Friday, April 20, 2007

Noon to 4:45 pm
Registration at Anthropology Department
51 Hillhouse Avenue, Room 1

4:30 pm
Shuttle Service: Courtyard by Marriott at Yale to Peabody Museum

5:00 pm - 5:10 pm
Opening Remarks

5:10 pm - 6:00 pm
Keynote Speech by Doug Schwartz, School of American Research
"On the Edge of Splendor: Remembering Grand Canyon Archaeology and Ben Rouse" Peabody Museum, 3rd Floor Auditorium, 170 Whitney Avenue

6:00 to 6:10 pm
A few words from Ben's family

6:10 to 6:30 pm
Clips from Interviews with Ben Rouse by Peter Siegel

6:30 to 7:30 pm
Light Reception for All Conference Attendees

7:30 pm
Shuttle Service: Peabody Museum to Courtyard by Marriott at Yale


Saturday, April 21, 2007
(all events at the Peabody Museum Auditorium, 170 Whitney Avenue)

Each speaker will give a 30 minute talk, followed by a 10 minute period for questions and discussion.

8:30 am
Shuttle Service: Courtyard by Marriott at Yale to Peabody Museum

8:30 am
Conference Registration (all day)
Light Continental Breakfast – provided by Koffee Katering at Peabody Museum

9:30 am - 9:40 am
Opening Remarks: Richard Burger and Harold Conklin

Morning Session Chair – Frank Hole

9:40 am- 10:20 am
Bill Lipe, Washington State University
“Can Archaeology Track Migrations? The Mesa Verde Case”

10:20 am - 11:00 am
Barry Rolett, University of Hawaii
“Neolithic Migrations in Southeast China: A Tribute to Ben Rouse”

11:00 am- 11:20 am
Coffee Break (20 Minutes)

11:20 am - 12:00 am
Karen Stothert
“Remembering Ben Rouse, An Academic Ancestor”

12:00 am - 12:30 pm
Paper by Erika Wagner, Read by Richard Burger
"Irving Rouse and the Archaeology of the Caribbean"

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Lunch – provided by Arecibo’s Restaurant and Koffee Katering at Peabody Museum Auditorium

1:30 pm- 2:10 pm
Antonio Curet, Field Museum of Natural History
“Rouse’s Contribution to Archaeology: The Case of Migrations”

2:10 pm - 2:50 pm
Sam Wilson, University of Texas
“Distance, Knowledge, and Power: Migration and Diffusion in Caribbean Studies”

2:50 to 3:30 pm
Arie Boomert, Leiden University
“The Horticulturalist Colonization of the Caribbean: Current Status of Research”

3:30 to 3:50 pm
Coffee Break (20 minutes)

3:50 to 4:30 pm
Peter Siegel, Montclair State University
“Dual Organization, Circular Communities, and the Evolution of Caribbean Chiefdoms”

4:30 to 5:10 pm
Jose Oliver, University College London
“Highland Civic-Ceremonial Centers of Puerto Rico, AD 1200-1500: Old Problems, Recent Perspectives”

5:10 to 5:20 pm
Closing Remarks: Richard Burger and Harold Conklin

5:30 pm
Shuttle Service: Peabody Museum to Courtyard by Marriott at Yale