From Chacmool at ucalgary.ca Mon Jan 14 15:47:40 2013 From: Chacmool at ucalgary.ca (Chacmool Archaeology Association) Date: Mon Jan 14 15:47:53 2013 Subject: [Chacmool-l] January 2013 Chacmool Newsletter Message-ID: <520b8ba324a7621e81200705006e608a.squirrel@webmail.ucalgary.ca> Hi Everyone!! Welcome back, we hope you had a relaxing break and the first week of school wasn?t too much of a shock. There?s a lot here to go through! We hope to see you at the events. 1. Lunch time Speaker 2. Arctic Institute Speaker 3. Archaeological Society of Alberta Speaker 4. Artifact Photography Workshop* 5. Meet and Greet 6. Canadian Archaeological Associaiton ? Undergrad and Graduate Representatives 7. PURE Award 8. Archaeology Awareness 9. Volunteer Opportunities 10. Chacmool Office Hours 1. Archaeology Department Noon Hour Lecture Series Speaker: Geoffery McCafferty (University of Calgary) Where: Earth Sciences 859 When: January 16, 2013 from 12:00-1:00 pm The recent acquisition of a large collection of pre-Columbian objects from the Glenbow Museum further establishes the Archaeology Department as the leading Canadian institution of Latin American archaeology. A collections management class (ARKY 537) in the Fall of 2012 provided advanced undergraduate and graduate students with a rare opportunity to work with museum-quality collections of ceramics and lithics. The class concentrated on objects from lower Central America, especially Costa Rica and Nicaragua, which has been a longstanding research focus in the department. Students selected topics for investigation, presented posters of their research at the recent Chacmool conference, and created an exhibition of selected objects; an illustrated catalogue of the objects is currently being published on-line. I will present some of the highlights of the museum collection and the research results produced by the museum class. 2. Arctic Speaker Series Speaker: Kenneth Jones (University of Calgary) Where: Science B 144 When: January 16, 2013 at 4:00pm Foxe Basin: Canada?s ?Cartographic Backwater? The talk will discuss how Foxe Basin was the last part of Canada?s North to be explored and mapped, despite its relatively southern location straddling the Arctic Circle. 3. Archaeological Society of Alberta Speaker Series (Every Third Wednesday of the Month) Speaker: Mitch Hedrickson (University of Illinois) Where: Earth Sciences 162 (Tom Oliver Room) When: January 16, 2013 at 7:30 pm Industries of Angkor Project: Material Production and the Decline of the Khmer Empire, Cambodia The medieval Khmer Empire, based at its capital of Angkor in northern Cambodia, exerted control across vast parts of mainland Southeast Asia between the 11th and 13th centuries CE. This expansion was facilitated by an elaborate transport system connecting to regional centres that provided access to key economic resources such as metals. Over the past four years, the Industries of Angkor Project (INDAP) has conducted research at one of these centres, Preah Khan of Kompong Svay (Preah Khan), the only Angkorian site with traces of iron production within its enclosure walls. Employing a range of new multidisciplinary approaches INDAP has documented the extent and history of fifteen smelting sites within Preah Khan and the Phnom Dek. In addition to providing the first detailed evidence of Post-Angkorian activity in Cambodia results question the finality associated with the collapse of pre-industrial states. 4. Artifact Photography Workshop* Facilitator: Mike Moloney Where: Earth Sciences 859 and 851 When: January 22, 2013 at 5:30 ? 7:30 pm This workshop will introduce elementary aspects of basic photography and photo composition, as well as principles of archaeological photography. In particular, we will be looking at artifact and site photography. The workshop will comprise a brief lecture followed by some hands on practice at both site and artifact photography. We will finish by examining and critiquing the practice photos. Please sign up for this workshop as space is limited? Sign up sheet will be posted outside the Chacmool Office at ES 826 and the workshop is open to everyone in the Department. 5. Winter Meet and Greet Where: Earth Sciences 859 When: February 1, 2013 Stay tuned for more information on this event! Megan, your social co-ordiator, is putting together a fabulous event. 6. Canadian Archaeological Association (Looks great on a resume!) Contact: Eric Guiry at ejg504@mun.ca The CAA is looking for an Undergraduate and Graduate Student Representatives from the University of Calgary. ?Having a student representative for the CAA-SC from your department will better facilitate vital communications between the CAA and your students about emerging opportunities and current events. Depending on a student?s interest and availability, becoming a representative on the committee could involve as little as relaying information between the CAA and a particular department or as much as planning student events at the Annual CAA Conference.? Please contact Eric directly. 7. Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) Award (Looks great on a resume!) Deadline: February 11, 2013 This is a great way to get some research experience and have it paid for by the University! http://www.ucalgary.ca/provost/TLFC/awards/undergrad PURE Award Opportunity: Dr. Julio Mercader is looking for an undergraduate student to work in the Tropical Archaeological Lab doing Phytolith Analysis. Please contact Dr. Mercader directly at mercader@ucalgary.ca for more information. 8. Archaeology Awareness Who: YOU When: First Tuesday of the Month (Tuesday, February 5th) Are you tired of being asked ?Will you be digging up dinosaurs in Drumheller?? In a subtle way, we would like to bring archaeology to the consciousness of non-archaeologists minds. So, on the first Tuesday of every month we are asking people to wear an archaeologically themed shirt - this may get people talking or perhaps asking questions. It would be great if the entire Archaeology Department got in on this! 9. Volunteer Opportunities (Looks great on a resume!) Reading Room Volunteers Contact: Natalie Sawyer at nmsawyer@shaw.ca This is a great place to get volunteer hours AND study time in at the same time! It is also a great way to help keep the reading room open as a study space for fellow students. Wednesday Lunch Hour Speaker Snack Provider Contact: Megan MacLean at mhmaclea@ucalgary.ca During the semester the Archaeology Department hosts a Noon hour lecture on Wednesdays. The Graduate Students are responsible for organizing the speakers and Chacmools role is to provide the coffee, tea and snacks. Chacmool is asking/seeking/begging for individuals to contribute to the snack portions of this. Bring in your receipts for your snacks (we'll pay for them) AND you get an hour for U of C Co-curricular Activities! 10. Chacmool Office Hours Please feel free to drop by and talk archaeology with us! We will be closed on Stat Holidays and during Reading Week in February. Mondays 1:00 - 2:00 pm Sheila Tuesdays 1:00 ? 2:00 pm Mary Lynn Wednesdays 1:00 ? 2:00 pm Colleen Fridays 12:00 ? 1:00 pm Megan From Chacmool at ucalgary.ca Tue Jan 22 14:07:30 2013 From: Chacmool at ucalgary.ca (Chacmool Archaeology Association) Date: Tue Jan 22 14:07:45 2013 Subject: [Chacmool-l] Wednesday Speaker Message-ID: Hi all, Please see attached for this Wednesday's Speaker (tomorrow). We also want to let you know we are looking for volunteers to supply snacks for this very worthwhile event that happens almost every Wednesday at Noon. So if you volunteer to bring snacks you get 1. Bring in your receipts for the snack and Chacmool will pay for it 2. You now get TWO volunteer hours towards your co-curricular activities 3. Your name will be added to a draw at the end of the semester for a Den/Black Lounge gift certificate and a Chacmool t-shirt. Your name will be entered each time you bring in a snack. That's all for now, Have a great week! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Bennett Poster.ppt Type: application/vnd.ms-powerpoint Size: 814080 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.ucalgary.ca/pipermail/chacmool-l/attachments/20130122/9e54eb8a/BennettPoster-0001.ppt From Chacmool at ucalgary.ca Tue Jan 29 20:06:11 2013 From: Chacmool at ucalgary.ca (Chacmool Archaeology Association) Date: Tue Jan 29 20:06:25 2013 Subject: [Chacmool-l] This Week... Message-ID: <624517ef676ffcc850ea1b7ace6f89ee.squirrel@webmail.ucalgary.ca> Hi All, Noon Hour Speaker - Wednesday, January 30th, 12pm in ES 859. Sorry for the late notice, BUT the Wednesday speaker tomorrow is none other than Megan MacLean - the Chacmool Social Co-ordinator. Hopefully, you can come out and support her. Title: A Question of Kings In 1977, the Great Tumulus at Vergina, was uncovered by Greek archaeologist, Manolis Andronikos. Within the Great Tumulus, four tombs and a heroon were found. Tomb II was a grand barrel-vaulted tomb that had survived intact since antiquity and was the grandest tomb in the complex. Because of the richness of this tomb and its contents, Andronikos suggested that the two occupants, a cremated male and a cremated female skeleton, were Philip II, father of Alexander the Great and Philip II?s last wife, Cleopatra Eurydice. However, since its discovery, Tomb II has been subjected to a great degree of scrutiny and many have questioned whether or not this tomb does in fact hold the remains of Philip II. Currently, the strongest counter-argument is that one of Philip?s sons, Arrhidaeus, was the occupant. A half-brother to Alexander the Great, Arrhidaeus came to the throne after Alexander?s death in 323 B.C. and took the name Philip III. This presentation will examine the current evidence regarding the occupants of Tomb II. Chacmool Winter Meet and Greet - Friday, February 1st, 4pm in ES 859. A light meal will be served and beer and alcohol will be available for a charge. And have you heard? There is now a KEG ordered. Hope to see you there! Have a great week! Chacmool Executive