Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) North America Meeting May 3-5, 2019 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY Conference Program TAG SYRACUSE 2019 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Guido Pezzarossi, (co-chair) Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University Alanna Warner-Smith, (co-chair) PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University Matthew Greer, (co-chair) PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University Sarah Platt, (co-chair) PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University Tony Chamoun, PhD Student, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University Shannon Novak, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University Douglas Armstrong, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND SPONSORS the Haudenosaunee, the indigenous people on whose ancestral lands Syracuse University now stands. Organizing Institution Co-Sponsors Anthropology Graduate Student Organization Graduate Student Organization Administrative Magic JoAnn Rhoades Jackie Wells Recognition of Student Volunteers Oluseyi Odunyemi Agbelusi Siaw Appiah-Adu Kate Bajorek Melissa Darroch Rachel Deal Steven Harris Katie Hicks Aja Lans Julia McDaniel Dana Olesch Mariel Rivera Nathan Shearn Maria Smith Website Development and Registration Matt Coulter, Maxwell School Information & Computing Technology Logo and Artwork Mackenzie Law Food and Drink Willow Rock Brewing Company (Syracuse, NY) Owera Vineyards (Cazenovia, NY) Syracuse University Campus Catering Conference Hotel Marriott Syracuse Downtown 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS TAG SYRACUSE 2019 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE .............................................................................2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND SPONSORS ............................................................................................3 SLOW ARCHAEOLOGY .............................................................................................................................5 CONFERENCE INFORMATION .................................................................................................................7 Map of Syracuse University Campus and Maxwell and Eggers Halls........8 LOGISTICS AND GETTING AROUND SYRACUSE................................................................................9 CONFERENCE EVENTS AT A GLANCE .................................................................................................12 PLENARY EVENT .....................................................................................................................................14 SESSIONS AND POSTERS AT A GLANCE .............................................................................................16 ART AT TAG SYRACUSE 2019.................................................................................................................45 DETAILED CONFERENCE SCHEDULE .................................................................................................50 Friday, May 3 Schedule...................50 Saturday, May 4 Schedule...............66 Sunday, May 5 Schedule.................99 4 SLOW ARCHAEOLOGY Archaeology, along with other disciplines in the humanities and sciences, has kept pace with the accel- erated and accelerating tempos and rhythms of the modern world. This acceleration has produced what some have called “fast science,” characterized as “managerial, competitive, data-centric, technocratic, and alienated from the societies it serves and studies” (Cunningham and MacEachern 2016:4). Critiques of these accelerations have emerged as offshoots of the broader “slow movement” in the sciences that call for the multivalent benefits—in theory, method, practice, publication, and teaching—of “decelerating” archaeology. Advocates for slow science—and slow archaeology in particular—highlight the importance of social relationships, long-term engagements (both social and material), and careful contemplation and collaboration. These main tenants of slow archaeology are enmeshed in other concerns in archaeology, and in anthropol- ogy more broadly. For example, slow science parallels the new materialist move towards careful attention to the multiple valences of diverse elements of historical assemblages. A slow approach allows for the “details” (DeLanda 2006) or “doings” (Barad 2007) of such assemblages to be followed through their historical unfoldings. Others note that such “empirical ontologies” (Law and Lien 2012) offer emancipa- tory potential, aligning with the goals of postcolonial, indigenous, non-white, and feminist archaeological critiques, as the focus on “doings” leads to a more accurate reconstruction of both actors and actions, misrepresented or absent in dominant narratives. As such the “ontological turn” is more than thought experiment. Rather it is simultaneously an “onto-ethico-epistemology” given the real life consequences, and effects of its articulation and deployment. The focus on collaborative action in slow archaeology also echoes calls for approaches situated in an ethics of care, co-becoming, and “making-with.” These ethics are central to multi-species and post-human histories that require situated voices and decolonized, more inclusive storytelling practices that dismantle dominant narratives, human exceptionalism, and isolated agents and causality (Haraway 2016; Tsing et al.2017; Tsing 2015). At the same time, we should consider whether archaeology can become “too slow,” losing immediacy and relevance, or becoming accessible only to certain privileged practitioners over others, thereby exacer- bating the very relations of power and historical hierarchies it aims to dismantle. As slow contemplation invites, this theme is intended to be open-ended and broad; we do not seek a narrow statement on the meaning of slow archaeology, the state of the discipline, or the path forward. Rather, we intend this as a catalyst to wide-ranging conversations (and potentially focused action) around the affordances of current theoretical approaches; the suitability of our methods to our theory; the politics and ethics of archaeologi- cal practices; the broader political-economic conditions structuring our discipline; and our relationships to other/allied ways of investigating and knowing the past/present. References Cited Barad, Karen 2007 Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning. Durham: Duke University Press. Cunningham, Jerimy J. and Scott MacEachern 2016 Ethnoarchaeology as Slow Science. World Archaeology 48(5):628-641. DeLanda, Manuel 2006 A New Philosophy of Society: Assemblage Theory and Social Complexity. London: Bloomsbury. 5 Haraway, Donna J. 2016 Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Durham: Duke University Press. Law, John and Marianne Elisabeth Lien 2012 Slippery: Field Notes in Empirical Ontology. Social Studies of Science 43(3):363-378. Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt 2015 The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Tsing, Anna, Heather Swanson, Elaine Gan, and Nils Bubandt, eds. 2017 Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 6 CONFERENCE INFORMATION Conference Location TAG will be held in Eggers and Maxwell Halls at Syracuse University. These two buildings are connect- ed, so please be aware of which one you are in when you are trying to find sessions. Map of Syracuse University Campus and Maxwell and Eggers Halls (see next page, p.8) Link to online campus map Registration and Information Desk The registration and information desk will be located in the Maxwell Foyer (see page floor plan insert for detailed map). Registration will start Friday, May 3rd at 8am Suggested Statement of Land Acknowledgment Syracuse University provides this statement to be read in recognition of our institution’s location in the heart of Haudenosaunee country. We provide this statement so that organizers or presenters who wish to acknowledge our presence on ancestral lands may do so. I/We acknowledge with respect the Onondaga Nation, firekeepers of the Haudenosaunee, the indigenous people on whose ancestral lands Syracuse University now stands. Accessing WiFi Campus guests can access wifi using the AirOrangeGuest network. To do so, first select this network. The online guest registration should automatically appear; if it does not, open a browser window, and you should automatically be directed to the registration page. Follow instructions on this page to connect. Please be aware that this network is not a secure network, and users proceed at their own risk. Guests may also access the eduroam network. To use this network, users will use their home institution network credentials. Users must have login credentials from a participating institution. Tech Facilities Each session room is equipped with a projector and speakers connected to a full teaching station (includ- ing a desktop Windows computer). HDMI and audio connectors are available in each room if you prefer to use your own laptop for presentations. However, no laser pointers or slide advancers are available. Details about each room’s tech and layout can be found here for Eggers Hall or here for Maxwell Hall. Family Room We’re happy to welcome kids at TAG and provide Eggers 070 as a family room for conference partic- ipants who need to nurse, and/or have a quiet place to take a break with kids. Please let us know of any specific needs that we can help with while you’re here! 7 Map of Syracuse University Campus and Maxwell