[Bioundgrd] Fwd: Archaeological Science

[Janice Chang]

>ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
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>3.985J    5.24J    12.011J
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>Spring    3-0-6    HASS 
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>Undergraduates may enroll for Archaeological Science in
>Course 3, Course 5, Course 12, and
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>GET HASS CREDIT too!
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>How do archaeologists reconstruct the past: ancient climates and 
>ecologies; the times and places of events; the natural materials 
>people engineered to produce the artifacts we excavate and study?
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>This subject looks at the modern archaeologist's science and 
>engineering toolkit: C-14 and thermoluminescence dating; palynology 
>and ice-core analysis of lake beds; neutron activation analysis to 
>source rocks and lithic artifacts; metallurgical analysis of ancient 
>bronze smelting practices and consequences for environmental 
>pollution - and much more.
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>This subject is offered by CMRAE (Center for Materials Research in 
>Archaeology and Ethnology).  JOIN US THIS SPRING TERM!
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>WHEN:  Monday, 7-10 pm
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>WHERE:  MIT, Room 4-270
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>INSTRUCTORS:  Professor Heather Lechtman and CMRAE faculty
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>FURTHER INFORMATION:  Phone the CMRAE office: 253-2172 or contact 
>Professor Lechtman [lechtman at mit.edu]
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>