Cotsen at the SAAs

Congratulations to all of the SAA participants from Cotsen!Stephen AcabadoJared Koller and Stephen AcabadoExpansion Modeling and Dating the Ifugao Agricultural Terrace Systems Through Volumetric Analysis and Energetic ModelingSymposium Geospatial Studies In The Archaeology Of OceaniaStephen Acabado and Marlon MartinIndigeneity and Empowerment: The Politics of Ethnic Labeling in the PhilippinesSymposium Contested Landscapes: The Archaeology of Politics, Borders, and Movement Hans BarnardHans Barnard and Ran Boytner; Chair, DiscussantSymposium Archaeology Out-of-the-Box: Investigating the Edge of the Discipline (Sponsored by Institute for Field Research)Sylvia Cheever, Maria Lozada, Danny Zborover, Erika Simborth and Hans BarnardUnder Pressure: Evidence of ‘La Vida Cotidiana’ in Cranial Shape Typology at Jarana, an Inca Site in Southern PerúPoster Session Bioarchaeological and Mortuary Studies in South America Anna BishopAnna BishopPreliminary Results from La Luna: A Late Classic Residential Group at El ZotzGeneral Session Daily Life of the Ancient Maya Jacob BongersJacob Bongers and Henry Tantaleán, ChairFrom the Paracas Culture to the Inca Empire: Recent Archaeological Research in the Chincha Valley, PeruJacob BongersLocal Mortuary Practice and Inca Imperial Conquest in the Middle Chincha Valley, PeruSymposium From the Paracas Culture to the Inca Empire: Recent Archaeological Research in the Chincha Valley, PeruJennifer Larios, Jacob Bongers, Jordan Dalton, Jo Osborn and Camille WeinbergChincha Mercantilism: A Preliminary Investigation into Chincha Valley Economic Organization during the Late Intermediate Period and Late HorizonSymposium From the Paracas Culture to the Inca Empire: Recent Archaeological Research in the Chincha Valley, Peru Rachael Penfil, Jo Osborn and Jacob BongersThe Effect of Imperial Conquest on Regional Settlement Patterns: A Case Study from the Peruvian South Coast between ca. 1000–1532 CEPoster Session Peruvian Architecture Over Time And Space P. Jeffrey BrantinghamP. Jeffrey Brantingham, Randy Haas and Todd SurovellOne Thing Leads to Another: Causal Triggering among Archaeological EventsSymposium Practical Approaches to Identifying Evolutionary Processes in the Archaeological Record (Sponsored by SAA Open Science in Archaeology Interest Group) Jesse ByockJesse ByockThe Mosfell Excavations: Viking Archaeology in IcelandSymposium The State of the Art in Medieval European Archaeology: New Discoveries, Future Directions Karime Castillo CardenasKarime Castillo CardenasColonial Glass Production in Mexico City: A Study on Technology Transfer and AdaptationGeneral Session Advances in Mesoamerican Archaeometry Kathlyn CooneyKathlyn CooneyDo Women Rule Differently? Lessons from the Ancient Egyptian PatriarchySymposium Women of Violence: Warriors, Aggressors, and Perpetrators of Violence Jason De LeonCameron Gokee and Jason De LeonBackpack Biographies: Re-scaling Undocumented Migration in the US-Mexico BorderlandsSymposium Archaeologies of Immigration and Refugee ResettlementJason De LeonOld Methods and Theories in the Ethnographic Present: Why We Need an Archaeological Sensibility in the 21st CenturySymposium Archaeology Out-of-the-Box: Investigating the Edge of the Discipline (Sponsored by Institute for Field Research)Heather Thakar, Jason De Leon and Pamela Geller, ModeratorForum #MeToo in Archaeology (Sponsored by SAA Ethics Committee) Gazmend EleziGazmend Elezi, ChairNeolithic Archaeology in Europe and the MediterraneanGazmend EleziManufacture of Late Neolithic Pottery from the Southern Balkans: An Integrative ApproachGeneral Session