Archaeology is everywhere you turn as the , the , and departments join together to celebrate National Archaeology Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 20.
The day includes family activities as well as research, lectures and gallery tours for adult audiences. A historical Roman enactor from the exhibition will make a special appearance wandering the museum interacting with visitors.
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Curator of Anthropology Steve Lekson is excited that the museum is able to coordinate this event.听鈥淎rchaeology Day provides a great opportunity for our community to explore ancient times.鈥� he said, adding 鈥淎rchaeology opens up to us 90 percent of human history that can鈥檛 be found in books. The first cities, farming, art鈥攁ll of these things happened long before writing. Archaeology is the only way to know about them.鈥�
The day鈥檚 schedule includes:
- 10 a.m. 鈥� 4 p.m.-- Families are invited to participate in hands-on activities from around the world with Mayan animal art, Egyptian scarab beetles, Navajo weaving and Roman and Greek classical ceramic design available to everyone.
- 10:30 a.m. 鈥� Anthropology gallery tour with Steve Lekson, Ph.D.
- 1 p.m. 鈥� Inga Calvin, Ph.D., lecture, 鈥淢aya 2012鈥擳he End of the World?鈥�
- 2 p.m.鈥擳yler Lansford, Ph.D., lecture, 鈥淭he Destruction of Ancient Rome鈥�
- 3 p.m.鈥擲teve Lekson, Ph.D., lecture, 鈥淢esa Verde鈥擳he Untold Story鈥�
Demonstrations will be provided by the , , and .