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An Archaeology of Food in Fiji

Bowers Museum 2002 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA

Van Tilburg Lecture In order to receive an email with the Zoom link for this lecture, please fill out the CONTACT FORM for the Orange County Society.

Wicked Awesome Rocks: Investigating the use of stone tools with microwear analysis – What are stone tools used for?

Heather Rockwell, Assistant Professor of Cultural and Historic Preservation, Salve Regina University, This might seem like a question with an obvious answer, but it is one that archaeologists have puzzled for centuries. This presentation will discuss one method of determining how stone tools were used, use-wear analysis. I will first cover a brief history of […]

Frances Gallart Marqués on “Terracotta Figurines from the Field to the Museum.”

Montréal, Québec, Canada

DESCRIPTION: In the 1870s, thousands of ancient terracotta figurines were discovered in cemeteries surrounding the small city of Tanagra in Greece. The brightly colored figures, many of which depicted young women, became a sensation with Victorian audiences and inspired new works by painters, musicians, and writers. In this talk, Frances Gallart Marqués will discuss the […]