Friends and colleagues:
After a few sputters and uncertainty about our symposium, we have decided to move forward with it. We got a late start in calling for papers and two other archaeologists put out a call about the same time for a symposium on Ecuador, with which we did not wish to compete. However, we have learned that the other symposium may be scaled back quite a bit or cancelled, so we have decided to move ahead with ours. Thank you to those who responded at least tentatively with an interest to participate. We have heard from the following people who are interested in presenting on particular topics:

• Frank Salomon
• Anne Marie Hocquenghem on the Inca network in southern Ecuador and northern Peru
• Fernando Mejía
• César Astuhuamán on the Inca network of centers and roads in the Piura highlands
• Karen Stothert
• John and Theresa Topic on the diffusion of the Catequil cult by the Incas into Ecuador
• David Brown on Capillapamba and Incas west of Quito
• John Staller on San Catequilla, the lightning huaca north of Quito
• Ron Lippi and Alejandra Gudiño with new data on Palmitopamba and Incas in the tropical forest northwest of Quito
• Chad Gifford and Sam Connell with new data and ideas from the Pambamarca Project
• Estanislao Pazmiño and Esteban Acosta on the Palmitopamba Project
• Francisco Valdez on Inca incursión on Bracamoro country

We are in the process of lining up a second discussant for the symposium.

To those who have responded, thank you very much for your interest. We have the opportunity to publish the symposium; as soon as we finish the registration process we will discuss the details with the participants.

We need you to send us a paper title and abstract (100 words or less) by September 5. We will submit the symposium proposal to SAA and get the online registration set up. We’ll let you know when you can register your submission online and will give instructions.

You need to be a member of SAA to present and you need to pay the meeting registration at the time of submission. Please note that the deadline is the afternoon of September 9th and there is no grace period for late submissions as there has been in previous years.

We also heard from two colleagues who work at Inca sites in Ecuador who had indicated they were interested but already committed to another symposium. If your situation has changed and you are still interested in participating, we would love to have you join us. If you know of others doing work on the Incas in far northern Peru, Ecuador or far southern Colombia, please contact them or let us know.

Ronald Lippi and Alejandra Gudiño

Alejandra Gudiño
Co-Director Palmitopamba Archaeological Project
College of Human Environmental Sciences
Cambio Center Fellow
Difficult Dialogues Fellow
University of Missouri - Extension
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