IGERT SEMINARS, SPRING 2005
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January 14
Introduction; discussion of assigned readings on the theme “Reconciling archaeological theory and archaeometry”.
January 21
Rip Rapp (Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota) “Finding China’s Lost (Buried) Cities”.
January 28
Owen Davis (Geosciences) “Palynology & the archeological record: historic to Neogene, environmental to economic”.
February 4
David Wenger (Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia). “Aren’t you dyeing to know? Testing for dyes in early Navajo weavings”. (Includes visit to the textile collection in the Arizona State Museum).
February 11
Jeff Homburg (Statistical Research Inc., Tucson). “Modeling Anthropogenic Effects on Ancient Agricultural Soils”.
February 18
Michael Shott (University of Northern Iowa). “Some Thoughts on a Nomothetic Archaeology: The Palebiological Analogy”.
February 25 No seminar.
March 4
Discussion of assigned readings on the theme “Ethical dilemmas in archaeological science and conservation”.
March 11
Greg Hodgins (AMS Laboratory). “Molecular artifacts: preserved organic compounds for dating and archaeological deduction."
March 12-March 20 SPRING BREAK
March 25
Paul Martin (Emeritus, Department of Geosciences). “New radiocarbon dates from Haiti and the current status of the ‘Blitzkrieg’ model of Pleistocene extinctions”, followed by panel discussion with Vance Haynes, Vance Holliday, et al..
April 1 No seminar (Society for American Archaeology Conference, Salt Lake City).
April 8
Peter Robertshaw (California State University, San Bernadino). “Glass Beads from African Sites, 800-1600 CE: Chemical Analysis and Trading Patterns.”
April 15
Izumi Shimada (Southern Illinois University). “The role of archaeological science in studying the Sican culture of ancient Peru”.
April 22
Barbara Mills (Anthropology) and Laurie Webster (Visiting Scholar), “The Archaeology of Migration: Evidence from Southwest Ceramic and Textile Technologies".
April 29
Paul Sheppard (Laboratory of Tree Ring Research) and Mark Elson (Desert Archaeology Inc.). “Re-Dating the Sunset Crater Eruption: Dendrochemical Analysis of Trees Affected by Cinder Cone Eruptions”.
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