Category: GBAC 2018

GBAC 2018 Opening Reception

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GBAC Opening Reception November 7, 2018 Location: Natural History Museum of Utah (Swaner Forum), 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108 Time: 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM Cost: $10 for admission (which includes museum access, a commemorative pint glass, 3 free drink tickets and free food catered by the Museum Café) How to get there: Ride the LeBus shuttle from the Sheraton Hotel (no charge). The bus will depart from the hotel to the museum and back about every 30 minutes. If you want to get there early, the first bus leaves around 4:30 PM. The last bus back to the hotel leaves at 9:30 PM. What you will see at the Museum: Go to NHMU Website Registration: Once you have registered for the conference, there is no special RSVP for this reception. Register Online: for the conference HERE. Onsite Registration will be available at the Opening Reception from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM and at the Sheraton Hotel beginning at 7:30 AM on November 8th.

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2018 Great Basin Anthropological Conference Student Poster Awards

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The Great Basin Anthropology Association (GBAA) is proud to announce Student Poster Awards as part of the biennial Great Basin Anthropological Conference (GBAC). The first awards were made at the Las Vegas meetings in 2006. This award seeks to recognize the top three outstanding contributions of student research at a GBAC meeting. All student members of the GBAA are eligible and encouraged to participate. Posters will be reviewed by a committee of at least 3 GBAA committee members appointed by the GBAA Officers. Evaluation criteria will include the: originality and relevance of the research. quality of the arguments presented. quality of the visual presentation. The research presented must reflect the applicant’s work and not that of an advisor. There will be three awardees selected. The first place prize winner will receive a $400.00 cash prize, second place winner will receive $200.00 and third place $100.00. In case of a tie, funds will be distributed equally to awardees. Posters authored by more than one student may be submitted; the award will be presented to the primary author. The winners of the contest will be announced at the Banquet.

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2018 GBAC Nominations for the Founders Lifetime Achievement Awards Announcement

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The Great Basin Anthropological Conference was organized by Jesse D. Jennings, James Bennyhoff, Robert Heizer and Alex Krieger in 1953 and the first meeting held at Gila Pueblo in Globe, Arizona in 1954. From its founding, the Conference has grown to the respectable 500-600 member Great Basin Anthropology Association that you see today, an organization filled with many exceptional individuals of local, national, and international renown.

We are now accepting nominations for the 2018 Founders Lifetime Achievement Awards, which recognize the exceptional contributions of members that have participated for more than 20 years in the development of Great Basin Anthropology. Read the ANNOUNCEMENT HERE.

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