The Annual Symposium is designed to bring academics and Archaeological Society members together once a year for a full-day of exciting lectures. The theme this year is Pushing the Boundaries –Issues in Southern African Archaeology. Our aim this year is to bring together specialised speakers in the discipline of archaeology to debate current issues. There are several areas of archaeology where there are widely differing views and opinions about current practice. Recently our country’s archaeologists have debated departing from traditional views on subjects such as hominids; new ways of looking at the LSA; origins of herding; moving on from the ‘Iron Age’ as a series of ‘cultural boxes’; and interpreting rock art. The speakers this year will discuss how their work influences and impacts practice, theory and method locally and internationally. A question and answer session with all the invited speakers will be held at the end of the day. Booking forms available from http://www.archaeologysa.co.za/events/annual-symposium-south-africanarchaeological-society-northern-branch-pushing-boundaries-%E2%80%93

Date: Saturday 20 August

Registration: 9:00-9:30

Venue: Delta Environment Centre, Delta Park, Road No. 3, Victory Park, Johannesburg

Charge: Members R200; Non-members R280; Students R70

BOOKING ESSENTIAL: anner@mweb.co.za or marjohn@iburst.co.za