[Aztlan] COTSEN INSTITUTE, UCLA; ANCIENT AMERICA LECTURES; MAY 10

[michael ruggeri]

COTSEN INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT UCLA
OPEN HOUSE 2008
MAY 10, 2008, 1:00 - 4:00 PM

UCLA Fowler Building, A-Level

The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA will open its doors for the
12th annual Open House. This tradition gives the general public, school
children, students and interested individuals an opportunity to see what
happens after the surveys and excavations from various parts of the  
world
are over, how the analysis is performed and how the data is stored for
research, lectures and publications.

There will be lectures in the Lenart auditorium, a children's activity
corner, multimedia presentations of archaeological sites, and the
Experiential Technologies Center will present interactive virtual  
reality
models of Roman Forum, Basilica Maxentius and Karnak.

The following laboratories and archives will be open to visitors:

Anatolian Laboratory
Ceramics Analysis Research Group
Channel Island Laboratory
Chilean Research Laboratory
Classics Laboratory
Conservation Laboratory
East Asia Laboratory
Egyptian Laboratory
European Laboratory
Mediterranean laboratory
Moche Archive
Rock Art Archive
South Asian Laboratory
Southwest Archaeology Laboratory
Zooarchaeology Laboratory


Lectures by UCLA archaeologists will be presented in the Lenart  
Auditorium:

1:30 p.m.
"Among Stone Giants: Archaeology and Exploration on Easter Island"
Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D.
Director, Easter Island Statue Project
Research Associate, The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA

2:30 p.m.
"Sorcerers of the Fifth Heaven: Ancient Nahua Art and Ritual of Southern
Mexico"
John Pohl, Ph.D.
Curator of the Arts of the Americas , Fowler Museum of Cultural  
History, UCLA

3:00 p.m.
"The Prehistory of Bocas del Toro, Panama"
Thomas Wake, Ph.D.
Research Associate, The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA

Tours to the Fowler Museum will be given at 2:00 pm and 3:30 pm (meet on
first floor of the museum).


The event is free and open to the public
Parking available for $8 in Lot 4
For more information, contact Laura Lliguin at
<mailto:Laural at ioa.ucla.edu>laural at ioa.ucla.edu
or call 310-206-8934




Mike Ruggeri's Ancient America Museum Exhibitions, Conferences and  
Lectures
http://community-2.webtv.net/Topiltzin-2091/AncientAmerica/index.htm