The Society for Anthropological Sciences (SAS) was organised to promote empirical research and social science in anthropology. The members of SAS want to further the development of anthropological science as empirical knowledge based on testable theory, sound research design and systematic methods for the collection and analysis of data. We seek to fulfill the historic mission of anthropology to describe and explain the range of variation in human biology, society, and culture across time and space.

SASci Election is on! (until Jan. 15th 2009)

Election of SASci Officers, Board members and Student Board Members 2009

The 2009 elections for SASci Officers and Board members are on. Vote for SASci Officers, Board Members and Student Board Members until 15th January, 2009.

The elections are for SASci, the independent group. However, the elected members will be submitted as a single slate to the AAA for election to SAS, the AAA Section later in the year.

All members of SASci and the AAA Section for Anthropological Sciences (SAS) should vote.

Please click on this link to cast your ballot.

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SASci/SCCR Annual Meeting 2009 - Las Vegas

Information on annual meeting in Las Vegas coming soon!

SASci/SCCR Las Vegas 2009 Conference Save These Dates: February 18-21, 2009 Hilton Garden Inn, Las Vegas Strip South

• Preliminary Information
• Online Registration and Payment

Inquiries to Eric Jones

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Joining the new SAS AAA Section

SASci now has a sibling Section in the AAA. If you are an AAA member it is very important that you tick the box for Section for Anthropological Sciences when you renew your membership either online or at the AAA Annual Meeting. SAS AAA section membership is $10.

The online form is found at AAAnet,org. Log in, then select the "Join AAA" item at the top. Select "Join AAA or Renew your AAA memberships on-line" about halfway down the page.

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AAA Section for Anthropological Sciences: SASci now includes AAA Section

Announcement from Sue Weller, Past-President, SAS/SASci

WE HAVE FORMED A GROUP AS A SECTION OF THE AAA. THIS GROUP IS KNOWN AS THE SECTION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES (SAS) and is distinct from SASci in the following way:

(1) SASci is a non-profit group and members do not have to be members of the AAA. Membership dues, for those who chose not to be members of the AAA will be paid directly to the non-profit SASci treasurer.

(2) Within the AAA, there is also now a SECTION organized as the SECTION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES and because it is within the AAA, you must be a member of the AAA. Membership in this section of the AAA will automatically make you a member of the above group, SASci. There was an interest group within the AAA called the Society for Anthropological Sciences; it has now been upgraded to SECTION status (with a slight name change). This guarantees space on the AAA program and in the newsletter. (We need an AN contributing Editor for our Section.)

A letter dated June 21, 2007:

Notifies us that at the June 2007 meeting of the AAA Executive Board they voted to establish the Section for Anthropological Sciences as a probationary section of the AAA.

We now need 250 members to pay section dues! (Note that we had 563 members in our AAA interest group) PLEASE renew your membership and JOIN the new section.

If, at the end of one year we have >250 paid members, we become a fully authorized section of the AAA, and as mentioned, we get space in the AAA program and space in the newsletter. Hurray!!!!!!!!!

Sincerely, Susan C. Weller President, SASci

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SASci Wikid open - Request for feedback on Future SASci Meetings

SASciWikid is a wiki to support discussion and member publishing of online information individually or as a community. A wiki is a kind of web portal where members can contribute directly by composing new pages or editing existing pages that are on the portal. A well-known example of a wiki is Wikipedia, and we are using the same software. You will find the wikid at http://anthrosciences.org/wikid/.

In particular I am opening it at this time because David Kronenfeld and John Gatewood want some feedback regarding future SASci meetings. This link will be found in the 'featured' section of the front page.

I still have some important things to do, like compose some more Help, but actual use is pretty straight-forward for early adopters. Go to http://anthrosciences.org/wikid/ This will bring up the first page. This has a menu of portal pages (which is to the left on all pages), and some 'featured' discussions or resources. Anyone can read anything on the site (though eventually we will have member only material on the site), but you must register to create new material or edit old material. Select the "log in" item in the upper right hand corner, and fill out the form to register. You must use the email that you used to register with SASci when you joined to register. This is to restrict usage to members. If you try all your email addresses and are unsuccessful, email me with the email address you want to use at mailto:sasci@fischer.md?subject=WikiEmail.

