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Lecture series dusts
off ancient Oregon
■The University will host a
sequence of talks that dig into
the field of a rchaeology and
explore archaic Oregon
By Brooke Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
Archaeology is more than study
ing dinosaurs. The science involves
studying ancient people, ideas and
ways of life.
In fact, many people might be sur
prised to know archaeological re
search is conducted here in Oregon.
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.
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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.
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