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Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Open House
| What | Public Event |
|---|---|
| When |
May 12, 2012 01:00 PM
May 12, 2012 04:00 PM
May 12, 2012 from 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm |
| Where | Fowler Museum Building, A level |
| Contact Name | Helle Girey |
| Contact Email | hgirey@ucla.edu |
| Contact Phone | (310) 825-0612 |
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UCLA COTSEN INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY OPEN HOUSE
May 12, 2012, 1:00 – 4:00 pm, Fowler Building, A- Level
Join us in our annual behind the scenes tour of archaeology at UCLA. Visit the laboratories and archives where analysis and interpretations of archaeological sites in many parts of the world takes place, and talk with our archaeologists and our graduate students.
Featured Lecture: Lenart Auditorium , 2 pm
The Apex of Mummification in Ancient Egypt
Professor Kara Cooney
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
At the end of the 20th Dynasty, Egypt was hit with social and economic crisis, embalming techniques actually reached an apex. Twenty-first Dynasty corpses included lifelike false eyes, stuffed faces and limbs, and even makeup and hair extensions. The question is: Why did the ancient Egyptians focus their resources on creating such realistic mummies for their elite dead during economic recession?
Map of Labs and Archives
1. Lenart Auditorium
2. Virtual Reality Demonstration
3. Children’s Activity Room
5. Southwest Archaeology Laboratory
6. Egyptian Laboratory
7. Mesopotamia Laboratory
8. Anatolian Laboratory
9. Ceramics Analysis Research Group
10. Zooarchaeology Laboratory
11. Rock Art Archive
12. South Asia Laboratory
13. East Asia Laboratory
14. Conservation Laboraaatory
15. Old Stone Age Laboratory
16. Mediterranean Laboratory
17. CIOA Publications
18. DVD Roon
Amphitheater area:
Paleoethnobotanical flotation machine demonstration
Flint knapping and firing of carnelian beads demonstration
Self guided tours of the Fowler Museum of Cultural History
Parking: $11 in Lot #4, Sunset and Westwood Blvd.
