[OR_Archaeology] ERLANDSON FEATURED IN ARCHEOLOGY FESTIVAL KEYNOTE

[Susan White]

ERLANDSON FEATURED IN ARCHEOLOGY FESTIVAL KEYNOTE

Jon Erlandson, the director of the University of Oregon Museum of
Natural and Cultural History, will be the keynote speaker during The
Archaeology Channel's International Film and Video Festival.

Erlandson will describe May 21 how he believes people more than 15,000
years ago followed the coastline and island-hopped from east Asia around
the north Pacific Ocean to Alaska and the west coast of North and South
America, leaving traces more than 14,000 years old in Oregon and Chile
that archaeologists only recently have found.

The festival, which takes place May 18-22 in Eugene, is a juried
competition for cultural heritage films.  The five-day event celebrates
human diversity with award-winning films from around the world.  Topics
that range from archaeology and ancient cultures to indigenous peoples
and their environments will come alive with historic re-enactments,
storytelling  and digital effects. 
 
Producers from 32 countries submitted 100 entries. The top 19 films
will be shown on the big screen at the Soreng Theater in the Hult Center
for the  
Performing Arts in downtown Eugene. 
 
For a complete list of films (with film clips to watch), ticket prices,
the  schedule, and more information,  visit
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/TACfestival.shtml  Tickets
are available from the Hult Center (541-682-500).