How Did the Maya Feed the Multitudes? - an AIA Rochester Chapter Event |
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Thurs. 7:30 PM, November 13, 2008 Speaker: Professor Payson Sheets, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Buffalo, CO Dr. Sheets, primary archaeologist for the University of Colorado's excavations at the El Salvador site of Ceren, also known also as the "Pompeii of the Americas", found exceptional preservation of the villages after eruption of the nearby loma caldera volcanic vent. With hundreds of people per square kilometer, he needed to know what was intensively cultivated to maintain those early population centers. Remote sensing and applied archaeology found interesting answers. This AIA lecture is free and open to the public; non-MAG members can attend with $6 reduced MAG admission. The MAG is on 500 University Ave., Rochester, NY. Wheelchair accessible. Further info: 585-381-9034 |
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