Archaeology Week: Utah's Heritage

Archaeology Week: Utah's Heritage

2012 Calendar of Carbon County Events and Related Programs

May 5^th - 12^th Dinosaur art contest entrees displayed at the Prehistoric Museum, USU Eastern-155 East Main Street-Price, Utah

May 5^th 
- 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 9^th - 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 12^th - 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

Ø Plaster dinosaur tracks given away

Ø Elementary school dinosaur art contest (information sent to schools), with awards

Ø CVAS & UFOP Information/History Table

Ø Bone & Archaeology Lab demonstrations 

Ø Teepee

Ø Make rock art

Ø Corn grinding

For complete Archaeology Week details visit, http://history.utah.gov/archaeology/i_love_archaeology/prehistory_week/events.html