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PIZZA TALK - "Landscapes and Urbanism"

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Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati, Visiting Professor-UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology

What Pizza Talk
When February 27, 2013
from 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm
Where Fowler Museum Building, Room A222
Contact Name Rachel Moy
Contact Email
Contact Phone 310-825-4169
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“Landscapes and Urbanism: a frame for understanding the sacred and political development of Urkesh”

Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati is the director of the Urkesh/Mozan excavations in Syria.  She is actively involved in overseeing the processing, recording and documentation of all the objects and ceramics from the excavations.  Dr. Kelly-Buccellati is currently working with Giacomo Chiari of the Getty Conservation Institute on the analysis of clay inclusions.

Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati
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