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IVAS Lecture Series
- Location: ISM Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown
- Date: Wednesday, November 05, 2014, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Andrew J. Upton, Doctoral Student, Michigan State University and an R. Bruce McMillan Museum Intern, will present a talk titled: “Technological and Social Dimensions of Late Prehistoric Pottery: A Central Illinois River Valley Case Study” at the Wednesday, November 5, 2014 meeting of the Illinois Valley Archaeological Society. The presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m. This lecture is free and the public is invited to attend.
This presentation will discuss two relevant issues to the study of Late Prehistoric period (circa 1100-1550 AD) pottery in eastern North America: the technological ramifications of the shift to shell tempering and modern theoretical and methodological means of understanding the social contexts of pottery manufacture, use, and exchange.
The Illinois State Museum—Dickson Mounds is located between Lewistown and Havana off Illinois Routes 78 and 97. The museum is open free to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every day. Tours and special programs are available for groups with reservations. For more information call 309.547.3721 or TTY 217.782.9175 or visit the museum's web site at www.ExperienceDicksonMounds.com. Also check out weekly updates on Facebook at “Illinois State Museum – Dickson Mounds”.
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