Fwd from ARCH-L:

We would like to invite you to participate at an upcoming conference, *Ever=
yone
Made Stone Tools: Exploring Methodology in Lithic Analysis*. This conferenc=
e
emerged as part of a discussion carried out at the Northeast Graduate
Archaeology Workshop (2010) at Brown University. The organizers, listed
below are seeking researchers (faculty or graduate students) interested in
discussing wider aspects of lithic technology.
 
 
 
This conference, hosted by the *Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the
Ancient World* at Brown University, will be held between the 14th-15th
October of 2011 and will focus on creating a dialogue between archaeologist=
s
studying widely different temporal and geographic topics. The goal is to
encourage novel applications of analytical methods, interdisciplinary
collaborative research, and comparative approaches to technology and
behavior. This will be a two-day conference at Brown University.
 
 
 
This conference is dedicated to discussing approaches to lithic analysis,
concentrating on specific results that demonstrate how different techniques
function as well as their potential for broader application in
archaeological studies. In general we are interested in receiving
submissions that deal with the following aspects of lithic analysis and
technology:
 
 
 
=B7        Methodology of analysis
 
=B7        Experimental and replicative research
 
=B7        Extraction and acquisition of raw materials
 
=B7        Manufacture and production
 
=B7        Issues of technology and techniques
 
=B7        Gender and agency
 
=B7        Other lithic technology including ground stone, gunflints, etc.
 
=B7        Ethical concerns
 
 
 
If you are interested in presenting or submitting a poster, please respond
(by indicating interest or abstract) to this letter by April 30th, 2011. We
look forward to hearing from you. If you have any questions, please contact
us at everyonemadestonetools@gmail.com.
 
 
 
Thank you for your consideration,
 
 
 
Clive Vella (Brown University)
 
Jay Reti (Rutgers University)
 
Jaclyn Nadeau (Univeristy at Albany, SUNY)
 
Nicole Weigel (Univeristy at Albany, SUNY)
 
Jaime Donta (Univeristy at Albany, SUNY)