Chocolate harpoon heads

Check out the awesome NLAS Chocolate Harpoon Heads at the CAA conference bookroom.  Available in Solid Dark Chocolate, Solid Milk Chocolate, Half Dark and Half White Chocolate, and Half Milk and Half White chocolate. $4 each or $15 for a set of 4.

Photo Credits: Tim Rast

Canadian Archaeological Association Conference is happening this week!

This promises to be a very hectic week.  St. John's is hosting the annual meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association (CAA) at the Sheraton Hotel.  I'm involved to differing degrees with three different presentations; one on the Maritime Archaic at Bird Cove, one on a project that I'm working on with the Inuit Heritage Trust in Nunavut, and one on the Dorset Palaeoeskimo drum research that I've been doing with Chris Wolff.  The Newfoundland and Labrador Archaeological Society is organizing the bookroom and Elfshot will have a table there, so that will keep me busy between the talks.  I intend to set up a tarp and have lots of reproductions on display and for sale, so if you are in St. John's, please stop in and say "Hi!".  There are many social events going on throughout the conference and on Friday afternoon, the various Territorial and Provincial Archaeology Societies are having a meeting to talk about our shared goals and concerns, so I'm looking forward to catching up with old and new friends.

Sadly, I'll say goodbye
 to the Ikaahuk
reproductions over the
conference week as well

If you aren't a member of the CAA, you are still welcome to attend talks throughout the conference for the low daily rate of $40.  As well, there are free public talks all about beer on Saturday afternoon from 1-2:20 PM.  You can learn more about the conference, read abstracts from all of the presentations, and see a schedule of public events at the conference website here.

Photo Credits:
1: Screen Capture from the CAA/ACA 2015 Website
2: Tim Rast

2012 Inuit Studies Online Conference

From October 24-28 there is a large, international Inuit Studies Conference being held in Washington, D.C.  If you're not able to attend in person, you can register to attend the conference online for free.  There are 22 sessions being live streamed between October 25 and 27th - you can check out the complete program list at the Smithsonian's conference website here: http://inuit.smithsonianconference.org/sessions/

According to the conference website:
"The 2012 Inuit Studies Online Conference will cover a broad spectrum of topics, including climate change and indigenous people; international cooperation in the Arctic; roles of Museums and museum collections in preserving Inuit languages, heritage, and culture; governmental programs in the northern regions and their interactions with local communities and Inuit cultural/political institutions."

Photo Credit: Screen Grab from http://inuit.smithsonianconference.org/