CONFERENCES, COURSES, & WORKSHOPS:

2008:

"Effective Interpretation of Archeology" Interdisciplinary Workshop
Curriculum sources: "Effective Interpretation of Archeological Resources," NPS Training Module 440, Yosemite National Park, California. Dates TBA: October/November 2008. Contact John Jameson, SEAC

FOR COURSE INFORMATION.

2005::

Symposium: Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) Session: "Archaeology in Public Spaces: Challenges for Public Interpretation and Management."
January. Abstract.

2004:

Interdisciplinary Training Course: "Effective Interpretation of Archeological Resources," Charleston Museum, Charleston, South Carolina, February 2-6, 2004.
COURSE INFORMATION.

2003:

Session: "Archaeology as Inspiration for Public Audiences." at the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) Annual Meeting, September 10-14, 2003.

Four sessions at the Fifth World Archaeological Congress (WAC-5), Washington, DC, June 21-27, 2003.

2002:

Keynote speaker at the first Combined Annual Conference of the three major Australasian professional archaeology societies.

Lecture: "Archaeology as Inspiration: Public Interpretation and Cross Training in the National Park Service," Flinders University Archaeology Public Lecture Series. June.

Support to the park: A Colonial Classroom: Fort Frederica National Monument Workshop July.

Participant: Southeast Region, National Park Service Chief Interpreters Workshop, Savannah, Georgia, hosted by Fort Pulaski National Monument. October.

Public Lecture / Plenary Session Speaker: First Combined Conference: AIMA (Australasian Institute for maritime archaeology), ASHA (Australasian Society for Historic Archaeology) and the AAA (Australian Archaeological Association), Townsville, Queensland. November.

2001:

Paper: "Making Good Horse Sense: Interpretive Art at Little Bighorn National Monument, Montana. In symposium entitled "Keeping to the High Country: A Festschrift in Honor of the Career of Wilfred Marston Husted," moderated by Kenneth Cannon. 59th Plains Anthropological Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, November.

Workshop: NPS Southeast Regional Chiefs of Interpretation Workshop, Pensacoloa, Florida, June 2001.

Symposium: "Ancient Muses: Archaeology and the Arts." 
SAA Annual Conference, April 22, 2001
Abstract: The practice of archaeology, as well as archaeologically derived information and objects, can inspire a wide variety of artistic expressions ranging from straightforward computer-generated reconstructions and traditional artists' conceptions to other art forms such as poetry and opera. Although some level of conjecture will always be present in these works, they are often no less conjectural than technical interpretations and have the benefit of providing visual and conceptual imagery that can communicate contexts and settings in a compelling way. We can look at archaeology's connections to art and music as a different way of valuing and defining the resource and making it more meaningful to the public. This session examines a variety of examples of this phenomenon as it applies to archaeology as inspiration for the arts and to interpretive art as a public education tool.
[Titles and Paper Abstracts] [View interpretive painting [130K] from SEAC archeology education project]

Paper: "Divided We Fail: Archaeologists and Interpreters Join Forces to Increase Public Awareness in the National Park System." In symposium entitled BEYOND PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY: COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS (session invited by the Public Education and Information Committee), organized by Pamela J. Cressey and Diana diZerega Wall, SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING, Long Beach, California, January, 2001. 

Paper:  "The National Park Service Archaeology-Interpretation Shared Competencies Curriculum." In symposium entitled: "Evaluating Public Programs in Archaeology" (sponsored by the Public Education and Information Committee), organized by James G. Gibb.  SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING, Long Beach, California, January, 2001. 

2000:

Paper: "The NPS Archeology-Interpretation Shared Competency Curriculum: Developing Skills for Archeologists, Interpreters, and Educators Through Cross-Training." In Concurrent Session #4: 'Training and Development for Cultural Resources." Moderator: Tony Knapp, Training Manager, Cultural Resources Stewardship Career Field, Stephen T. Mather Training Center.  Cultural Resources 2000: Managing for the Future Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, December 4-8, 2000. 

Paper: "Diversity in Practice: Projects in Cyberspace of the Southeast Archeological Center."  In Concurrent Session #12: "Cultural Resources and the World Wide Web: Communication and Education Opportunities into the Future." 
Moderator: S. Terry Childs, Archeologist and Cultural Resources Web Team Leader Training and Development for Cultural Resources. Cultural Resources 2000: Managing for the Future Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, December 4-8, 2000. 

Discussant: Public Interpretation and Education Symposium, American Anthropological Asssociation 99th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, November 15-19, 2000.

Paper: "Using Art as Archaeology Public Interpretation and Education Tools," In Symposium entitled: "Ancient: Modern - Archaeology as inspiration in the contemporary world," chaired by Christine Finn, Oxford University, UK. European Archaeological Association Annual Conference,  Lisbon, Portugal, September 10-17, 2000.

Workshop: Fort Frederica Archeology Education Program Teacher Workshop, Fort Frederica, St. Simons Island, Georgia, July 31-August 4, 2000. 

