About TAG

The Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) has been organizing an annual meeting in the United Kingdom since 1979, with the aim of promoting debate and discussion of issues in archaeological theory.

TAG-NYC marked the arrival of TAG in the US, in May 2008. It was followed by TAG at Stanford University in 2009,  TAG 2010 at Brown University and TAG USA 2011 at UC Berkeley. TAG in the US coordinates dates with the British TAG meetings, which are held in December. The most recent UK TAG meetings were held in Durham in 2009 and in Bristol in 2010.
TAG also has a Scandinavian offshoot, Nordic TAG, most recently held at Linnaeus University (Linnéuniversitetet), Kalmar, Sweden in April 2011.

TAG's Ethos

TAG aims to be inclusive, informal, and low cost. It is run entirely by volunteers from the sponsoring institution and it welcomes and encourages participation from students and archaeologists working outside of academic settings.

To encourage participation there is no membership requirement or membership fee. Participants pay a registration fee that covers the cost of each conference, including the conference program and abstracts and a reception on the opening night.

TAG USA has a steering committee drawn from recent host campuses. Future hosts of TAG USA are the University of Chicago in 2013 and the University of Pennsylvania in 2014. If you would like to host TAG in the future please direct inquiries to Zoe Crossland.

Organizing Committee

Dr. Bradley Ault
Dr. Warren Barbour
Dr. Peter F. Biehl
Peter Bikoulis
Aaron Chapnick
Dr. Steven Dyson
Jennifer Faux
Paula Gheorghiade
Andre Gonciar
Daniel Griswold (webmaster)
Laura Harrison
Dr. Carolyn Higbie
Dr. Philip Kiernan
Danielle Macdonald
Dr. Sarunas Milisauskas
Sandra H. Olsen
Dr. Douglas Perrelli
Mike Rienti
Eugen Ruzi (secretary)
Robert Scalise
Dr. Tina Thurston
Michael Teed
Dr. Vance Watrous
Joey Williams
Dr. Ezra Zubrow

Scientific Committee

Dr. Warren Barbour
Dr. Peter F. Biehl
Peter Bikoulis
Dr. Steven Dyson
Jennifer Faux
Dr. Philip Kiernan
Eugen Ruzi (secretary)
Dr. Tina Thurston (Chair)

 

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