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Over the next several weeks, the University’s Museum of Natural History is presenting the Archaeo logical Lecture Series, five lectures designed to share the findings of an cient Oregonian peoples. “It’s a good chance to get the most up-to-date information about ar chaeology in Oregon,” said Dennis Jenkins , lecture presenter and co director of the University’s summer archaeological field school. The lectures began Friday evening at the Knight Law Center with a pres entation by Mel Aikens, director of the Natural History Museum. His lecture, entitled “Paleolithic Thoughts,” introduced the audience to ancient ideas and Shamanism, a belief held by people around the world that humans and animals are of equal intelligence, and that certain spirits can travel between worlds. Aikens kicked off his hour-long lecture by pounding a ceremonial drum made of goat skin. He went on to introduce the subject of ancient human relationships as a preface for the next four presenters. He said he enjoys studying rela tionships between ancient people and the natural environment. “Human experience has incredi ble time depth,” he said. I--"Z= Jenkins will present his lecture, “10,000 Years at Fort Rock,” Oct. 13. He will share data collected by the University’s field school and pres ent the information in color slides, showing environmental changes in Oregon’s Fort Rock Basin, one of many geological resources here. “Oregon is overflowing with in formation,” Jenkins said. “The more you know, the more you realize how little you know.” Brian O’Neill, another lecture presenter and staff archaeologist, hopes to give people a greater un derstanding of archaeology. “So often, people think of archae ology as something at -some dis tance,” he said. “When you get on a plane and tell someone what you do, they want to talk about dinosaurs.” O’Neill’s presentation, “Archae ology at Our Back Door,” will focus on recent findings along the Long Tom River in western Oregon. He plans to share information about an cient earth ovens and substances such as rock and charcoal that are 10,000 years old. O’Neill said such findings prove people existed and used the resources. “Archaeology is the most eclectic of all studies,” he said. “It combines social and natural science, so one can do anything.” The decades of progress made in the University’s archaeology de partment were made possible by Luther Cressman. Cressman, known as the father of Oregon archaeology, was hired in 1929 as the University’s first anthro pologist. He is credited with estab lishing the Archaeology department and was its first chairman. The series of presentations are be ing held the next four Friday after noons at the Knight Law Center. Ad mission and parking are free. Student Tickets for Football vs. Oregon St Can be purchased beginning today, Monday; October 1. for $24.00. Only200tickets are available. 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