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For anyone who wants to know....the aforementioned conference is 10th-14th May 2004 Joint NABO and SILA Arctic Center Conference "Dynamics of Northern Societies" NABO (North Atlantic Biocultural Organization) meeting May 10th-14th will be hosted by the Danish SILA arctic center based at the National Museum in Copenhagen (whose website www.sila.dk has info and registration forms). It looks already like this will be a very major meeting, drawing together northern researchers from Norse, paleo-Eskimo, and Inuit research teams and offering the possibility of some really productive exchanges. All papers will be published, and both papers and posters are still being accepted through 1 January 2004. We are offering a series paper sessions of what we hope will be major cross cutting topics of wide interest, paper sessions which may be of more regional interest (N American or NW European), and a series of open workshops for less formal discussions and idea swapping. Some really outstanding post-conference excursions are also in the works, so if you can stay after the conference you will have several options to enjoy. As ever, feedback and ideas are very welcome. Student papers and posters are encouraged, and we would particularly like to share ideas on more effective coordination of our educational efforts (field schools, student support, exchange programs). This conference will bring together North Atlantic and Arctic researchers interested in long term human interactions with environment and early inter-cultural interactions, drawing on the entire circumpolar zone for a wide ranging four day meeting involving zooarchaeology, archaeobotany, human osteology, geoarchaeology, history, ethnography, and archaeology. Major cross cutting topics include: Dynamics of Small Scale Societies, Focal Places, Living with Things, Architecture and Social Organization, Demography, Death & Burial in the North, Religion Exchange & and the Constitution of Religious Identities Exchange & trade Workshops on: Northern Zooarchaeology, Archaeobotany, and Geoarchaeology: Putting things together Human Impacts Marine Resource use: some cross cultural perspectives Cooperation in Northern Education Special Sessions on Origins and Spread of the paleo-Eskimo and Inuit traditions Norse Interaction with the Environment Paper abstracts due by 1 January 2004 Contact : [log in to unmask] and please see www.sila.dk Thomas H. McGovern, Professor Coordinator North Atlantic Biocultural Organization (NABO) Director Hunter Bioarchaeology Laboratory Anthropology Department, Hunter College CUNY 695 Park Ave, NYC 10021 USA fax: 212 772 5423 phone: 212 772 5410 email: [log in to unmask]