BU Archaeology Faculty, Students, and Alum presenting at this year SAA Meeting
The 84th SAA Meeting, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico
April 10 to the 14, 2019 Presenters
Catherine F. West and Ben Fitzhugh
Human Behavioral Ecology and the Complexities of Arctic Foodways (Thursday, 8am)
Symposium: Human Behavioral Ecology at the Coastal Margins: Global Perspectives on Coastal & Maritime Adaptations (Thursday, 8am–12pm)
115 Brazos
Ben Fitzhugh, Catherine F. West and Sven Haakanson
Anna and the Sea: Reflections on Anna Kerttula’s Influence on a Generation of North Pacific Archaeology (Thursday, 10:45am)
Symposium: Celebrating Anna Kerttula’s Contributions to Northern Research (Thursday, 8–11:45am)
275 Ballroom B
Laura Heath-Stout (GRS’20)
The Invisibly Disabled Archaeologist (Thursday, 2:15pm)
Symposium: Archaeologies of Health, Wellness, and Ability (Thursday, 1–3:30pm)
65 Hopi
David Walton (GRS’17)
Obsidian Tool Functions at Early Formative Altica, Mexico
Poster Session: Experimental Archaeology in the Americas (Thursday, 5–7pm)
Hall 3
Elizabeth Hannigan (CAS’18) and Laura Heath-Stout (GRS’20)
Affording Archaeology: How the Cost of Field School Keeps Archaeology Exclusive (Thursday, 6:45pm)
Symposium: What Have You Done for us Lately?: Discrimination, Harassment, and Chilly Climate in Archaeology (Thursday, 6–8:15pm)
280 Ballroom A
Mary Clarke (GRS’20), Henry Perez, Boris Beltran and Heather Hurst
Quarrying, Cutting, and Shaping: a Look into the Lives of Ancient Maya Limestone Producers (Friday, 11:45am)
General Session: Crafting and Manufacturing in the Ancient Maya World (Friday, 10:45am–12pm)
20 Laguna
Timothy Pugh, Justin Bracken, Marc Wolf, Christopher Hernandez, Alexander Rivas, Megan Leight, Damien Marken, Andrés Mejía Ramón, Kristin Landau, Thomas Ruhl, Kacey Grauer, Adrian Chase, Samantha Krause, Jonathan Ruane (GRS’15), and David Freidel (discussants)
Lightning Round: Archaeological Recording of Ancient Maya Water Management Features (Friday, 1–3pm)
230 Pecos
David Carballo
Deep Histories of Conquest: Mesoamerica, Iberia, and New Spain (Friday, 1pm)
Symposium: Archaeology and Material Culture of the Spanish Invasion of Mesoamerica and Forging of New Spain (Friday, 1–3:30pm)
240 La Cienaga
Franco Rossi (GRS’15) and Zachary Hruby
“An Instrument for Seeing”: The Multivalent Nature of Volcanic Glass in Mesoamerica (Friday, 4:30pm)
Symposium: Ceremonial Lithics of Mesoamerica: New Understandings of Technology, Distribution, and Symbolism of Eccentrics and Ritual Caches in the Maya World and Beyond (Friday, 1–5pm)
215 San Miguel
Victoria Poston (GRS’18) and Maria Belen Mendez Bauer
Excavations at Tiradero (Saturday, 9:45am)
Symposium: Preclassic Maya Social Transformations along the Usumacinta: Views from Ceibal and Aguada Fénix (Saturday, 8–11:45am)
18 Cochiti/30 Taos
Susan Chandler, Christopher Dore, Arlen Chase, Lisa Lucero, Julie Stein, David Carballo, Barra ODonnabhain, Chelsea Fisher, Laura Heath-Stout (GRS’20), Valorie Aquino, Michael Balter, and Heather Thakar (discussants)
Forum: #MeToo in Archaeology (Saturday, 1–3pm)
110 Galisteo
Natalie Susmann (GRS’19)
Expanding the Boundaries of Cultic Space: An Investigation of Nature in Greek Cultic Spaces in the Argolid and Messenia (2800–146 BCE) (Saturday, 1:45pm)
General Session: Mediterranean Archaeology, Part II (Saturday, 1–2:30pm)
70 Tewa
Daniela Hernandez Sariñana (GRS’21) and David Carballo
Building Community Ties Using Archaeology in Tlajinga, Teotihuacan
Poster Session: Mesoamerican Landscapes and Communities (Saturday, 2–4pm)
La Sala
Jared Koller (GRS’19) and Stephen Acabado
Expansion Modeling and Dating the Ifugao Agricultural Terrace Systems Through Volumetric Analysis and Energetic Modeling (Sunday, 8:45am)
Symposium: Geospatial Studies in the Archaeology of Oceania (Sunday, 8–10:45am)
120 Dona Ana
Reuven Yeshurun and Catherine F. West
Foxes and Humans at the Late Holocene Uyak Site, Kodiak, Alaska (Sunday, 9:45am)
Symposium: Do Good Things Come in Small Packages? Human Behavioral Ecology and Small Game Exploitation (8–11:15am)
140 Aztec
Thanks to Laura Heath-Stout for compiling the list of our folks!