Once your registration is accepted online, You will immediately be able to work on the portal, but will receive an email that requests you click on a link to confirm. If you do not receive this email send a mail to mailto:sasci@fischer.md?subject=NoWikiEmail.

Once registered, you can select any of the categories (like AnthroMethods, Discussion or Teaching) and add articles or notes on other peoples articles. The only page you cannot change is the front page, though you can add comments and suggestions for this page in the Notes section, which each page has. If you do something dire like delete the text for a page let me know by email at mailto:sasci@fischer.md?subject=WikiProblem. It is easy to back up to a prior page and restore that.

If you encounter spam from porn sites or the like, just edit the entry and remove it.

Note that you can change others comments and work. You can correct typos, add comments or links in the text, etc. It is up to the SASci community to decide how to use this. As a starting point I would suggest that things that appear to be intended to be single authored works should not be modified. Some works will be declared to be joint works, and these everyone should collaborate on.

Among other things this means that if you find something difficult you can add help after you have worked it out for others.

Let's just start and see how it works out. I will mop up problems initially, and once we see how things work out we can create some standards.

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Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences

Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences

Congratulations to the Group in Social Dynamics and Complexity at UC Irvine for successfully launching Structure and Dyanmics into its second year. The editors are inviting submissions.

The eJournal emphasizes cross-disciplinary research and is dedicated to reinvigorating the spirit and method of science in anthropology.

Contributions from all subfields of anthropology are invited. The journal editors have won high marks from authors for high quality and rapid review, excellent editing and copy editing and a rich fare of substantive articles and commentary. Book reviews are invited as well as commentary and long or short article contributions.

Further information on SASci site

Structure and Dynamics site

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Notify AAA of your membership in the SAS Interest Group

If you are an AAA member, when you renew your membership please inform them that you are a member of SAS. This is the only way that they compile membership.

Long version: We are in the process of developing from an interest group to a section within the AAA. As part of this process the AAA needs to keep track of our membership count. When you renew your AAA membership, please also identify yourself as a member of the SAS interest group. There is no charge for doing so.

For online renewal of membership, interest groups are listed down at the bottom of the list after sections. All you need to do is click on the box.

To renew your membership now, click on the link above.

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SASci/SAS By-laws

The bylaws of the Society for Anthropological Sciences SASci

The bylaws of the Section for Anthropological Sciences SAS

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Final SASci Annual Meeting 2008 Programme available for download and printing

Printed programs will NOT be available at the meetings. Please download the Final Program and Abstracts and print before the meetings!.

• Final PDF of Programme for printing.
• Final Abstracts PDF.
• Meeting Frequently Asked Questions

Register and pay online before Jan. 31st for SASci 2008 Annual Meeting in New Orleans - February 20-23, 2008

The theme for the 2008 SASCI meeting is "Integrated Anthropology."

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SAS-AAA Meetings/Events 2008

The SAS Business Meetings is NOT in the official programme - so write the following down!

• SAS business meeting. Thursday 6:15-7:30pm in Maryland C - Everyone come ... Bring your friends!

• SAS board meeting. Thursday: 12:15-1:30pm In Park Tower Suite 8223.

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2008 SASCI meeting - February 20-23 2008, New Orleans

Register and pay online for SASci 2008 Annual Meeting in New Orleans - February 20-23, 2008

The theme for the 2008 SASCI meeting is "Integrated Anthropology."

Further Information about Meeting.

Paper and Panel submissions are formally closed, but you may be able to persuade the organisers to permit a late submission if it is well advanced. Please contact Victor de Munck; Eric Jones or Amanda Stronza

The 2008 meetings will be held February 20-23 in New Orleans at the Le Pavillon Hotel. Hotel information can be found on the SCCR site. Registration forms can be found on the SASCI web site.

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SASci Current Board members and Officers

Present SASci Board Members and Officers

Board members: Margo-Lea Hurwicz, Pat Draper, William Dressler
Student Reps: Kristin Kilngamen (U. Durham) Arleen Garcia-Herbst (U. California-S. Barbara)

President: John Gatewood
Past-President: Sue Weller
President-Elect: Peter Perigrine Secretary: Jon Poehiman
Treasurer: Murray Leaf
Editor: Michael Fischer

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