Society Activities

Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting 2007

Welcome to San Antonio for the
78th Texas Archeological Society Annual Meeting

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

For the 78th Annual Texas Archeological Society Annual Meeting

The Menger Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, October 26-28, 2007

Abstracts and creative ideas are sought for papers, symposia, and posters to be presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Texas Archeological Society on October 26-28, 2007, in San Antonio, Texas.  TAS encourages presentations by avocational, student, and professional archeologist members on any topic of archeological interest.  According to current TAS policy, all presenters must be TAS members.

Papers will be allotted 15 minutes, a limit that will be strictly enforced.  Because simultaneous sessions will be held, the program schedule will be adhered to so that TAS members can move from room to room to catch talks of interest.  The final deadline for receipt of paper abstracts is September 1, 2007.

Symposia may be organized around any topic, area, major project, and/or time period.  Each symposium will be allotted two hours per five presenters, with a five-presenter minimum.  Due to scheduling concerns, symposium organizers must ensure that all abstracts for symposia and symposium papers meet an earlier deadline of August 15, 2007.  For effective presentation of symposia, organizers may specify the order of papers and their length, as long as these points are stated in the symposium abstracts.

Poster presentations can effectively convey visual, graphic, and quantitative information, and posters reach a larger audience than oral papers.  Members are encouraged to consider poster presentations as an alternative to papers.  Poster abstracts must be received by September 1, 2007 to appear in the program; late poster entries may be accommodated after consultation with the program chair and annual meeting organizers.

Other presentation formats such as discussions, demonstrations, and hands-on workshops may be held on approval of the program chair and Annual Meeting organizers.

Submit all abstracts as files attached to email (preferred), or by regular mail on diskette or in typed form.  For email attachments or diskette submissions, include a text (.txt) file in addition to the word processor file; text files may be created by using the Save As command and selecting the text file type.  Meeting rooms will be equipped with a laptop computer and projector with remote control; additional audiovisual needs may be accommodated given prior notice.  Contact the program chair with questions about submission dates, formats, and/or equipment.  We look forward to your contributions to this meeting.

Dr. Harry Shafer, 2007 TAS Annual Meeting Program Chair – papers@txarch.org

Abstracts must include the following information:

Paper/Symposium/Poster (indicate one)