The AIA - Orange County Society, Inc.

presents


Lucy's Legacy:
The Quest for Human Origins


May 5, 2010
, 7:00-7:00 PM

At the
National Academy of Science & Engineering
Beckman Center
Co-sponsored with
Distinctive Voices at the Beckman Center 


Program Details and Directions



AIA Orange County Chapter News and Special Events

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2007

The AIA O.C. Society toured the USC/ARC and Archaeology Labs on October 20, 2007.  Click here for details.

On August 25, 2007, 17 members of the AIA O.C. Society and their guests visited the "Journey To The Copper Age: Archaeology of the Holy Land" and Dead Sea Scrolls exhibits at Balboa Park in San Diego, CA. Click here to read more.

2006

On September 16, 2006, 17 members of the O.C. AIA Society visited the Getty Villa Museum in Malibu, CA.  Click here to read about it.

On June 17 2006, a group of 14 members of the O.C. AIA Society traveled to San Diego's Balboa Park to participate in a tour of the Museum Of Man.  Click here to read about it.

Before 2006

Visit a photo gallery of past events.

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. . . to the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) Orange County Society, Inc. in Southern California. We are one of a growing number of AIA Local Societies that provide a vehicle for people interested in archaeology to meet one another, to take trips together, to learn about new discoveries, and to hear from scholars about their current research.
  • President: Bob Dean
  • Membership: Elizabeth Kraft, (562) 596-8478 (elizkraft@roadrunner.com)
  • Program: Caroline Maddock 

Please Join Us for These 2009-10 Programs

Unless otherwise indicated, all programs will be held at the DeNault Auditorium in Grimm Hall, Concordia University, 1530 Concordia West, Irvine, CA (click here for directions and information about the next program).

Sunday, September 20, 2009, 4:00-6:00 PM

Where Shepherd Kings Went to Die (AIA Kershaw Lecture)

  • Gary Rollefson, Whitman College

Note the later than usual time.

Sunday, October 18, 2009, 2:00-4:00 PM

Okinawa: Kingdom of the Coral Isles (AIA Lecture)

  • Richard Pearson, Independent Scholar

Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 7:00-9:00 PM

Time's Up - 2012 and the Maya Calendar Mania

  • Edwin Krupp, Griffith Observatory

This meeting is at the Beckman Center.

Wednesday-Saturday, January 6-9, 2010

AIA National Convention  
Anaheim Marriot Hotel
AIA-OC Host Society

Sunday, February 21, 2010, 2:00-4:00 PM

Bronze Age Albania: Life and Death in the Periphery of the Mycenaean World (AIA Kress Lecture)

  • Lorenc Bejko, University of Tirana, Albania

Sunday, March 21, 2010, 2:00-4:00 PM

In the Realm of the Sun--Religion & Symbolism of Casas Grandes and Aztlan Traditions of Ancient Northwest Mexico

  • Mike Mathiowitz, Doctoral Student, UC Riverside

This meeting includes the Annual AIA-OC Society Business Meeting.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 7:00-9:00 PM

Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins

  • Don Johanson, Institute of Human Origins
This meeting is at the Beckman Center.

For additional information regarding the AIA-Orange County, Inc. 2009-10 program contact
Dr. Jim Lancaster at LJAMES1@ix.netcom.com


AIA MEMBERSHIP
For information call (562) 596-8478
or contact the
Main office of the AIA:
Archaeological Institute of America
Located at Boston University
656 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215-2010
Telephone (617) 353-9361 Fax (617) 353-6550
email aia@bu.edu
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