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Good afternoon SHA members! Autumn is here, and registration for #SHA2016 begins next week! Be sure to mark your calendars for next Thursday, October 1. For general #SHA2016 conference details, please follow this link.  In addition, the #SHA2016 conference program is now posted! Please follow this link, to take a look. Please note that Symposium...

by Theodor Maghrak I’m often approached by fellow grad students asking me, simply, “How do you get it all done?!” Throughout my graduate career, I’ve worked at least one job alongside school, oftentimes without having a complete day off for the entire semester. A lot of us know this situation, trying to avoid student loans...

The new issue of Historical Archaeology, 2015, Vol. 49, No. 3 is soon to be hot off the press. In this issue, guest editors, Jeff Oliver and Neil Curtis (University of Aberdeen), have assembled papers originally presented at the 2010 Contemporary and Historical Archaeology and Theory conference in Aberdeen (CHAT ‘north’), which brought scholars from...

Doug Rocks-McQueen At the 2015 SHA conference in Seattle, myself and the organising committee tried an experiment in video recording some of the panels and presentations. The goal is to share some of the remarkable research and thoughts that were presented at the conference with everyone who could not attend. Or maybe did attend but could...

By: Melissa Timo Developing new avenues of public archaeology is not always easy. Last year I highlighted my difficulties trying to connect a temporary or transplanted population to the archaeology of southwest Florida. By (tourist) season, I’ve made headway through persistence.  Thanks to some amazing partnerships with regional museums, public library systems, and National and Florida...

 by Jenna Coplin Sponsored by the SHA’s Gender and Minority Affairs Committee and the Academic and Professional Training Committee. The purpose of the Mentoring Program is to support diversity in historical archaeology, to strengthen the discipline and improve the SHA by facilitating full participation of all people. Your participation as a mentor or mentee will...