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Paul Mickey Science Series: Quarries and Culture: Trade in the Southern German Neolithic
- Location: ISM Research & Collections Center, Springfield
- Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Presented by Dr. Lynn Fisher, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Illinois-Springfield; Adjunct Research Associate, Illinois State Museum This presentation describes recent results of investigations at a Neolithic stone quarry near Ulm, Germany, on the upper Danube River. In the summer of 2011, our international research group consulted with geologists and archaeologists in several regions of southern Germany and Switzerland to begin to trace out the networks of trade and communication that likely linked this quarry (one of few known in Germany) to villages and tool-makers in surrounding regions. Cultural influences as seen in ceramics suggest ties to Bavaria in the east, while initial indications suggest chert from this region may have been traded to the southwest and north.
One of our Paul Mickey Science Series
Discover Illinois' rich prehistoric and historic past by attending an ISM Paul Mickey Science Series Program. A different speaker and topic are featured each month. For more information on upcoming topics and speakers, please contact Nina Walthall at (217) 782-0061 or 217-785-0037. - Usually held the second Wednesday of Each Month
- 7:00 to 8:30 PM
- Held at the ISM Research & Collections Center, 1011 East Ash Street (enter the building from 10 ½ Street between Ash & Laurel Streets), Springfield, Illinois
- Free Admission
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