Archaeology of Gatherings Conference | Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland | October 2013 | Part III
[** If you like this post, please make a donation to the IR&DD project using the secure button at the right. If you think it is interesting or useful, please re-share via Facebook, Google+, Twitter etc. To help keep the site in operation, please use the amazon search portal at the right - each purchase earns a small amount of advertising revenue **] Session 3 of the Archaeology of Gatherings Conference, Sligo, October 2013 < Part I | Part II | Part IV | Part V | Part VI > Suitably refreshed, entertained and educated by Simon O’Dwyer, [ Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | SoundCloud | YouTube ] we reassembled for the first afternoon session, again chaired by Sam Moore. This portion of the conference began with Prof. Clark McPhail ( University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign ). Prof. McPhail was also the Keynote Speaker (Sociology) for the conference. His chosen topic was The Life Course of Temporary Gatherings . His first observation was that archa...