Project Archaeology - Upcoming Events

LOCATION: San Diego Archaeological Center
                  16666 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA 92027

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Project Archaeology Day Open House - Saturday, Sept 11, 2010

Experience Project Archaeology through newly created lessons in Shellfish Analysis, Botany and Rock Art. A school year calendar will be available for educators to schedule classroom, scout, home-school and life-learner programs for the 2010-2011 academic year. 

Admission to this event is free to Center members. A $5 donation is requested for non-members, $15 maximum for families. The donation includes admission to the Museum. For more information on this event please contact Annemarie Cox via email or by phone: (760) 291-0370.
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Lunch Time Lectures at the Center - Noon on the following Fridays: September 17; October 15; November 19

Lunch Time Lectures (LTL) at the San Diego Archaeological Center (the Center) offer advanced undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to share their projects and current research with other students and the public. A wide range of archaeological, historical, anthropological, and museum studies topics are featured. 

All presentations begin at noon on the third Friday of selected months and last approximately one hour. Bring a lunch and notebook. Drinks will be provided. LTL is free with Center admission, no charge for Center members.
 
Fall 2010 schedule:
Friday, September 17- Julia Prince- "What's your Function?: An Intra-Site Spatial Analysis of Early Bronze Age III Pottery at Khirbet Hamra Ifdan, Jordan"

Julia Prince is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego. She earned a B.A. in Anthropology (concentration Archaeology) with a minor in History.  Julia has participated in field schools in Peru and Jordan.  She recently returned from Yellowstone National Park, where she surveyed and excavated on the north side of Yellowstone Lake under the auspices of the Montana Yellowstone Archaeological Project. Julia will present her research on Early Bronze Age pottery which uses an ethnoarchaeological approach to interpret pottery function and the organization of space at Khirbet Hamra Ifdan in Jordan.   

Friday, October 15- Marco Hatch-"Shifting baselines: the construction of a pre-European ecological baseline for San Diego, California"

Marco B.A. Hatch is a PhD candidate in Biological Oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He has a B.S. degree in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences from the University of Washington, Seattle. Marco's current research uses archaeological mollusk shells to reconstruct past seawater temperature, salinity, and primary productivity. In this presentation he will discuss developing Donax gouldii and Chione undatella as oceanographic proxies and the growth rates of archaeological C. undatella from Los Penasquitos Lagoon dating from 2000-6000 ybp. He will also discuss recent advances in shell analysis that provide data beyond season of capture.

Friday, November 19- Suzanne Moramarco- "Check it out: an update on the library collections of the San Diego Archaeological Center"
Suzanne Moramarco is the Center's Collections and Library Specialist. She supervises volunteers and interns working on a variety of archaeological and library cataloguing projects. This presentation will provide information about the Center's unique library resources and the current status of the digital catalog and online search capabilities.   
 
Students are invited to submit topics to be included on future schedules.  Please contact Programs Coordinator Annemarie Cox at 760-291-0370 or acox@sandiegoarchaeology.org.  

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The San Diego Archaeological Center was created in 1993 to provide an archaeological curation facility for the San Diego Region. The Center was the first nonprofit organization in the nation dedicated solely to curating and sharing archaeological collections with the public. Planning is underway to create a spacious and light-filled lobby, enhanced exhibition space, and classroom areas. A new entryway will feature native plant landscaping designed to promote conservation, outdoor exhibit and seating areas, water elements and improved signage to promote the Center as a regional tourist destination.
 
The Mission of The San Diego Archaeological Center is "to preserve archaeological collections and promote their educational, scientific and cultural use to benefit a diverse public."