Colloquia—Fall 2008

Unless otherwise noted, colloquia will be on Wednesday or Friday in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Room 340, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., with a reception immediately following. For more information, please contact Trish Yasolsky (trish.yasolsky@asu.edu) or Abigail York (abigail.york@asu.edu).

 

*There will be no reception/refreshments for colloquia held in locations other than SHESC 340.

For a complete list of school events, lecture/colloquia information, thesis defenses and more, see the Events page.

Fall 2008

Date

Speaker

Title

October 8 

Blas Castellon 

New Approaches in the Archaeology of South of Puebla, Mexico: Sites, Polities and Saltworks

October 10  Besim Hakim

Eco-Policies and Generative Programs for Sustainable Cities (part of the Late Lessons from Early History initiative)

*This colloquium will be held in CDN 60.

October 15

Mark Rasmussen, Rare Collections 

Investigating Artwork: Scientific Techniques, Authentication and Research 

October 17 

Peter Ungar, Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas 

Dental Evidence for the Diets of Plio-Pleistocene Hominins from Africa

October 20 Robert Boyd, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, & MacArthur Research Network

How Culture Transformed Human Evolution (part of the Origins of Human Uniqueness series, co-sponsored by SHESC & IHO)

*This colloquium will be held 4–5:30p.m. in College of Design North 60.

October 24 Charles J-H Macdonald, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, & Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton  Cooperation: Reciprocity versus Sharing

November 5

Vincas Steponaitis, Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Moundville: Archaeology of a Pre-Columbian Ceremonial Center in Alabama (sponsored by Sigma Xi)

*This colloquium will be held 7–8 p.m. in Murdock Hall 201.

November 7 

Joanna Lambert, Departments of Anthropology & Zoology, University of Wisconsin

Mechanisms of Primate Species Coexistence: Implications for Understanding Evolution of Species Richness, Nutritional Niches and Feeding Guilds 

November 14

Margaret Judd, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh 

Rattling the Bones of Nubian Archaeology

November 21 

Joy McCorriston, Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University

Prehistoric Roots of Southern Arabia's High Civilizations 

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