IUN ANTHROPOLOGY CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Open to the public: LEARN HOW TO MAKE FIRE WITHOUT MATCHES:

FIREMAKER Brent Ladd will be here Wednesday Oct 14 at 2:30 pm in Raintree 207

to give hands-on instruction in several methods that ancient people used to start fire. This will probably continue outside all afternoon.

Meave Leakey speaks on her search for our earliest ancestors in Chicago Thurs Oct 15, 6 pm, Westin Hotel on North Michigan ave. purchase tickets at (312) 787-0639. It is a fundraiser for Crow Canyon, so it costs $50 for the reception & lecture, $100 more for dinner after. (No student discount)

Midwest Bioarchaeology/Forensic Anthropology Meetings are Oct 16-18 in Iowa City Cost of registration is only $35; info outside of Lindenwood 230 or call Kathy Forgey at 926-5913.

Midwest Archaeological Conference (with programs and discounts for students) Oct 21-24 at Ball State in Muncie IN; contact Clarke Johnson @ 981-5601 for more info and copy of registration form.

At Purdue - Lafayette: Wed Oct 21, 7:30 pm, noted anthropologist James Peacock will speak; contact Dr Robert Fry in their Dept of Sociology & Anthropology for more info.

Cultural anthropologist Joe Palacio (a native of a Belize tribe turned anthropologist) will be at IUN Thursday Oct 22; he will speak twice, 11:30 am in Marram 323, and 2:30 pm in Hawthorn 460.

The Sociology Club’s ethnographic journey to the drug intervention project field stations and the “Slim’s Table” restaurant in Chicago has been scheduled for October 23; contact Chuck Gallmeier @ 981-4236 for info and to make a reservation.

Brookfield Zoo field trip Saturday afternoon Oct 24 The IUN Anthropology Club has arranged and paid for a special “behind the scenes” of the primate facilities given by primatologist Jay Petersen; your only cost is parking and ½ price admission. Call Dave Holland 980-4908 to reserve space.

IU South Bend: Tal Simmons, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Western Michigan

University, will be there on Monday October 26 at 4 pm to speak about her

forensic work in Bosnia. Wiekamp Hall, Room 1135

"Human Rights Forensic Anthropology in Bosnia: It's More Than Digging

Graves" During the Summer of 1998, Dr. Simmons worked in her capacity as a

forensic anthropologist with a team of human rights investigators in Bosnia

who were unearthing mass graves and

attempting to identify the victims. In this talk, she will be discussing

the integration of archaeology, cultural anthropology, and biological

anthropology that human rights forensic work

always entails. For more information, contact: Dr. Rebecca Torstrick,

Department of Sociology IUSB  (219) 237-6534 (office). Anyone want to go?

Herbalist Patsy Clark will be at IUN on Wednesday Nov 11, 2:30 Raintree 207

At IUSB: "Women in Iran"   Erika Friedl, Professor of Anthropology,Western Michigan University

She has done extensive ethnographic work on a village in Iran. Students

may be familiar with her books, Women of Deh Koh and Children of Deh Koh.

Wednesday, November 18, 5:30-7:00 pm Northside Hall, Room 113

contact: Dr. Rebecca Torstrick (219) 237-6534 (office).

FUTURE SPEAKERS:, traveling anthropologists Clarke Johnson & Kathy Forgey, two primatologists, several students who have been on archaeological excavations, and a basketmaker.

The IUN Anthro/Soc Department is looking for work-study students for several positions, including one in statistics. If you have a work-study award and want to work for us, call Tara Smith at 980-6789.

SPRING 1999 IUN ANTHRO COURSES:

B264/B464 Human fossils/human paleontology Group IIIA natural science credit — it’s like A103 Human Origins at a higher level; the natural sequel to A103. TR 4:00, lab on Thurs. Bob Mucci

E120/E320 North American Indians Group IIIC humanities or IV-2 Culture Studies credit. MW 2:30 Clarke Johnson

P200/E400 Introduction to Prehistoric Archaeology Group IIIB social sciences credit. TR 10 am, lab on Tuesdays Bob Mucci

The Indians and archaeology courses can instead count as sociology courses for sociology majors.

SPRING 1998 IUSB COURSE: A460, Topics in Anthropology: Diversity and Conflict MW 4-5:15