[OR_Archaeology] First Thursday Lecture Series

[John Pouley]

Hello all- 
Please join us this coming Thursday, May 2nd at 4:00, Smith Center 296, to hear: 

Lisbeth Louderbck (University of Washington) present,

Seeds of Change: The impacts of climate change on dietary choice and human occupation patterns in early Holocene North America



Understanding how people used local plant resources through times provides important insights to the flexible and dynamic subsistence strategies developed to cope with climatic change. North Creek Shelter (NCS), a well-stratified archaeological site in southern Utah has provided a unique opportunity to investigate changes in diet breadth from the early Holocene (c.10,000 BP) to the recent period (1,000 BP), ultimately reflecting the availability of different food resources in a marginal landscape. The archaeological study looks at macro- and micro-botanical plant remains from ground stone artifacts, sediments and hearths to reconstruct a detailed picture of changing plant use from the time of first arrival of humans in this landscape. In this seminar, I will explore the common assumption that changing utilization of plants that provided differing energy returns was driven by climate, and consequently, the implications for our understanding of the archaeology of the first Americans.
The Anthropology Student Association is hosting a reception following the talk at the Anthropology Department, Cramer 141 to which you are cordially invited.
See the attached flyer for posting and forwarding to your friends and colleagues. 
Looking forward to seeing you there.
-- 

Virginia L. Butler 
Department of Anthropology
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97207
503.725.3303
virginia at pdx.edu
http://web.pdx.edu/~virginia/
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