Topic ID #8169 - posted 7/22/2010 3:01 AM
Jennifer Palmer
Webmaster
Call for Abstracts for 2011 SAAs - Session on Standardizing Use-wear Methodology
Jennifer Palmer
Webmaster
Reposted from ARCH-L:
Hello Everyone,
This is a first call for papers for a proposed session on standardization
of use-wear methodology being organized for the 2011 SAA meetings in
Sacramento, CA. With recent advancements in analytical technology and the
concomitant proliferation of new analytical techniques in lithic use-wear
research the question of the reliability, reproducibility and objectivity
of results warrants careful re-evaluation. Greater analytical rigor
through increased standardization is the best way of promoting the
evolution of use-wear analysis and maximizing its potential as an
interpretive tool. Below is the proposed session abstract:
"Standardization in Lithic Use-wear Analysis: How Do We Get There From
Here?"
Forensic evidence of tool use has long captured the interest of
archaeologists. The last four decades in particular have witnessed a
remarkable proliferation of approaches and techniques for studying these
microscopic attributes of stone tools. Despite this progress the
discipline has established only minimal methodological standards in the
context of use-wear analysis. Standardization in use-wear research is a
prerequisite for gaining greater insight into and understanding of lithic
technologies and their cultural contexts. This session is meant as a
forum for discussion and debate regarding how best to foster greater
analytical standardization within this field of study. While the detailed
examination of individual tools is important, it is the reconstruction of
techno-behavioural relationships between tools, and between assemblages,
that is of greatest interest to lithic analysts and archaeology as a
whole. Thus, particular attention will be paid to quantification of
use-wear evidence and maximization of intra- and inter-assemblage
comparability. Geography and time period are open as we are aiming for as
broad a cross-section of papers as possible to further the aim of
methodological standardization.
Organizers: James Stemp, Adrian Evans, Danielle MacDonald, Harry Lerner
Please submit abstracts to harry.lerner@mail.mcgill.ca no later than
August August 25, 2010.
Thank-you and apologies for cross-posting.
Best regards,
Harry Lerner
Dr. Harry Lerner
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Faculté des Lettres
Centre Interuniversitaire d'Études sur les Lettres,
les Arts et les Traditions (CELAT)
Université Laval, Quebéc (Quebéc)
Canada
G1V 0A6
Tel: (519) 709-7909
Hello Everyone,
This is a first call for papers for a proposed session on standardization
of use-wear methodology being organized for the 2011 SAA meetings in
Sacramento, CA. With recent advancements in analytical technology and the
concomitant proliferation of new analytical techniques in lithic use-wear
research the question of the reliability, reproducibility and objectivity
of results warrants careful re-evaluation. Greater analytical rigor
through increased standardization is the best way of promoting the
evolution of use-wear analysis and maximizing its potential as an
interpretive tool. Below is the proposed session abstract:
"Standardization in Lithic Use-wear Analysis: How Do We Get There From
Here?"
Forensic evidence of tool use has long captured the interest of
archaeologists. The last four decades in particular have witnessed a
remarkable proliferation of approaches and techniques for studying these
microscopic attributes of stone tools. Despite this progress the
discipline has established only minimal methodological standards in the
context of use-wear analysis. Standardization in use-wear research is a
prerequisite for gaining greater insight into and understanding of lithic
technologies and their cultural contexts. This session is meant as a
forum for discussion and debate regarding how best to foster greater
analytical standardization within this field of study. While the detailed
examination of individual tools is important, it is the reconstruction of
techno-behavioural relationships between tools, and between assemblages,
that is of greatest interest to lithic analysts and archaeology as a
whole. Thus, particular attention will be paid to quantification of
use-wear evidence and maximization of intra- and inter-assemblage
comparability. Geography and time period are open as we are aiming for as
broad a cross-section of papers as possible to further the aim of
methodological standardization.
Organizers: James Stemp, Adrian Evans, Danielle MacDonald, Harry Lerner
Please submit abstracts to harry.lerner@mail.mcgill.ca no later than
August August 25, 2010.
Thank-you and apologies for cross-posting.
Best regards,
Harry Lerner
Dr. Harry Lerner
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Faculté des Lettres
Centre Interuniversitaire d'Études sur les Lettres,
les Arts et les Traditions (CELAT)
Université Laval, Quebéc (Quebéc)
Canada
G1V 0A6
Tel: (519) 709-7909
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