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color=#0000ff size=2>Dear Amy,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=282240913-29082011><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I would be very interested in partaking in the symposium on
<STRONG>Raw material perspectives on technological choice and change</STRONG>
next year in Memphis. I have been studying Mesolithic and Neolithic wetland
assemblages, incorporating both flint, hard stone, bone and antler tools in my
analysis. I am basically a use wear specialist but concentrate on the
relationship between raw material selection and use (from a cultural
biographical perspective). I have one case study thatmay be
interesting for the session you intend to organize. It concerns a late
mesolithic site with very good organic preservation, called
Hardinxveld-Polderweg. Study of the flint assemblage shows that scrapers are
virtually absent, something that is highly unusual in contemporaneous late
mesolithic assemblages in the uplands. Hide working traces are lacking in the
flint assemblage as well. However, such traces abound on the bone and antler
tools, which often are recycled wood working tools that were broken during
use and subsequently modified to hide scrapers. This technological
choice cannot be explained in terms of flint shortage and seems to be
largely attributable to an attitude towards tool production and use which can be
characterized as highly opportunistic. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=282240913-29082011><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=282240913-29082011><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>My question to you is whether you still have place in your
session for papers, and if so, if you would be interested in the above topic. I
know I am late, fieldwork and holidays kept me busy for the past two months.
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=282240913-29082011><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hoping to hear from you soon,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=282240913-29082011><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>kind regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=282240913-29082011><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Annelou</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri color=#808000 size=2>Prof. dr. Annelou
van Gijn</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri color=#808000
size=2>Professor Material Culture Studies Rijksuniversiteit
Groningen</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri color=#808000
size=2>Director Laboratory for Artefact Studies</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri color=#808000 size=2>Faculty of Archaeology Leiden
University</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri color=#808000
size=2>PB 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri color=#808000 size=2>email:
a.l.van.gijn@arch.leidenuniv.nl or a.l.van.gijn@rug.nl</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri color=#808000 size=2>telephone: + 31 71 527
2389/2633</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri color=#808000
size=2>www.artefactstudies.com</FONT></SPAN> </P>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu
[mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Margaris, Amy
V.<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 21, 2011 5:31 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
ZOOARCH@jiscmail.ac.uk; Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group
for the study ofobject and waste of bone,antler. ivory and horn.<BR><B>Cc:</B>
xieliye<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Bonetools] SAA symposium on Raw Materials and
Technological Choice<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt">Dear colleagues, </P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt">Greetings! We warmly invite you to participate in
a proposed symposium for the April 2012 Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
meeting in Memphis, Tennessee (USA), on the topic of <B>Raw Material
Perspectives on Technological Choice and Change</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><B>Session Organizers:</B> Amy Margaris (Oberlin
College) & Liye Xie (University of Arizona)</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><B>Discussant </B>(pending session scheduling):
Steve Kuhn (University of Arizona)</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt">Here is the session abstract:</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt">“Raw material has long been regarded as an
essential component of human endeavors. But to truly understand technological
choices and changes in the past we need further integrative studies that
investigate the dynamic contexts in which one raw material is selected over
another based on functional, social, or ideological factors. This symposium will
provide a venue to discuss raw material selection practices in a number of
archaeological or ethnographic contexts. It promises to bring together a diverse
group of researchers while revealing trends across time and space that will
contribute to theory-building about variation and change in technological
practices.”</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt">Possibilities for the temporal and geographic
scope of contributed papers are wide open, from studies of the contrasting uses
of stone and organic materials in the Upper Paleolithic to the adoption (or
rejection) of imported iron over local alternatives among indigenous groups. The
unifying theme is how raw materials were selected among competing candidates:
What factors held sway in a group’s acquisition, processing or functional
choices?</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt">We hope you will consider participating in this
symposium, and will also forward the invitation to other interested
researchers.<SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt">September is not far off, so please email <B>Amy
Margaris (<A
href="mailto:amy.margaris@oberlin.edu">amy.margaris@oberlin.edu</A>)</B> as soon
as possible if you are interested in presenting a paper in this
symposium.<SPAN> </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt">More information on the conference can be found at
<A
href="http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/AnnualMeeting/tabid/138/Default.aspx"><SPAN>http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/AnnualMeeting/tabid/138/Default.aspx</SPAN></A></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt">We look forward to hearing from you soon!</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt">Amy Margaris (<A
href="mailto:amy.margaris@oberlin.edu" target=_blank><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,104,207)">amy.margaris@oberlin.edu</SPAN></A>) &</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><SPAN lang=FR>Liye Xie (</SPAN><A
href="mailto:xiexie1@email.arizona.edu" target=_blank><SPAN
lang=FR>xiexie1@email.arizona.edu</SPAN></A><SPAN lang=FR>)<SPAN>
</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=FR></SPAN> </P><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Amy
V. Margaris
<BR>Assistant Professor of Anthropology<BR>Oberlin College<BR><BR><A
href="http://new.oberlin.edu/arts-and-sciences/departments/anthropology/"
target=_blank>http://new.oberlin.edu/arts-and-sciences/departments/anthropology/</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://sites.google.com/a/oberlin.edu/margaris-amy/"
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