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Carving Cucurbits: Using Stone Tools to Carve Pumpkins

October 29, 2018 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT

Cushing Memorial Library and Archives
400 Spence Street
College Station, TX 77843 United States


Join the Anthropology Research Collections at Texas A&M University (ARC-TAMU) for our annual stone tool pumpkin carving party! The ARC-TAMU will provide stone tools that participants can use to carve their own pumpkins. The event will also include informational sessions on stone tool creation and use in prehistory, as well as displays on Texas projectile points, cucurbita domestication, and the cultural origins of autumn festivals. All ages are welcome, but please B.Y.O.P. (bring your own pumpkin)!  

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Details

Date:
October 29, 2018
Time:
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
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Website:
https://www.facebook.com/AnthARCatTAMU/

Contact

Heather Thakar
Phone
(979)458-5987
Email
thakar@tamu.edu

Venue

Cushing Memorial Library and Archives
400 Spence Street
College Station, TX 77843 United States
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