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Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Open House

by Tyler Lawrence — last modified May 03, 2013 02:56 PM
What Public Event
When May 04, 2013
from 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm
Where Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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Contact Phone (310) 206-8934
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Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Open House

Saturday, May 4, 1-4 pm

The UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology will open its doors
for the 16th annual Open House. This tradition gives the
general public, school children, students, and interested
individuals an opportunity to see what happens after the
surveys and excavations from various parts of the world are
over, how the analysis is performed, and how the data is stored
for lectures and publications.
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Cotsen 2013 open house poster
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