free except for cash bar) at the Exploreum Science Cen- ter across the street from the hotel. Get a taste of Mobile and Mardi Gras at this spe- cial event with food and the Excelsior Band which has marched the streets of down- town Mobile for over 100 years in various Mardi Gras parades. Another great dance is planned for Friday night with entertainment by the band Bust. Join us for a closing party and seafood extravaganza on the USS Alabama at Battleship Memorial Park. CHECK THE SEAC WEB PAGE FOR COMPLETE CONFERENCE INFORMATION http://www.southeasternarchaeology.org/2009SEAC/seac2009.html Fall 2009 | SEAC Newsletter 3 SEAC 2009 3) O'Hear, John C., Vincas P Steponaitis, and Megan C. Kassabaum - Early Coles Creek Ceremoni- alism at the Feltus Mounds, Jefferson County, Mississippi 66 th Annual Meeting 4) LaDu, Daniel - An Exploration of the Age of Mound November 4-7, 2009 Construction at Mazique (22AD502), a Late Prehistoric Mound Center in Adams County, Mississippi Mobile, Alabama 5) Wright, Alice and Jay Franklin - Stylistic Influ- ences and Interaction in Middle Woodland Southern PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Appalachia: The Ceramic Assemblage from Eastman Rockshelter, Tennessee 6) Schnell, Frank - Mandeville Revisited Ashley Dumas and Sarah Price 7) Hally David, Emily Beahm, Sarah Berg, Dan Program Co-Chairs Bigman, Carol Colaninno, Ben Steere, Keith Ste- phenson, Karen Smith, and Frankie Snow - Char- acterization of Swift Creek Vessel Assemblages 8) Shanks, Jeffrey - Baker's Mound (8BY29): A Swift Thursday Morning Creek Sand Mound and Ring Midden 9) White, Nancy M. - Late Middle Woodland at Gotier Session 1: Contributed Papers on Spanish Hammock Mound on the Northwest Florida Gulf Coast Colonial Archaeology: (Chair) 10) Mickwee, Christopher - Woodland Terrace: A Late Weeden Island Habitation in the Northwest Florida Sandhills 1) Worth, John - Finding Mission San Joseph de