[OR_Archaeology] PSU First Thursday Lecture

[POULEY John * OPRD]

Hello all-

PSU's Department of Anthropology and the Anthropology Student Association invite you to come to the November Archaeology First Thursday presentation.

On Thursday November 3 at 4 pm,
Dr. Katherine A. Spielmann (Arizona State University) will present,

Resource Depression and Turkey Intensification in the US Southwest

The resource depression and intensification project included over thirty faunal datasets from archaeological sites in the US Southwest that date between ~ 1200 and 1500 C.E., and was designed  to address this main question: What is the relationship between faunal resource procurement and demographic, social organizational, and environmental change? These hypotheses were explored:   1) Human population persistence and concentration on the landscape resulted in large mammal resource depression.  Environmental conditions affected the threshold human population values that caused resource depression. 2) Turkey husbandry was intensified to make up for the reduction in large mammal populations.

The presentation will take place on PSU campus,  Smith Center 294.

Her talk is one of dozens of events that are part of the 2016-2017 Oregon Archaeology Celebration.  Please come to her talk and pick up a calendar of events-and learn how you can learn more about archaeology and heritage in Oregon.

Please forward the attached announcement to your friends and neighbors.


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Virginia L. Butler
Department of Anthropology
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97207
503.725.3303
virginia at pdx.edu<mailto:virginia at pdx.edu>
http://www.pdx.edu/anthropology/

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