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PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS WANTED: TAG 2010, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, 17th-19th December Palaeoeconomy and Palaeoecology of South West Britain Confirmed for TAG 2010, at the University of Bristol (17th-19th December), this session hopes to provide an opportunity for an overview of recent research in environmental archaeology carried out in South West Britain, as well as indicating the major changes in method and theory that have occurred in the area since the last such meeting, and discussing future directions. It is the session organisers' intent to publish the proceedings as an edited volume and a publisher has already expressed an interest in this. Several advances in methodology and techniques have occurred within the science based archaeological sub-disciplines often collectively referred to as Environmental Archaeology, in the UK, since the Palaeoeconomy and Environment in South West England Symposium, held at the University of Bristol in 1985. The South West's rich archaeological heritage and surprisingly varied environments provide exciting opportunities for these new and improved approaches to understanding our past, just as they did 25 years ago. Understanding the theory behind the application of science-based methodologies in archaeology is critical to their effective use in the wider discipline - knowing their limits as well as their potential. Often such limits can be overcome by combining several different datasets and methodologies from across the environmental sub-disciplines, highlighting the theoretical virtues of interdisciplinarity within the sciences. The human species has an unequalled ability for local and regional environmental adaptation and past conditions continue to shape present and future re-workings, thus environmental archaeology is central to the current climate change debate. Limits of adaptation by people and the environment in the past may highlight future restrictions. Parts of the South West have reached and breached such limits in the past as sea-level change and upland deterioration. Papers are encouraged from researchers currently engaged in environmental archaeological research in South West Britain, particularly from interdisciplinary projects and those which have an overt aim to place scientific methodologies and datasets within a theoretical structure. Papers can be submitted through the session page on the Bristol TAG website up to the 24th of September http://www.nomadit.co.uk/tag/tag2010/panels.php5?PanelID=831 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/archanth/tag/index.html Or to discuss a contribution you can contact the organisers: Lee G. Broderick Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield Institute of Cornish Studies, University of Exeter [log in to unmask] Danielle de Carle Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield [log in to unmask] Matthew Law School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University [log in to unmask] Clare Randall Department of Archaeology, Bournemouth University [log in to unmask] To Unsubscribe from this list go to: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=env-arch&A=1 enter your e-mail address in the box asking for it (nb. no name is needed in the box below it) and click on LEAVE ENV-ARCH button. This will not delete you from the main AEA information only (eg newsletter) list.