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Archaeology in the spring). If you are interested in forensic anthropology, the major confer-
ence would be the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), held every February.
Smaller regional conferences that emphasize forensic anthropology are held every year:
Mountain, Swamp, and Beach Forensic Anthropologists for the Southeastern United States,
the Northeast Forensic Anthropology Association for the Northeastern United States, the
Midwest Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association for the Midwestern United
States, and the Mountain Desert and Coastal Forensic Anthropologists for the Western United
States. Regional meetings are more intimate and informal and present a good opportunity
for presenting your work without the pressure of a national or international conference.
The annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association is held every fall, and does
have a biological anthropology section. See
Tabl e 17. 4
. You can find information
regarding any of these conferences (or others not listed
d
forexample,severalothercoun-
tries have their own biological anthropology association and respective conference) by
going online and searching for the respective association's website. You should seriously
consider becoming a student member of the AAPA and any other association that covers
the topic in which you have the most interest.
You should peruse the abstracts of papers from the past two or so years that have been
presented at the conference at which you wish to present (these proceedings will usually
be online). This will give you an idea of whether or not your study is thematically appropriate
for that particular conference, and on what topics other researchers in the field are currently
working. This will narrow down your decision considerably. AAPA occasionally holds
a special poster symposium dedicated to studies by undergraduates, and many associations
TABLE 17.4 Associations Holding Conferences with Themes Relevant to Biological Anthropology
Conference Name
Region/Time of Year
American Anthropological Association
United States/fall annually
United States/February annually
Holds symposia in conjunction with AAPA annually
United States or Canada/spring annually
United States/summer annually
Great Britain/fall annually
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
American Association of Anthropological Genetics
American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA)
American Society of Primatologists
British Association for Biological Anthropology and
Osteoarchaeology
Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology
Canada/fall annually
United States/spring annually
California/January annually
Latin America/fall biannually
Human Biology Association
Institute of Andean Studies
Latin American Biological Anthropology Association
(Asociaci
´
n Latinoamericana de Antropolog
´
a Biol
´
gica)
Latin American Forensic Anthropology Association
(Asociaci
´
n Latinoamericana de Antropolog
´
a Forense)
Latin America/fall annually
United States/spring annually
Europe/every other year (even)
United States/spring annually
South America/every other year (odd)
United States/spring annually
Held in conjunction with other conferences; search
their website
Paleoanthropology Society
Paleopathology Association (European meeting)
Paleopathology Association (North American meeting)
Paleopathology Association (South American meeting)
Society for American Archaeology
World Congress of Mummy Studies