Paper: "Archeological Education and Cross-training for Interpreters and Archeologists," NPS Southeast Region Chief Interpreters Workshop, June 26-29, 2000, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee.

Symposium: "Giving the Public Its Due: New Horizons in the Public Interpretation of Archaeology," SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, January 4-9, 2000. 

1999:

1. Session: "A Partnership for the 21st Century: The Fort Frederica Archaeology Education Workshop", co-presenter with Noelle Conrad and Christine Van Voorhies, National Interpreters Workshop, National Association for Interpretation, Syracuse, NY, October 15-19 1999. 

2.  Panel presentation: "Protecting America’s Heritage at Fort Frederica National Monument," ARCHEOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAM TEACHER WORKSHOP, Fort Frederica National Monument, Georgia, August 1-6, 1999. 

3. Panel presentation: "Presenting Archeology to the Public: The Southeast Archeological Center's Public Interpretation Initiative," in session entitled "Giving Research a Voice: Interpreting History in the Real World," NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HISTORY ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Lowell, Massachusetts, May 1999.

4.   Organizer and Chair: "Archaeology and the National Park Idea: Challenges for Management and Public Presentation" symposium, WORLD ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, Cape Town, South Africa, January 1999. 

5.  Paper: "The National Park Service Archaeologist-Interpreter Shared Competencies Curriculum," in symposium entitled "The Form, Physique and Fitness of Educational Archaeology; Is It Working Out?" WORLD ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, Cape Town, South Africa, January 1999.

6.  Archeology-Interpretation Shared Competency Curriculum Development, 1997-1999.  An NPS MATHER TRAINING CENTER WORK GROUP is redesigning a 5-day course to meet newly revised standards and strategies for NPS-sponsored training. The new standards are competency-based; a multidisciplinary work group is developing a curriculum for new training modules derived from defined "shared competencies" among archeologists, interpreters, and educators.

1997-1998:

1.  Paper:  "Presenting Archeology to the Public: Programs and Initiatives of the Southeast Archeological Center, National Park Service," presented in SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY ANNUAL MEETINGS "Raising Public Awareness" symposium, March 1998. 

2.   "Pros and Cons of Reconstructions" symposium, SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY ANNUAL MEETINGS, April 1997.

3. . "Incorporating Archeological Information Into Your Interpretive Program," SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ROUNDTABLE CONFERENCE, Ninety Six National Historic Site, South Carolina, February 1997.

Sessions Prior to 1997
 

1. 2005 Unlocking the Past: Celebrating Historical Archaeology in North America (co-editor with Lu Ann DeCunzo). University Press of Florida, Gainsville. [in press].

2. 2004  The Reconstructed Past: Reconstructions in the Public Interpretation of Archaeology and History (editor). AltaMira Press: Walnut Creek.

3. 2003 Ancient Muses: Archaeology and the Arts, University of Alabama Press, June.

4. 2004 Article: "Public Archaeology in America." In Public Archaeology, Nick Merriman and Tim Schadla-Hall (eds.), Routledge: New York and London.

5. 2003 Article: "Purveyors of the Past: Education and Outreach as Ethical Imperatives in Archaeology."  In Ethical Issues in Archaeology, Larry Zimmerman, Julie Hollowell-Zimmer and Karen Vitelli (eds.), AltaMira Press: Walnut Creek.

6. Theme issue of the THE GEORGE WRIGHT FORUM  featured papers and contributed articles stemming from the symposium "Archaeology and the National Park Idea: Challenges for Management and Public Presentation" at the World Archaeological Congress that was held in Cape Town, South Africa in January 1999.

7.  Presenting Archaeology to the Public: Digging for Truths (1997) case studies.

8 Fort Benning Public Awareness and Education Plan for Cultural Resources (1998) booklet.

9.   Popular histories:

• Cavalry Clash in the Sandhills.
• Fort Benning: The Land and the People.
• Fiery Dawn: The Monroe's Crossroads American Civil War Cavalry Battle.

8.  "Public Interpretation, Education and Outreach: The Growing Predominance in American Archaeology." In Perspectives on Cultural Resource Management in Modern Society, Francis P. McManamon and Alf Hatton (editors). One World Archaeology Series, Peter Ucko, Series Editor, Routledge: London and New York (in press 1999).

9.  "Archaeology and the National Park Idea: Challenges for Management and Interpretation," theme issue of the THE GEORGE WRIGHT FORUM,
December 1999. Papers derived from WORLD ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONGRESS symposium.

10. Review of The Apalachee Indians and Mission San Luis, by John H. Hann and Bonnie G. McEwan, University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 1998. Historical Archaeology, December 1999.

11.   Case studies volume on "Reconstructions from Archaeological Evidence: Pro and Cons" (planned for 2000). Papers derived from SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY ANNUAL MEETINGS symposium.
 

* For more information, call or e-mail John Jameson at 850-580-3011 x243, 
e-mail: John_Jameson@nps.gov.