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First Thursday: “Early Holocene Archaeology of Oregon’s Harney Basin”
“Early Holocene Archaeology of Oregon’s Harney Basin”
Presented by Danny Gilmour & Erik Hardman
Willamette Cultural Resources Associates, Ltd
Thursday, October 6
4:00pm, Smith Memorial Ctr 236
Free & Open to Public
Oregon’s Harney Basin lies at the margin of the northern Great Basin and the southern Columbia Plateau. Paleoindian sites are known in the area, but typically consist of surface scatters of stemmed and occasionally fluted points found scattered across both lowland and upland settings. Few sites have undergone extensive excavation. In this paper, we present results of recent archaeological investigations and integrate this information with existing excavation data to increase our understanding of early human use of the area. The data provide insights to the complexity of adaptations practiced by foraging groups as they responded to the shifting environmental conditions of the early Holocene and the shrinking of pluvial Lake Malheur.
Archaeology First Thursday Talk- Oct. 6!
We are excited to announce the First Thursday talk series of the 2016-17 school year! 
Join us in celebrating Anthropology’s Outstanding Teacher of 2016: Dr. Shelby Anderson
19th Annual John Eliot Allen Awards at 3pm Friday, June 3
Congratulations to Dr. Shelby Anderson, and to the other amazing Professors winning this award.
Please join the celebration in the Smith Ballroom on Friday, beginning with a reception at 3 p.m.
Faculty, staff and students are invited to participate. It will be fun!
TODAY! Anthropology end-of-year party, Thursday 6/2 at 4:00 PM
Please join us for our end-of-year celebration:
Thursday June 2nd, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Anthropology Department Lounge
Refreshments will be served!
Summer Session Information Fair – Weds May 25
Learn about summer class options and opportunities from advisors and financial aid counselors at the Summer Session Information Fair Wednesday, May 25, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Park Blocks outside Smith Union.
This is a good chance to explore how summer session can help you graduate on time or enroll in a class you always wanted to take.
Summer Session Registration has begun! — Anthropology Offerings
Summer session registration is open!
Anthropology summer offerings are listed on our courses and advising webpage.
Registration information is available at the PSU Summer Session Website: http://www.pdx.edu/summer.
Please stop in and visit with an adviser during open office hours if you have any questions!
First Thursday Talk: The Horse and Cultural Identity in 1st millennium AD Britain
Thursday, January 14th, 4:00 PM
SMSU 298
Pamela Cross, PhD Researcher
“…they will know us by our horses, by our habits and by every other appointment….” William Shakespeare, 16th century, Henry IV, part 1, scene 2.
“These islanders …they enter battle on foot.…they do not even know what a horse is…for it is clear that this animal has in no time lived in Brittia.“ Procopius of Caesarea, 6th century AD, History of the Wars
Bioarchaeology uses many of the techniques familiar from popular forensics TV programs to examine people and animals from the past. During this project many of the techniques applied to horses were re-examined and corrected after extensive horse anatomical and pathology studies. The techniques were then used to evaluate the role of the horse in 1st millennium AD Britain. Some interesting, and perhaps surprising, clues about early British and Roman interactions, and the real roots of English culture may be tied events in cultures based in Hungary and the Black Sea. So perhaps there was a good portion of Hun along with the Germannic/Scandinavian invaders?!
Bio
With undergraduate degrees in History and Animals Science, I received my MSc in Human Osteology and Palaeopathology in 2008 and am now completing my PhD in Bioarchaeology. The PhD project is part of a planned longer project investigating human-horse relationships in the past, particulary those expressed in funerary contexts. Funding for this initial project was provided by AHRC Collaborative Grant with Grant partners: the National Trust, the Sutton Hoo Society, Bernard Cornwell (Author) & the Museum of London (LARCC). Additional support came from SYNTHESYS and the Hungarian Natural History and National Museums.
Cross, P. J. 2011. – Horse Burial in First Millennium AD Britain: Issues of Deposition. European Journal of Archaeology 14(1-2): 190-209.
Cross, P. J. 2012. – The ritual of horse burial – Sutton Hoo and beyond. Saxon 55(July): 8-10.
Cross, P. J. & Wright, R. (2015) The nikumaroro bones identification controversy: First-hand examination versus evaluation by proxy – amelia earhart found or still missing? Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 3, 53-59.
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