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Dear colleagues,
This is a reminder of the "Neotropical Zooarchaeology and
Taphonomy" Symposium we are organising at the next
ICAZ meeting (Mexico 2006,
www.alexandriaarchive.org/bonecommons/icaz2006/).
If you are interested, please send the following information
by January 31st 2006 to this email address:
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- Name of all authors
- Name of primary author
- Institutional Address
- Telephone no.
- Fax no.
- Email address
- Names and addresses of additional authors
- Five keywords
- Full title of submission
- Abstract (up to 300 words excluding title, authors,
and references).
Please take into account that Karen Privat extends an
offer to assist any Spanish-speaking presenters attending
the ICAZ meeting with the translation or sub-editing of
their work from Spanish to English in preparation for the
conference (at no charge). She is happy to work with
abstracts, poster text, or papers (in final form). She will
provide assistance on a first come, first served basis, so if
you are interested please contact her directly:
Email: [log in to unmask] or karen.privat@christ-
church.oxon.org
Address: 1Park Street, Unit 1, Clovelly NSW 2031,
Australia
The symposium is intended as a forum to discuss the
specific aspects zooarchaeology and taphonomy in the
Neotropics -the biogeographic region encompassing
Central and South America and adjacent islands -,
focusing on a macro scale and a biogeographic and
ecological-evolutionary perspective.
It is aimed at dealing with the study of problems shared by
these investigations in the macroregion, not as a historical
review of them or their current state of the art or as a
compilation of case studies country by country, but rather
from the viewpoint of the general trends in the interactions
between human populations and the neotropical fauna, as
well as those in the taphonomic processes characterising
this archaeofaunal record.
Discussion is sought on the relationships between these
general trends and the biogeographic history of the
Neotropics, as understanding them in such broad scale
may turn out to be a powerful tool for taphonomic and
zooarchaeological research, and can help account for
some of its particularities with regard to other
biogeographic regions.
This proposal is deliberately broad, and would include
such topics as taphonomy in unsaturated communities;
zooarchaeology in high-latitude oceanic contexts, high-
altitude deserts, and other neotropical environments; the
consequences of regional biogeographic filters and
barriers; the faunal communities present at the time of
human dispersal in the region and their implications, and
the domestication of different neotropical animals from a
comparative perspective, just to name some examples.
We look forward to your contributions. Many thanks in
advance.
We wish you have a happy end of the year. Do not
hesitate to contact us in case of questions or comments.
Best wishes,
Mariana Mondini & Sebastian Muņoz
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