Archaeological Science at the Penn Museum: The Center for the Analysis for Archaeological Materials, CAAM

May 23, 2016
Stoney’s British Pub

3007 Concord Pike
Wilmington, DE


7:30pm
Steve Tinney, Deputy Director, Penn Museum / Archaeological Science at the Penn Museum: The Center for the Analysis for Archaeological Materials, CAAM Steve Tinney, Deputy Director, Penn Museum

“Archaeological Science at the Penn Museum: The Center for the Analysis for Archaeological Materials, CAAM”
 

The University of Pennsylvania’s new Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials, housed in the Penn Museum, is a suite of laboratories and classrooms which supports teaching and research in archaeobotany, archaeozoology, human skeletal analysis, ceramics and ceramic petrography, lithics, and archaeometallurgy.In combination with the Museum’s collection of over a million objects it provides opportunities for students and researchers to develop new understandings of archaeological finds.In this talk Steve Tinney will describe the Center, present some recent findings, and discuss future possibilities.