Hotel Accommodations:

- Group Name: LA-MS Archaeological Society
- Group Number: EJ82Y4
- All rooms MUST be booked before Tuesday, Jan 21, 2025. After this date, the group room block is released to the general public and you will no longer have access to the special group rate.
- Address to make a reservation: https://www.choicehotels.com/?source=EMCHG&appl_group=EMCHGGI&tp=i-16EB-Iu-zg-XVk9HT-1o-72UJB-1c-LmBt-lBHyo6XSio-isPLd&pi=1TolKhI2n67vUMVe-GO2_LcNwS_aHKA4Ia9eCF1fC2Q

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Meeting Registration:

We're doing a flat rate of $30 per attendee. Students who volunteer will have their registration fees waived (reach out to Sadie Whitehurst at 16sschoeffler@gmail.com to sign up as a student volunteer). 

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Silent Auction:

The LAS will hold its annual Silent Auction at the meeting in Vidalia. The auction raises money for the Society’s activities and over the years has raised several thousand dollars. Materials, including books, manuscripts, and objects related to Louisiana archaeology, the archaeology of surrounding states, and Louisiana anthropology, geography, and geology are welcome. If you have something to donate for the Auction, you can send it to Chip McGimsey, La. Division of Archaeology, P.O. Box 44247, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802, or bring it to the meeting. The LAS appreciates your support.

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Keynote Speaker:

Megan Crandal Kassabaum, PhD.

On Elevated Ground: Interpreting 7,500 Years of Platform Use in the Lower Mississippi Valley

Conference Program Chair:
Sam Huey (LAS) and Adam Fuselier (MAA)

Abstracts are due February 13, 2025. To submit a paper presentation, email a title and abstract to Samuel Huey (for LAS members) or Adam Fuselier (for MAA members). Sam can be emailed at shuey@chronicleheritage.com and Adam’s email is adam.fuselier@usda.gov.