The following is call for papers on the topic "Pacific Palaeoethnobotany" for the 8th International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific. The conference will be held July 8-13, 2012 at the Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel (Santa Rosa, California), located in the heart of the famed Sonoma Wine Country.
The general theme of the conference is Living in Changing Island Environments, with an overall emphasis on the relationships between people, climatic variation, and consequent changes introduced to environmental and social landscapes. More information about the conference can be found at http://www.islandheritage.org.
This session focuses on palaeoethnobotanical analysis in the Pacific Islands. Topics from any time period or culture area are welcome. Studies should use micro- or macrofossil analysis and may include (but are not limited to) analysis of past foodways, resource extraction and consumption or inequalities in resource use. Papers on methodological issues will also be considered. Presentations will be 15 minutes with 5 additional minutes for questions.
Participants should submit a 100-250 word abstract via email to Jen Huebert ([log in to unmask]) by November 15, 2011.
Jennifer Huebert and Christopher Stevenson
Organizers
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