Bannister 110

Gloria Jimenez Pf D Defense - Public Talk

This is the public portion of Gloria Jimenez's PhD Defense.

New directions in New Zealand dendroarchaeology

New Zealand has a comparatively short history of human settlement (~800 years) but even so dating Māori archaeological sites and artefacts can be problematic. Radiocarbon dating is commonly used to establish calendar dates but the effect of variations in atmospheric radiocarbon on calibrated age ranges (~100 to 150 years for individual carbon dates) reduces precision. This talk introduces three linked projects that are investigating the potential to improve dating of Māori sites and wooden artefacts using dendrochronology and high resolution wiggle-match carbon dating.

Practical Apotheosis: Becoming God and (De)constructing the Afterlife in Egypt's New Kingdom

The royal tombs of Egypt's New Kingdom provide incredibly detailed accounts of the forms, inhabitants, and functions of the divine world, as the locus for the king's rebirth after death. The tombs' architecture and decoration functioned in concert as magical tools for the transformation of the king's spirit into a solar deity, equipped for eternity. This lecture will explore some of the cosmological models that New Kingdom rulers employed, in order to gain access to this divine state. 

Implicit Bias workshop (grad students and P-docs)

GEOS 497C/597C

Geog. 492A

LTRR Grad Writing Group

Science Policy Cafe

Science Policy Cafe is a panel discussion for scientists and the general public, to be held in Bannister 110. No reservations required.

Basis Oro Valley Dendro Tour

How Mountain Topography Structured Forests by Influencing Human Fire Use

In a world where energetic efficiency is the currency of life, mountains present landscapes with varying costs for motile organisms. However, the consequences of topographic costs are not always direct or obvious. Montane topography produces cascading effects on biotic landscapes indirectly through its impacts on human movement patterns. This work presents a case study on whether topographic costs have shaped human fire use for centuries while leaving noticeable effects on regional biota, such as variations in forest age structure.

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