A Conference Announcement. Atlantiar: Human Traces on the Atlantic Façade of Europe

by Roslyn Frank

In the .pdf you will find the announcement in English for an international conference to be held May 18, 2012, in... more

Conference Announcement: “In the Wake of the Basque Whalers: Cultural and Genetic Heritage of the Basques and the Native Americans of the North Atlantic”

by Roslyn Frank

Here is the program for the upcoming International Conference called “In the Wake of the Basque Whalers: Cultural and Genetic Heritage of the Basques and the Native Americans of the North Atlantic”, featuring speakers from across several disciplines and cultures. It will take place 21-22 September 2011 in Bilbao, Spain, on the campus of the University of the Basque Country. It has been coordinated by the BIOMICs unit of UPV/EHU, University of the Basque Country Research Group and the well known film maker, photographer and investigator Xabi Otero of JAUZARREA. The unique blend of presentations in the humanities and hard sciences that characterizes this conference is a reflection of the unique broad-based interdisciplinary approach promoted by the team of geneticists at the University of the Basque Country, most particularly by Dr. Marian M. de Pancorbo, Director of the UPV/EHU BIOMICS unit, and Dr. Sergio Cardoso.

The conference summary is as follows:

“The Basques established relations with Native Americans in the St.... more

The Spirit of Survival: Cultural Responses to Resource Variability in North Alaska

by Kevin P. Smith

Co-authored with Leah Minc; published in "Bad Year Economics: Cultural Responses to Risk and Uncertainty", edited by Paul Halstead and John M. O'Shea, pp. 8-39. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (New Directions in Archaeology), 1989.

While the basic structure of responses to scarcity is constrained by the nature of those stresses which coping... more

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