This presentation will discuss the ways archaeologists learn about the past and use it to help us understand the present and plan for the future. Examples will be drawn from Ireland where the speaker has researched for 40 years, and focus on such modern day issues such as climate change over the past 10,000 years … Read more
This presentation lays out the rich and complex archaeology of Ireland, perhaps the most recently inhabited part of the planet. Discussion will begin with when the first colonizers arrived, where they came from and where they landed. The presentation will include slides, music, video and requires no previous knowledge about archaeology. And yes, it will … Read more
This presentation tells a story of international trade, natural history, and science from the days of exploration & colonization. This was a time of transfer, the movement of people, animals and plants; it is the Age of the Natural Historians who looked around the world and tried to understand what they saw. Carolina has an … Read more
