Aubuchon’s talk will expand upon her presentation at the annual intercollegiate Art History Symposium 2009, a competitive symposium coordinated by Dr. Catherine Jolivette, Department of Art and Design at Missouri State.

The public presentations on Art History at the Park Central Branch Library have been coordinated by Dr. Billie Follensbee, Department of Art and Design at Missouri State; Jordan Gloyd, Park Central Branch Library; and Aleah Weltha, Park Central Branch Library.

Reference:  http://thelibrary.org/programs/programs.cfm

Archaeometry involves the application of scientific techniques and methodologies in the laboratory or in the field to investigate research questions of interest to archaeology. The range of archaeometry research includes the following major themes: (1) prospection; (2) dating; (3) conservation; (4) materials characterization; and (5) provenance/sourcing.  Archaeologists can obtain significant information using these methods such that archaeometry has the potential to alter our understanding of the past. Dr. Glascock is Group Leader of the Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Missouri-Columbia and the 2009 recipient of the Fryxell Award for Interdisciplinary Research from the Society for American Archaeology.  His laboratory is the world’s leading laboratory in the application of chemical characterization methods to archaeological materials for provenance/sourcing research. Dr. Glasscock will describe some of the techniques employed in archaeometry and discuss a few of the recent research discoveries made in his laboratory. For more information on the MU Archaeometry Lab, see http://archaeometry.missouri.edu/information.html.

When: 7:00 pm on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Where: MSU, Center for Archaeological Research, 622 S. Kimbrough (next to Subway) (417) 836-5363

Sponsored by:
- Anthropology Program, Missouri State University, Springfield
- Missouri Archaeological Society, Ozarks Chapter

Patty Krus Kuster (2007) has received her MA in Classics from the University of Colorado, and has recently taken a job as Museum Guide at the University of Colorado’s Heritage Center.

Cherie Reich (2005) is working as a full-time Library Assistant at the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, VA. Two of her short stories, “Neptune’s Treasure” and “The Case of the Tom Cat,” have been accepted for publication. Cherie’s website can be found at http://cheriereich.webs.com.

Mark Thorne (2000), Assistant Professor of Classics at Wheaton College, has made a donation to the Missouri State University Foundation.

Rachel Longwell Weinhaus (2006) has received her Juris Doctorate from St. Louis University, passed the Missouri Bar Examination, and is practicing law in St. Louis.

The podcast of this talk can be watched on the MSU YouTube channel or downloaded MSU’s iTunesU site.