Already
planning out your new year? We have lectures and classes on
fascinating topics lined up for Winter 2012. We hope you find one (or
more!) that interests you. Please don't forget to bring your friends
and family members and learn something new together.
January 2012
Second Saturday-Visiting Scholar Series: Dating Rock Features: A New Technology
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2011
Time: 11am - 1pm
Location: San Diego Archaeological Center
16666 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA 92027
The
San Diego Archaeological Center is pleased to announce Joan S.
Schneider, PhD as the first Visiting Scholar for the 2012 Second
Saturday series. Dr. Schneider will present Optically Stimulated
Luminescence (OSL), Dating Rock Features: A New Technology.
Dr.
Schneider received her MS and PhD degrees in Anthropology from the
University of California, Riverside. She recently retired from her
position as Associate State Archaeologist, California State Parks,
Colorado Desert District and has worked
for over 20 years in arid regions of the world, including the
Colorado, Mojave, Sonoran, Negev, and currently, the Gobi Desert in
Mongolia.
Center Members enjoy this lecture for FREE, $5 for non-members, Center Museum admission included.
For more information about this event, please contact Annemarie Cox at 760-291-0370 or via email at acox@sandiegoarchaeology.org.
Lunch Time Lecture: Finding the Preclassic Maya in the Rainforest of Guatemala
Date: Friday, January 20, 2012
Time: noon - 1pm
Location: San Diego Archaeological Center
16666 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA 92027
The
San Diego Archaeological Center is pleased to announce its first Lunch
Time Lecture of 2012. Join the presenter, Carole Melum, on a mule trip
to the remote rainforest of northern Guatemala, once home to the
preclassic Maya. Ms. Melum will examine exciting new discoveries that
have been attracting worldwide attention, and research that sheds light
on the preclassic period (800 BCEto 200 BCE) of this ancient
civilization.
The
presentation will begin at noon and will last approximately one hour.
Bring a lunch and notebook. Drinks will be provided by the Center. Lunch
Time Lectures are free to Center Members with Center Museum admission.
February 2012
Second Saturday-Visiting Scholar Series: The Mediterranean Diet: New Ideas from Ancient Traditions
Date: Saturday, February 11, 2012
Time: 11am - 1pm
Location: San Diego Archaeological Center
16666 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA 92027
What
comes to mind when you hear the words "Mediterranean Diet?" If pizza
and gelato are the first things that pop up you'll find some surprises
at the San Diego Archaeological Center's Visiting Scholar program with
Philip J. Goscienski, M.D., author of Health Secrets of the Stone Age.
Dr. Goscienski will discuss the true Mediterranean Diet and why
physicians have begun to promote it to patients of all ages.
This
program will feature examples of Mediterranean food and drink. The
admission fee is $5 for Center Members, $15 for non-members; this
includes admission to the Center Museum. Reservations are required and
space is limited to 40 attendees.
Lunch Time Lecture: Throwing Javelins and Hurling Words? Evidence of Literacy in the Northern Frontier Zone of Roman Britain
Date: Friday, February 17, 2012
Time: noon - 1pm
Location: San Diego Archaeological Center
16666 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA 92027
Join
us as we welcome Shannon Erickson, graduate of Roman Frontier Studies
from Newcastle University in England. Ms. Erickson will discuss how the
Roman Empire operated at its furthermost frontiers. She participated in
three archaeological excavations, one in Bulgaria and the latter two in
northern England. Ms. Erickson is currently an intern at the San Diego
Archaeological Center.
The
presentation will begin at noon and will last approximately one hour.
Bring a lunch and notebook. Drinks will be provided by the Center.
Lunch Time Lectures are free to Center Members and Center Museum
admission.
Kumeyaay Pottery Workshop-Part 2, Sponsored by the San Diego Archaeological Center and the Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center
Date: Saturday, February 18, 2012
Time: 8:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center (KIIC)
13104 Ipai Waaypuk Trail, Poway, CA 92064
Martha
Rodriguez, Kumeyaay-Tipai, potter, basket weaver, artist and educator
will conduct a class on how to make pottery from raw clay. Students who
attend will be able to take home their very own pottery. The
registration fee for members of the San Diego Archaeological Center or
the Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center is $40; non-member fee is $55. Space is limited and reservations are required.
For
more information, please contact Dan Cannon (KIIC) at 858-922-8043 or
Annemarie Cox (Center) at 760-291-0370 or via email at acox@sandiegoarchaeology.org. Payments must be sent to the San Diego Archaeological Center.
Click here
to learn about the Membership Program, become a member or to renew your
important Center Membership. Center Members receive many benefits, from
free admission to discounted prices on programs and classes.
For
more information on programs at the San Diego Archaeological Center,
please contact Programs Coordinator Annemarie Cox at 760-291-0370 or via
email at acox@sandiegoarchaeology.org.
*Programs and events are subject to change.
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.
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