Registration for the 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology is now open. Members, log in to "Members Only" to register.
Submissions of symposia, forums, workshops, and contributed papers or posters for the 2012 Annual Meeting are now being accepted. The deadline for submissions is Friday, December 9, 2011.
Download the submission guidelines for detailed instructions and other information for organized or individual contributions to the program.
The SCA Native American Programs Committee is proud to announce sponsorships offered to California Indians interested in attending the SCA Annual Meeting. For more information visit this page.
Hotel Reservations:
The Town and Country Resort and Conference Center
500 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, CA 92108
Room reservations:
Via the internet, click here. By phone, please call (619) 291-7131. Be sure to tell them you are making reservations for the "Society for California Archaeology 2012 Annual Meeting"
Room rate is $122.00/night plus tax, for single or double rooms. See the Town and Country Resort's web site for room descriptions and other details. This special room rate will also be honored for the three days preceding the meeting, based on room availability. Reservations for the Town and Country Resort and Conference Center must be made by March 5, 2012.
Shuttle:
The Town and Country Resort and Conference Center in San Diego is conveniently located off Interstate 8 approximately seven miles from the San Diego International Airport. The hotel is a short taxi or shuttle ride (Cloud9/Super Shuttle) from the airport. The Cloud9 shuttle service is contracted with the hotel and costs $11 for a one-way trip. The hotel is a short stroll from the San Diego Green Line Trolley (Fashion Valley stop).
Volunteers may receive a registration fee waiver, but you must contact the Volunteer Coordinator on or before February 21, 2012. Limited waivers are available and they are granted on a first-come, first-served basis. See the volunteer form for details!
The Reception/Silent Auction will be held at the Museum of Man in Balboa Park, which is located about four miles from the hotel. Bus transportation will be provided. We have reserved the entire museum for this event. There will be space for dining, drinking, checking out the silent auction goodies, and just plain chatting with old and new friends and colleagues you haven't seen since the last annual meeting. We anticipate that most of you will attend, so please register early to ensure a ticket and help us get a head count so that we have plenty of food.
Banquet:
This year, our keynote speaker will be Ian Hodder. His keynote address will focus on his recent work examining 'Human-thing entanglement' which explores how the lives of humans are entangled in things. He argues that by being human-centered, most of the social sciences and humanities have missed the importance of the ways in which things draw us in and entrap us. In examining and theorizing human-thing entanglement, Ian will draw on examples drawn from the early farming villages of the Middle East, and in particular Çatalhöyük, Turkey where he has excavated since 1993, as well as from our daily lives in the modern world.
Ian was trained at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, and at Cambridge University where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1975. After teaching at Leeds and Cambridge, Ian moved to Stanford University in 1999 where he remains today. A Fellow of the British Academy, he has been awarded the Oscar Montelius Medal by the Swedish Society of Antiquaries and the Huxley Memorial Medal by the Royal Anthropological Institute, has been a Guggenheim Fellow, and has Honorary Doctorates from Bristol and Leiden Universities. His main books include Spatial analysis in archaeology (1976 CUP), Symbols in action (1982 CUP), Reading the past (1986 CUP), The domestication of Europe (1990 Blackwell), The archaeological process (1999 Blackwell), and The leopard's tale: revealing the mysteries of Çatalhöyük (2006 Thames and Hudson). He is currently working on a book exploring the issues surrounding 'Human-thing entanglement' that will be presented in his keynote address.
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Meeting Schedule
Download the Preliminary Schedule here!
Download the 2012 Meeting Schedule Overview spreadsheet!
Town and Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center
Fee Schedule
The 2012 SCA Annual Meeting Fee Schedule is here.
Meeting Forms
Registration for the 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology is now open. Members, log in to "Members Only" to register or download this form.
Non-Members can register on-line or download the Non-member Regstration Form
Silent Auction Donor Form
Silent Auction Beverage Contributor From
Vendor Room Form
Program Advertisement Form
Underwriter Contribution Form
Volunteer Form
Meeting Contact Information
Annual Meeting Local Arrangements
(916)524-4258
Annual Meeting Program Chairs
Volunteer Coordinator
Member Donations Coordinator
Silent Auction Beverage Coordinator
Silent Auction Donation Coordinator
Bookroom/Vendor Coordinator
General Information/Website Assistance
SCA Business Office
1692 Mangrove Avenue, #153
Chico, CA 95926
(530) 342-3537
Detail of a mural by Shepard Fairey in downtown San Diego.
Photo by Stella D'Oro
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