Neolithic Archaeology in Europe and the Mediterranean Alan Farahani (former Visiting Scholar)Alan Farahani, DiscussantForum  Visualizing Plants: Productive Ways to Present Archaeobotanical DataAlan Farahani and R. J. SinenskyChallenges and Prospects of Richness and Diversity Measures in PaleoethnobotanySymposium  Defining and Measuring Diversity in Archaeology Anneke Janzen (former Visiting Scholar)Anneke Janzen, Mary Prendergast and Katherine GrilloEarly Herding Practices in Tanzania Revealed through Strontium Isotope AnalysisSymposium  African Archaeology Throughout the Holocene Danielle Kalani HeinzDanielle Kalani HeinzNā Wahine o nā ʻĀina Kuleana: Assessing the Impact of Colonization on Gender Experience in North Kohala, Hawaiʻi IslandSymposium Rethinking Hinterlands in Polynesia Sarah MorrisSarah Morris and Britt BousmanPaleolandscape Reconstruction Using Geoproxy Evidence at Erfkroon, a Middle to Later Stone Age Occupation in South Africa’s Continental InteriorGeneral Session Geoarchaeology: Global Case Studies, Part II Vanessa MurosVanessa MurosPreservation, Education and Outreach: Conservation at the Corral Redondo ProjectGeneral Session Geoarchaeology: Global Perspectives On Public Archaeology: Education, Outreach, And Engagement Dwight Read_(Professor Emeritus)Michael Merrill and Dwight ReadA Methodology for Comparing and Evaluating Seriation Algorithms Applied to Archaeological DataGeneral Session:  Mortuary Analysis in the Americas Steven Rosen (former Visiting Scholar)Dmitry Yegorov, Steven Rosen and Ofer MarderThe Heat Treatment of Flint in the Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site of Yiftahel (Lower Galilee, Israel) and Its Social InterpretationGeneral Session  New Directions in Experimental Archaeology, Part IISteven RosenThe Tabular Scraper Trade: Complexities of a Prehistoric Pastoral Trade SystemGeneral Session  Archaeology in South Asia and the Levant Gregson SchachnerMatthew Peeples and Gregson Schachner (member of SAA Annual Meeting 2019 Program Committee and past recipient of the SAA Fred Plog Memorial Fellowship), ChairGregson Schachner, Matthew Peeples and Sarah OasKeith Kintigh and the Cibola Region over the Long TermSymposium Attention to Detail: A Pragmatic Career of Research, Mentoring, and Service; Papers in Honor of Keith Kintigh Monica L. SmithMonica L. Smith, DiscussantSymposium  After Dark: The Nocturnal Urban Landscape & Lightscape Of Ancient Cities Charles Stanish (Professor Emeritus)Charles Stanish, ParticipantBuried Sites in the Chincha Valley FloodplainSymposium  From the Paracas Culture to the Inca Empire: Recent Archaeological Research in the Chincha Valley, Peru Jo Anne Van TilburgSarah Sherwood, Jo Anne Van Tilburg and Casey BarrierSoil Fertility and Chronology at the RapaNui Rano Raraku Megalithic Statue QuarrySymposium  From Middens to Museums: Papers in Honor of Julie K. Stein  Thomas WakeThomas Wake (member of the SAA Committee on the Americas), ChairGeneral Session Ancient Cuisine: Food and Diet in the Archaeological RecordThomas Wake, Lana Martin and Tomas MendizabalMortuary Feasting at Sitio Drago, Panama and Elsewhere in Lower Central AmericaGeneral Session Ancient Cuisine: Food and Diet in the Archaeological Record Willeke WendrichWilleke Wendrich, DiscussantLightning Rounds  Exploring Intersections of Technology, Labor, and IdentityDigital Archaeology Mentorship: Best Practices in a Rapidly Changing FieldSymposium Capacity Building or Community Making? Training and Transitions in Digital ArchaeologySonia ZarrilloSonia Zarrillo, DiscussantForum Visualizing Plants: Productive Ways to Present Archaeobotanical Data