[Aztlan] Call for Papers: II Congreso Centroamericano de Arqueología, El Salvador

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II Congreso Centroamericano de Arqueología
El Salvador, octubre 2007

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

El CONSEJO NACIONAL PARA LA CULTURA EL ARTE and El MUSEO NACIONAL DE
ANTROPOLOGÍA “DR. DAVID J. GUZMÁN, El Salvador, invite you to participate in
the Second Central American Congress of Archaeology in El Salvador, entitled:

Cultural Relations in Prehispanic Central America.

October 23 to 26, 2007

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
CONCULTURA
MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA- MUNA
ASOCIACION AMIGOS DEL MUNA- AAMUNA
FUNDACION NACIONAL DE ARQUEOLOGIA- FUNDAR

OBJECTIVES

To consolidate the space created by the I Congress for intellectual exchange
among members of the local and regional academic community, including both
professionals and students.
To increase the number of foreign and national participants, so that they
contribute to increase the scientific production on Central American studies.
To guarantee that this event fills the expectations of the assistant academic
community, in such a way that it contributes significantly to the development
of the knowledge of the region.

The development of the I Congreso de Arqueología carried out in October of 2005,
was an intellectual event without precedents in El Salvador, due both to the
number of participants and the variety and quality of its contributors. Up to
39 scholarly papers were given and supported by 34 academic institutions, among
them 18 universities of 10 countries, including Central American participants,
as well as scholars from Europe, Canada, the United States and Mexico, among
others. Also, 5 conferences directed to the big public and 2 round tables took
place at the facilities of the Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Our diagnosis counted a total of 206 participants, among scholars, students,
teachers, researchers and general public, besides a good number of special
guests. The first Congress, woke up big expectations in the intellectual world,
which contributed to indicate the public in general the importance of the
reflection on our prehispanic history, essential element in the permanent
construction of a Central America that recognizes its diversity and values the
contributions of all its citizens.

Following the format of the first one, the II Central American Congress of
Archaeology in El Salvador will allow to present up to date advances in the
fields of anthropological and archaeological investigation, linguistics and
ethnohistory  of the region. It will also create a favorable space for the
discussion and debate of the produced works; as a result regional knowledge
will be fomented among both local and foreigner scholars. Also this Congress
will allow the planning of other regional activities such as courses, seminars,
exchanges and publications.

We are sure that with your presence, our II Congress will become the focus of
academic life and fraternal coexistence in a Central American spirit.

Please circulate among faculty, students, and scholars.

Contact Information:
Email: gbellosuazol at concultura.gob.sv; afe at sas.upenn.edu
Web Pages : www.munaelsalvador.com and  www.congresodearqueologia.org
Telfax: El Salvador : (503) 243-3750, (503) 243-3827, (503) 243 3927 y (503)
243-3928
E.E.U.U. : (215) 2057038