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PIXE: Data Analysis Seminars

PIXE stands for Particle Induced X-ray Emission, or in our case, Proton Induced X-ray Emission, and is a non destructive method of elemental analysis.

In "PIXE: Data Analysis" we will explore how the data from one of our typical PIXE runs is created, what information it contains, what it can and cannot tell us about our samples, and how we extract from the data the basic information of elemental abundances using the GUPIX sofware. Additionally, we will explore the interpretation of the data, touching on topics such as eigenvector and principle component analysis.

For additional information on seminar times and lecture abstracts, please visit: http://isnap.nd.edu/html/academics_archaeology.html.

Fifth Annual Meeting of the Midwest Historical Archaeology Conference
Saturday, October 10, 2009

In addition to many theoretical and methodological contributions, historical archaeology in the Midwest has been marked by sustained and active engagement with students through field schools, long term research projects, internships through State Museums and SHPOs, and employment in cultural resource management firms. Students have been important collaborators in most projects contributing both intellectual energy to ongoing research and acting as the public face and site interpreters for archaeological projects throughout the Midwest. This year's conference seeks to give students a chance to define Midwestern historical archaeology through research and practice. The conference will include a poster session and two panel discussions.

MWHAC 2009 highlights undergraduate and graduate students’ contributions to Midwestern Historical Archaeology both in research and in engaging the public. The conference is student-centered, consisting of:

8:30-9:00 am
Registration and poster installation in McKenna Hall

9:00-9:15 am
Introductory welcome and prefatory remarks by Dr. Michael Nassaney (Western Michigan University)

9:15-10:30 am
Poster session featuring student work (both undergraduate and graduate)

10:30-10:45 am
BREAK

10:45 am-Noon
Panel discussion featuring students' perspectives/experiences with research organized by Paul Mullins (Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis),

Noon-1:30 pm
Catered buffet lunch in the Donor Room of the Morris Inn

1:30-2:45 pm
Panel discussion featuring faculty perspectives/experiences with students and research facilitated by Jane Baxter (DePaul University)

2:45-3:00 pm
BREAK

3:00-4:00 pm
Keynote speaker Dr. Charles Orser, Jr. (State Museum of New York), assessing student research and best practices and reflection on their engagement in the field

4:00 pm
Closing remarks and announcement of poster competition winners by Mark Schurr (University of Notre Dame)

4:30 pm
Poster removal

Financial support for the Fifth Annual Midwest Historical Archaeology Conference was generously provided by the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, Office of the Dean of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame.

The Poster Session will be comprised of posters authored by students. Topics for posters are open, but must reflect ongoing independent and collaborative original research focused on archaeology in the Midwest during the historic period.

The two panel discussions will be a conversation that includes academic contexts as well as Cultural Resource Management, museums, not-for-profit, and public entities – the full spectrum of contexts in which students might do field work in historical archaeology in the Midwest. We are interested in sharing experiences – good and bad, best practices, how different opportunities (internships, field school, independent study) shape different research experiences, dissemination of research results, how formative these experiences are in shaping professional development.

To register for the conference: Please visit the registration website to register online and pay the $25 registration fee, which includes morning and afternoon refreshments and a catered buffet lunch at noon.

To submit a poster: Students interested in submitting posters must submit a 200-word abstract to Dr. Deb Rotman (drotman@nd.edu). Please include name, whether a graduate or undergraduate student, institutional affiliation, title, and abstract no later than NOON, Friday, September 25, 2009. Presented posters must be no larger than 4’ x 6’ and must be portrait, not landscape. Cash prizes will be awarded to the best undergraduate and best graduate student poster as determined by balloting during the poster session.

Directions to campus: For more information about directions to campus, please visit http://cce.nd.edu/travelers.shtml.

For accommodations: Details will be provided on the registration website. Please visit the registration website .

This conference is made possible in part by support from the Henkels Lecture Series and the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, College of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame.