Current ICAZ Working Groups

NABO Zooarchaeology Working Group—

The North Atlantic Bioarchaeological Organization (NABO) was founded in 1992 as a multidisciplinary international research cooperative with a focus on the North Atlantic region (broadly defined). Major grants from US National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs, National Geographic Society, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research and from UK and Scandinavian sources allowed the formation a group of over 150 active participants from 15 nations and over 60 institutions.

NABO sponsors major meetings (New York 1992, Glasgow 1994, Tromso 1996, St John's Newfl. 1997, Reykjavik 1996,1997, Akureyri 1999, Glasgow 2001, Copenhagen 2004, Québec 2006) and a larger number of less formal workshops and seminars. NABO seeks to promote cross-disciplinary work, student training and education, and improved data access and comparability. NABO has a publication program (chaired by Dr Chris Morris, University of Glasgow) that has produced three monographs and an edited volume. NABO has also sponsored 11 doctoral theses, 5 MA's, and 4 MSc's in an ongoing attempt to clear backlogs of publication and analysis while aiding younger researchers. The NABO Newsletter (1992-97) has been replaced by the NABO website: http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81/~nabo/zooarch.html.

The NABO Zooarchaeology Working Group (ZWG) (chairs Tom McGovern, James Rackham, Sophia Perdikaris) has held working sessions at most NABO meetings, and held a week long special workshop with 27 participants in January 1997. The ZWG workshop produced an ambitious program of joint projects (some of which are even on schedule) that are intended to improve the comparability of our basic bone reports and provide lasting tools for students. These products will be posted for community review on the NABO website.

For information about upcoming conferences, please visit the NABO website:

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81/nabo/

The NABO ZWG is pleased to cooperate closely with ICAZ (the 1999 ICAZ FRWG was co-hosted by NABO) and we welcome new members and all comments and suggestions. Contact: nabo@voicenet.com.

This information has been contributed by Thomas McGovern.