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George Abungu
Early this year, we received news that
George Abungu (nmk@form-net.com)
has been promoted to Director-General
of the National Museums of Kenya. This
is great news for archaeology in Africa.
Belated congratulations, George! Reader
should visit the National Museums of Kenya
web pages at http://www.musuems.or.ke
Ethics and hominid remains
As reported by the Journal of Human
Evolution 36(4):459 in April 1999,
the Permanent Council of the UNESCO-affiliated
International Association for the Study
of Human Palaeontology adopted a resolution
stating:
- that replicas of hominid fossils rather
than the originals are used for public
display, and
- that original hominid fossils should
be left in their country of origin unless
it is demonstrably impossible for a
proposed scientific study to proceed
on that basis.
The journal notes that correspondence
regarding this matter should be addressed
to Giacomo Giacobini (Secretary General),
Department of Anatomy, Pharmacology and
Legal Medicine, University of Turin, 52
Corso M. d’Azeglio, 10126 Turin,
Italy.
(Email giacomo.giacobini@unito.it)
From the International Association for
Caribbean Archaeology
WAC’s Secretary, Lesley Sutty, is
also Secretary of the IACA., and in that
capacity has provided the following advice.
The Association publishes a newsletter
in May and November each year and stages
a biennial congress, most recently in
July 1999. A working group established
in 1995 to identify ways in which the
Association can play an active role in
the region has identified a number of
priorities. The one of greatest interest
to WAC members is the highest on the list:
to advise on local legislation and regional
policy in relation to the "needs
of archaeological heritage, economic development
and tourism". Those interested should
contact Lesley (address in this issue)
or P. Harris, 2230 NW 51st
Terrace, Gainsville, FL 32605 USA (Email:
pharris@flmnh.ufl.edu).
Those interested in membership (US$20/year)
should contact Miguel Rodriguez (President
IACA), Centro de Estudios Avanzandos de
Puerto Rico y el Caribe, PO Box 9023970,
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902.
UISPP
The Union of Pre- and Protohistoric Sciences,
from which WAC split in the early 1980s
over the issue of South African participation,
is holding its 14th Congress
in Liège, Belgium, in September 2001.
Preliminary registration forms are available.
Consult www.ulg.ac.be/prehist/,
or contact Marcel Otte, Service de Préhistoire,
Université de Liège 7, place du XX Août,
bât A1, B-4000 Liège, Belgium (Email prehist@ulg.ac.be).
European Association of Archaeologists
The Fifth Annual Meeting of the European
Association of Archaeologists will be
held in the UK at Bournemouth University
from 14th - 19th September
1999. Preparations for the meeting are
progressing well. There are now over 60
planned academic sessions, a full range
of social activities, excursions and a
major exhibition. Full details of the
meeting and a registration form are available
at: http://csweb.bournemouth.ac.uk/consci/eaa99
or contact EAA99 Meeting Secretariat,
School of Conservation Sciences, Bournemouth
University, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow,
Poole, Dorset, BH12 5BB, United Kingdom
(Email eaa99@bournemouth.ac.uk).
Mesolithic Scotland
A major conference is to be held in Edinburgh,
5-7 November
1999, on Mesolithic Scotland: the early
Holocene prehistory of Scotland and its
European context. This conference
is organized by the Society of Antiquaries
of Scotland, in conjunction with the National
Museums of Scotland and the Prehistoric
Society. For further details, accommodation
advice, and an application form, please
contact: The Society of Antiquaries of
Scotland (Mesolithic Scotland Conference),
Royal Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street,
Edinburgh EH1 1JF, Scotland, UK (Fax:
0131 247 4163 or Email:j.rowan@nms.ac.uk
or f.ashmore@nms.ac.uk)
Tel: 0131 247 4054; Fax: 0131 247 4060;
Email: as@nms.ac.uk
TAG
Information about the 1999 meeting of
the Theoretical Archaeology Group is at:
http://www.cf.ac.uk/uwcc/hisar/conferences/tag99/.
The deadline for papers is 30th June [sorry…Ed.].
Any queries about the conference can be
made by emailing the organisers (tag99@cardiff.ac.uk)
or by writing to the TAG 99 Organising
Committee, c/o HISAR, Cardiff University,
PO Box 909, Cardiff CF1 3XU, Wales, UK.
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COMMISSION OF THE HOLOCENE Meeting 27.
3. - 31. 3. 2000 Seville (Spain). First
Circular and Call for Papers. The meeting
will be organized under the topic :Environmental
changes in Holocene Sequences.-Methods,
processes and correlations. We invite
applications for papers and posters on
geo-pedological, sedimentological and
geographical indicators, case studies
and developments in paleogeographical
reconstructions. Communications will be
up to 20 minutes allowing for 5 minutes
discussion. Official languages are English,
French and Spanish. For further information
contact Ana I. Porras, Secretary of the
Meeting, Dept. Physical Geography, University
of Seville, Tel. +34 954.551.377, Fax
+34 954556988 E-mail: anapc@arrakis.es
Australia
The Northern Heritage Network will host
a Cultural Heritage Management Conference
at Southern Cross University in Lismore
on the 11th & 12th of November 1999.
The theme of the Conference is "Heritage
Landscapes: Understanding Place &
Communities". The conference will
explore the possibilities provided by
the construct of landscape and its use
in the practice of heritage management,
at both local and regional levels. To
be put on the mailing list for further
information and for enquires regarding
paper, poster and field workshop presentations
contact : Ms Maria Cotter, School of Resource
Science & Management, PO Box 157,
Lismore, NSW, Australia 2480. Tel +61
2 6624 5227 Fax: +61 2 6621 2669 Email:
mcotter@scu.edu.au
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