PAMinSA VI VI Paleopathology Association Meeting in South America Buenos Aires - Argentina 12 a 14 Agosto de 2015

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1 10 Years of PAMinSA. Updates and Perspectives on South American Paleopathology THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT Dear colleagues: The Organizing Committee of the VI Paleopathology Association Meeting in South America ( PAMinSA VI) welcomes the wide reception of the call made for participation in this scientific meeting. In this announcement, we present new information regarding the activities that will be developed on August 12, 13 and 14, In addition, we inform about a post-congress workshop, discounts on accommodation and other news. VENUE: The meeting will be held two venues: the Auditorium of the National Bank of Argentina, located at Rivadavia Street 325, opposite the historic Plaza de Mayo,, and the Cultural Center "Paco Urondo" (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires ), 25 de Mayo Street 201. Both sites are located in the downtown of the City of Buenos Aires, just 200 meters apart. 1

2 LANGUAGES: The Organizing Committee got the financial support needed to offer participants the simultaneous translation (English -Spanish and Spanish- English). In this regard, we encourage exhibitors to prepare Power Points both in their native language and in English, for greater interaction between attendees and better communication of the contents of each of the works. When mother tongue is English, it is suggested to prepare also a visual version of the text in Spanish. In this regard, we emphasize that we will provide two projectors to present both versions simultaneously. SESSIONS: The meeting will be divided as follows: SIMPOSIA Symposium 1. Interdisciplinary studies and current information in Paleopathology. Coordinators: Claudia Rojas-Sepúlveda (Colombia) and Douglas Ubelaker (United States). Speaker note: Karin Wiltschke-Schrotta (Austria). Simposium 2. Advances, limits and problems of molecular, chemical and radiological analyses in the study of diseases in the past. Coordinators: Alena 2

3 Iñiguez (Brazil ) and Della Cook ( United States). Speaker note: Haagen Klauss (United States). Simposium 3. Diseases in socio-economic-environmental change contexts. Coordinators: Guido Lombardi (Peru) and Mariana Fabra (Argentina). Speaker note: Carlos Serrano (Mexico). ROUND TABLE 10 Year of PAMinSA. State and Perspectives. Coordinators: Sheila Mendonça de Souza (Brazil) and Ana Luisa Santos (Portugal). CONFERENCES Conference 1. Pre-Hispanic Human Sacrifice in the Andean Area: new findings, new achievements. John Verano (United States). Conference 2. Arsenic. Natural pollutants in prehistory and adaptation processes. Bernardo Arriaza (Chile). OPEN SESSION 1. Coordinators: Marcos Plischuk (Argentina) and Mario Arrieta (Argentina). OPEN SESSION 2. Coordinators: Rocío García Mancuso (Argentina) and Soledad Salega (Argentina). 3

4 POSTERS. Coordinators: Bárbara Desántolo (Argentina), Hilton Drube (Argentina) and Lucía González Baroni (Argentina). You will receive a new announcement with the detailed Program soon. POST-MEETING WORKSHOP: The Workshop Metabolic Diseases in Palaeopathology: How to Use Recent Developments in Your Research, and Utilise Resources Offered by the Newly Launched Digitised Diseases Website will be dictated on August August by PhD. Megan Brickley (McMaster University, Canada) and Jo Buckberry (Bradford University, U nited Kingdom). It will be held in the Club Argentino de Jardinería, Defensa Street B, San Telmo, in English and without translation. The cost of the workshop is $350 (U$ 35) for those who attend the meeting and $400 (US40) for not inscribed scholars. If you are interested in attending the workshop, please send us your confirmation as soon as possible. Limited vacancies: 30 assistants. ACCOMODATION: Those attending the meeting will have a discount on the following hotels: - Two Hotel Buenos Aires, a warm, modern 3 star hotel located in Moreno Street No. 785, neighborhood of San Telmo, a few meters from the main 4

5 attractions for tourists. For booking queries please send an to quoting the meeting for associated rates. For more information, visit the following website: - Savoy Hotel Buenos Aires, 4 star luxury hotel located in Callao Av. No 181, in the heart of the city, with 164 rooms remodeled and equipped with the best technology, VIP Lounge, Fitness and Massage Room. Any queries please contact vmusicco@savoyhotel.com.ar quoting the meeting for associated rates. More information in We also offer a list of hotels, hostels and main cultural attractions near the venue of the meeting ( please see also the map below). Information about restaurants, touristic and entertainment attractions are available at also in app for cell phones. Venues 1) Cultural Centre Paco Urondo. 25 de Mayo ) Auditorium of the National Bank of Argentina. Rivadavia 325. Hostels 3) PORTAL DEL SUR. Hipólito Yrigoyen ) AVENUE HOSTEL. Av. de Mayo ) HOSTEL COLONIAL. Tucumán

