62th Annual Meeting
Hosted by the Southwest Florida Archaeology Society
2010 FAS Annual Meeting
May 7-9 in Fort Myers
The Southwest Florida Archaeological Society (SWFAS) is excited to host the 62nd annual FAS meeting on May 7-9, 2010 at the Harborside Event Center in Fort Myers. Accommodations for FAS 2010 will be at the new Hotel Indigo, just a block from the Harborside Event Center and a short walk to the Caloosahatchee River. The Hotel Indigo is a 67-room boutique hotel that opened in 2009, with a bar, restaurant, rooftop pool and fitness center. It is located at 1520 Broadway, Fort Myers, FL 33901. Reservations should be made directly with the hotel at 877-270-1389 or www.hotelindigo.com/fortmyersfl. Special conference room rates for FAS attendees start at $99 a night for Thursday and Friday and $89 on Saturday, plus applicable taxes. Street parking is available at no cost or $14 per night in the parking garage. Please mention the Florida Anthropological Society room block when calling for reservations. The conference room rates are good through April 7, 2010.
Call for Papers
Presenters must complete and submit the following form by February 12, 2009 accompanied by a check for the applicable registration fee payable to SWFAS.
Student Prize Competiton
Undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in degree granting university programs are encouraged to compete for a prize. The student must submit a paper of original research that contributes to our understanding of Florida’s history or prehistory. Contestants must submit three (3) copies of their paper and make an oral presentation at the FAS meeting. The oral presentations must be drawn from the written paper. The written paper cannot exceed 2500 words and must be typed and double-spaced. Postmark deadline for student papers is Monday, March 15, 2010.
Registration
Registration and payment due by April 7, 2010
Friday, May 7: Meetings for FAS, FAC and FPAN boards, committees and membership are scheduled for Friday morning and afternoon in Harborside Event Center meeting rooms. On Friday afternoon, Louis Tesar of the Bureau of Archaeological Research will present a workshop on how to prepare high quality digital images of artifacts for publications, posters, and presentations using a flatbed scanner. The workshop will be held at the historic Seven Seas building at Newton Park in Fort Myers Beach, the new home of the Southwest Regional Center of the Florida Public Archaeology Network. The Friday evening reception will be at the Mound House on Fort Myers Beach with an opportunity to view the newly completed walk-in shell mound exhibit.
Saturday, May 8: Papers and posters will be presented morning and afternoon at Harborside Event Center. Vendors with books and other wares will be available at the event center. Lunch is on your own on Saturday and many small restaurants are nearby, or pick up a sandwich and stroll down by the river. The FAS Annual Business Meeting and FAS New Board Meeting will follow the paper sessions on Saturday. The Saturday night banquet will feature guest speaker Dr. Jerald T. Milanich, Curator Emeritus in Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Please sign up for the banquet when you register by April 7, 2010.
Field trips to sites including the Randell Research Center at Pineland and the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Museum are planned for Sunday, May 9.
