Dear Zooarchs:
The organizers of the II Symposium Early humans in the Americas forward me a copy of the last circular. The dead line for abstract submissions to the event is Jun 30. 
As far I know, one topic of the event will be the paleoenvironment, extinctions, and relatives.
If you are interested, in the last paragraph you´ll find the e-mail of the organizers.

Cheers


Eduardo


DAF/INAH
2nd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

EARLY HUMANS IN THE AMERICAS

2nd CIRCULAR

The Physical Anthropology Direction of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), through the Organizing Committee, presents this convocation in order to host the “2nd Symposium of Early Humans in the Americas” from the 6th to the 10th of September, 2004.

Objectives 
1.  The symposium aspires to reunite researchers from different countries and disciplines who have intellectual interest in the early presence of humans in the Americas.

2.  This academic event responds to the intellectual pursuit of national and international researchers to share their knowledge of recent studies of early population of the Americas with the academic community. 

3.  With the information presented, a forum will be created for discussion of the various positions on migration, affinities and the antiquity of humans in the Americas.

4.  A proposal will be defined to design a methodology specific to dating techniques and to unite the criteria of morphological studies of the cranial and postcranial human skeleton.  Included is the aim of forming a databank for the entire American continent and through this enable us to compare information with data from other regions of the world.

5.  The general aim is to narrow the frank and open academic dialogue of the prehistory of the Americas. 






The organizing committee proposes the following themes:

Ø   New dates for the antiquity of humans in the Americas.

Ø   Possible migration routes to the American continent and within the continent.

Ø   Environmental conditions during the late Pleistocene/early Holocene in the Americas including paleoclimate, geology, flora and fauna, etc.

Ø   Genetic and morphological characteristics and affinities of early populations in the Americas

The organizers of the symposium extend a cordial invitation to participate in this event, which will be held at the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City from the 6th to the 10th of September, 2004.  

We invite all who are interested to send their proposals and suggestions on the themes to be developed.

Participation
Considered for this symposium is the modality of plenary sessions, which seek to discuss themes surrounding the prehistory of the Americas with the aim of fostering collective discussion and reflection.

Registering for participation
To participate as a presenter, send the tentative title of your presentation and its corresponding abstract (maximum 200 words) to the organizing committee before 30th of June 2004. The presentation of papers should be provided by the author and/or coauthor(s). 

Send registration with the following information:
1.  Name(s) of the author(s)

2.  Institution of each author

3.  Electronic mail and telephone number of each of the authors

4.  State

5.  Country

6.  A list of audiovisual support needs

Publication of papers
A selection will be made of the papers presented and received for publication in a volume made as a record of the event.

Categories of participation and inscription quotas
Participants with or without presenting papers and paying the fee of 100 U.S. dollars or the equivalent in Mexican pesos. Upon inscription payment, you will have the right of participation, to the published volume of the symposium.

Correspondence

Direction of Physical Anthropology
National Museum of Anthropology
Reforma y Ghandi S/N. Polanco
11560, Mexico City
Telephone and Fax 52(55) 55-53-62-04 and 52(55) 52-86-19-33


Organizing Committee
Jose Concepcion Jimenez Lopez, Department of Physical Anthropology, INAH
Silvia Gonzalez, John Moores University Liverpool, England
Jose Antonio Pompa y Padilla, Department of Physical Anthropology, INAH
Francisco Ortiz Pedraza, Director of the ENAH.

For more information please contact one of the following:
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-- 
Eduardo Corona-M.
Co-Organizador del Seminario.
Laboratorio de Arqueozoologia,
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
Moneda 16, Col. Centro.
Mexico, 06060, D.F.
Mexico.

Dirección temporal:
Laboratorio de Arqueozoología,
Fac. de Ciencias. Edif. Biología.
Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid.
España


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