6 Hotels ** 6) MUNDIAL HOTEL. Avenida de Mayo Hotels *** 7) TWO HOTEL BUENOS AIRES. Dirección: Moreno ) LA FRESQUE HOTEL. Avenida de Mayo ) GRAN HOTEL ARGENTINO. Carlos Pellegrini ) ARGENTINA TANGO HOTEL. Suipacha ) SARMIENTO SUITES. Sarmiento ) LIBERTY HOTEL. Av. Corrientes ) VISTA SOL HOTEL BUENOS AIRES. Tucumán 451. Hotels **** 14) SAVOY HOTEL BUENOS AIRES. Av. Callao ) KENTON PALACE. Defensa ) DAZZLER SAN TELMO. Piedras ) IMPERIAL PARK HOTEL. Lima ) HOTEL REINO DEL PLATA. Hipólito Yrigoyen ) HOTEL 562 NOGARÓ. Julio A. Roca

7 20) HOTEL 725 CONTINENTAL. Av. Roque Saenz Peña ) CENTURIA HOTEL. Suipacha ) HOTEL BROADWAY HOTEL & SUITES. Av. Corrientes Hotels ***** 23) HOTEL NH 9 DE JULIO. Av. Cerrito ) HOTEL SCALA. Bernardo de Yrigoyen 740. Sites of cultural interest 25) Ethnographic Museum J. B. Ambrosetti. Moreno ) Colón Theater. Tucumán ) Obelisk. Av. Corrientes and Av. 9 de Julio. 28) Cabildo de la Nación. Bolivar ) Metropolitan Cathedral. San Martín ) San Telmo neighborhood. 31) Café Tortoni. 32) Florida Pedestrian Street (shops). 33) Corrientes Av. (Theatres, cinemas and bookshops). 34) National Parliament. 35) Café de los Angelitos. 36) Casa Rosada. 7

8 37) Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires and San Ignacio Church. 38) Puerto Madero. 39) Santo Domingo Convent. 40) Recoleta neighborhood. 41) Galerías Pacífico shopping. 8

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10 REGISTRATION FEES AND PAYMENT OPTIONS: We remain you the registration fees: Category 1 Argentina Latin America Rest of the World Fees in US Dollars Assistant Student speaker Researcher/Graduate speaker Note: money change will consider the official exchange rate US Dollar to Argentinian Peso at the moment of the payment in Argentina. INVITATION FOR NEXT VENUES OF PAMINSA: Considering the importance of maintaining the regularity of our meetings, we invite those interested in organizing the next PAMinSA VII to communicate the proposal to our (vipaminsa@gmail.com ) in order to include it in the final plenary agenda. Previous meetings strengthened the development of 1 Special discount is offered for students and researchers from Latin America, as a compensation for the differences between regional currencies and US Dollar and Euro and as an incentive for more Latin American participation. 10

11 paleopathological works on local and regional scales, so we encourage colleagues to hold this event, either in its next edition as in the following. As it is known the effort involved in these organizations, we suggest the conformation of international working groups, whose members will actively participate with the organization, particularly in the distribution of information and announcements, and in the receipt, evaluation and edition of the scientific contributions, among other tasks. We request you to forward this message to all colleagues interested in order to achieve the widest possible distribution. WAYS OF COMMUNICATION: We remain you the ways to access to the information about the meeting. Please, do not hesitate to contact us for any comment or suggestion. Website: Facebook: 11

12 INSTITUCIONAL ENDORSEMENTS The VI PAMinSA received the academic endorsement of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Miguel Lillo Institute of the National University of Tucumán. Also, this meeting was declared of Touristic Interest by the National Minister of Tourism. Both supports are added to the mentioned in the second announcement. Moreover, we are grateful to the Wenner Gren Foundation and Williams Foundation for the financial aid granted. Kind regards, Organizing Committee Leandro Luna, Claudia Aranda, Jorge Suby, Ricardo Guichón, Gustavo Flensborg and Pamela García Laborde Scientific Committee Adauto Araujo (Brasil), Bernardo Arriaza (Chile), E. Inés Baffi (Argentina), Miguel Botella (España), Jane Buikstra (USA), José Cocilovo (Argentina), Della Cook (USA), George Dias (Nueva Zelanda), Luis Fondebrider (Argentina), Sonia Guillén (Perú), Guido Lombardi (Perú), Assumpció Malgosa (España), Sheila Mendonça de Souza (Brasil), Conrado Rodríguez-Martín (España), Claudia Rojas- Sepúlveda (Colombia), Mónica Sans (Uruguay), Ana Luisa Santos (Portugal), Ana María Silva (Portugal), Vivien Standen (Chile), Richard Thomas (USA), Douglas Ubelaker (USA) and Karin Wiltschke-Schrotta (Austria) 12