Archaeology Week: Utah's Heritage
2012 Calendar of Carbon County Events
and Related Programs
May 5th - 12th
Dinosaur art contest entrees displayed at the Prehistoric Museum, USU
Eastern-155 East Main Street-Price, Utah
May 5th
- Time: 1:00 p.m.
Event: The Prehistoric Museum,
USU Eastern Presents: I Once was Lost, but Now am Found?! Reuniting the
Decades-Missing Pilling Figurine with his Mate(s). Guest speaker: Dr. Bonnie
Pitblado, Director, Museum of Anthropology, Utah State University.
In March of
1950 Clarence Pilling discovered a set of clay figurines crafted by a Fremont
artist or artists about 1000 years ago. Known as the Pilling Figurines, one of
these went missing decades ago, only to-apparently-re-emerge last year. Dr.
Pitblado and a team of world-renowned scientists used techniques ranging from
fingerprint analysis to geochemical characterizations to test whether the lost
warrior had truly been found. Join us to learn the answer!
Location: The
Jennifer Leavitt Student Center, 490 North 300 East, Price, Utah.
Cost:
Free and open to the public.
May 9th
- Time: 7:00 p.m. Event: Lecture-Scratching
the Surface: Uncovering Buried Cultural Resources in Nine Mile Canyon - Jody
Patterson, archaeologist for Montgomery Archaeological Consultants Inc. will
present a lecture on the recent archaeological finds in Nine Mile Canyon. Location:
The Prehistoric Museum, USU Eastern – 155 East Main Street – Price, Utah. Cost: Free and open to the
public.
May 12th
- Time: 10:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m. Event: Family
Activity Day at the Prehistoric Museum, USU Eastern-155 East Main
Street-Price, Utah
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Plaster dinosaur tracks given away
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Elementary school dinosaur art contest
(information sent to schools), with awards
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CVAS & UFOP Information/History Table
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Bone & Archaeology Lab demonstrations
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Teepee
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Make rock art
Ø Corn
grinding
For complete Archaeology Week details visit, http://history.utah.gov/archaeology/i_love_archaeology/prehistory_week/events.html
