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Friday Seminar

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Anatolia Research Interest Group

What	Friday Seminar
When	February 13, 2009 04:00 PM February 13, 2009 06:00 PM February 13, 2009 from 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm
Where	Cotsen Seminar Room (Fowler A222)
Contact Name	Mac Marston
Contact Email	marston@ucla.edu
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Of Rocks and Water: Towards an Archaeology of Place in Hittite Anatolia

Ömür Harmansah, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology, Brown University

The Anatolia Research Interest Group will be hosting lectures by local and visiting scholars throughout the 2008-2009 school year. These lectures are open to the Cotsen Institute community, although directed towards other members of the interest group.

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