We're pleased to announce the upcoming 1 st Thursday presentations at PSU’s Department of Anthropology. Mark your calendars! All talks begin at 4:00 pm and are in Cramer Hall Room 41 (1721 SW Broadway, Portland).
Megan Walsh (University of Oregon) Oct. 5 Climate Variability vs. anthropogenic activity: reconstructing the Holocene fire history of the Willamette Valley using macroscopic charcoal analysis
Floyd Aranyosi (University of Washington ) November 2 Classes, Clades and Communication: What Neolithic tombs can tell us about community structure?
Darby Stapp (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ) December 7 The Impact of NAGPRA on anthropology, archaeology, and cultural resource management
Julie S. Field (U.Hawai'i-Manoa). January 11 (Note this is the 2nd Thursday of Jan) GIS-based investigation of the Southern Dispersal Hypothesis: Africa to Australasia at 70,000 years BP
Amitava Chowdhury (Washington State University) Feb 1 Presentation Title TBA
Dennis Jenkins (University of Oregon) March 1 Evidence for Pre-Clovis Human Occupations at Paisley Caves in the Northern Great Basin
Ken Ames (Portland State University) April 5 Presentation Title TBA
Catherine Foster (University of Washington) May 3 Presentation Title TBA
Wendy Wright (Portland State University) June 7 Town Hall: On the development of cultural resources protection regulations in the City of PortlandFor those of you that are new to our series---the purpose of the forum/lecture series is to create a setting where Portland area archaeologists (student, professional, avocational) can learn more about each others’ work; foster greater communication; discuss archaeological issues and topics of interest; generate some intellectual ferment; and last, but certainly not least, to actually get to know one another. For additional information please contact Virginia Butler (butlerv@pdx.edu; 503/725-3303) or Ken Ames (amesk@pdx.edu; 503/725-3318).