The meeting and all events will be held in the State Museum of Pennsylvania. The Comfort Inn on Front Street in Harrisburg has been selected as the hotel for the conference. They are offering a special rate of $79 per night and parking is free. Reservations can be made by calling 717-233-1611.  Identify yourself as being with the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology. The rate is in effect until March 20, 2009. The hotel is six blocks from the State Museum.

The banquet speaker will be Bruce Bomberger, Curator, Landis Valley Museum. He will speak on the French and Indian War Forts of Pennsylvania

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Meeting Program

The theme of the 80th annual meeting will be "The Archaeology of Penn's Woods".  SPA registrants are invited to attend the PAC symposium on Friday afternoon. This years PAC theme will be the Archaeology of the Terminal Archaic/Transitional Period. There will be two open sessions, Saturday morning and Sunday morning. The Saturday afternoon session will be devoted to archaeology of the French and Indian War.  Anyone wishing to participate should send abstracts of 150 words or fewer to the Program Chair by March 1, 2009. Note that all presenters at the Annual Meeting must be members of SPA for 2009 and be preregistered for the meeting.  SPA membership does not include meeting registration.

Program Chair
Jim Herbstritt
Bureau for Historic Preservation
400 North Street
Harrisburg, Pa 17120-0093       
Phone:     717-214-8648          
Fax:         717-772-0920
E-mail jherbstrit@state.pa.us

Arrangements Chair
Kurt Carr The State Museum of Pennsylvania
300 North street
Harrisburg, PA. 17120-0024 
Phone:    717-783-9926      
Fax:         717-214-2990
E-mail:         kcarr@state.pa.us