<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Kolb, Charles" <<a href="mailto:CKolb@neh.gov">CKolb@neh.gov</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">November 14, 2009 3:28:04 PM CST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><br></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Colleagues:</span></div></div><div><p><b><font face="Arial">The annual CERAMIC ECOLOGY XXIII symposium is scheduled during the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, will be held on </font><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial">Saturday, December 5, 2009, 1:00-5:00 pm in Grand Ballroom Salon III, Downtown Philadelphia Marriott</font><font face="Arial">, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.</font><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial"> </font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial">One of the presentations will feature recent news on ceramic studies (see the abstract) and I am soliciting contributions. There will be brief summaries of the EMAC'09 meeting in London and the Teotihuacan symposium in Denver. </font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial">“From the Field and Laboratory: Current Research in Ceramic Studies.” </font></b> <font face="Arial">Members of the informal "Ceramic Studies Interest Group" (CSIG) employ a variety of multifaceted approaches in the search for answers to the questions related to ceramic materials: who, what, when, where, and why. Current field and laboratory ceramic research from both the Old and New Worlds -- work that that includes the disciplines of archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, ethnography, archaeometry, and materials science. Some of these field and laboratory investigations are still in progress and have not yet reached a final "paper ready" stage and research “in progress” also invites input from colleagues. Other projects have been too recently completed for a “final report” and, for others, results are in press, or have been too recently published to be generally known. The content for this report comes from correspondence from the more than 200 members of the CSIG, but some current research is reported by members of the audience.</font></p><p><b><font face="Arial"> </font></b> </p><p><b><font face="Arial">Traditionally, the symposiasts have<u> </u></font><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial">dinner after the session</font></u> <font face="Arial">with me and other Ceramic Ecology alumni and others interested in pottery. If you will be in Philadelphia and want to join us, please email me for details on time and place -- I need a final head count in about a week.</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial">Sincerely,</font></b> </p><p><b><font face="Arial">Charlie</font></b> </p><p><font face="Arial">Charles C. Kolb</font> <br><font face="Arial">National Endowment for the Humanities</font> <br><font face="Arial">Division of Preservation and Access, Room 411</font> <br><font face="Arial">1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW</font> <br><font face="Arial">Washington, DC 20506</font> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="mailto:ckolb@neh.gov">ckolb@neh.gov</a></font> </p><p><font face="Arial">202/606-8250 (direct line with voice mail)</font> </p> <br> <br> </div> </div><br></body></html>