A Call for Papers

The Society for American Archaeology's Fiber-Perishables Interest Group is
pleased to announce that it will be sponsoring a symposium at the up-coming
meetings in Austin, Texas (April 25-29, 2007):

A New Look at a Common Dilemma: Perishables and the Definition of
Boundaries.
A Session in Memory of James Petersen

Boundaries can occur at all levels of social organization, between broadly
defined interaction spheres or between households within single villages.
Perishables, especially textiles, are shaped by the complex array of learned
behaviors that are transmitted within such bounded social groups. Therefore,
perishables are especially useful to explore how material culture traditions
are established and maintained, how they reflect broader aspects of their
cultural context, and how their boundaries are shaped. The papers in this
session will explore these concepts in more detail.

Abstracts should be submitted to the session chair, Christina Pappas, no
later than August 29, 2006. Please email abstracts to capappas@hotmail.com
or mail to Department of Anthropology, 211 Lafferty Hall, Lexington, KY
40506. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Pappas at either of
the above addresses and feel free to forward the call for papers to any
other interested parties.

Christina A. Pappas
Graduate Student
Department of Anthropology
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506 USA
capappas@hotmail.com