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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT: Gordon R. Willey lecture: Climate, Water, and Evolution of Early Societies
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SUMMARY: Gordon R. Willey lecture: Climate, Water, and Evolution of Early Societies
DESCRIPTION:<p> </p><p><strong>Climate, Water, and the Evolution of Early Societies</strong></p><p>From the Tropical Maya Lowlands to the Arid Puebloan Southwest</p><p>Vernon L. Scarborough, Distinguished University Research Professor and  Charles P. Taft Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Cincinnati</p><p> </p><p>The earliest complex societies found in the Western Hemisphere developed under very different environmental conditions. The Maya, for instance, emerged in the tropical lowlands of the Yucatan Peninsula, a region with high seasonal rainfall and rich biodiversity. The Puebloans, in contrast, developed in the semiarid region of what is today Arizona and New Mexico, an area with limited rainfall and biodiversity. Vernon Scarborough will discuss two important archaeological sites from these different ecological and cultural zones—Tikal in Guatemala and the Chaco Canyon in New Mexico—to illustrate how the availability of water and climate influence the evolution of societies and what we can learn from these historical precedents.</p><p>Gordon R. Willey Lecture and Reception</p><p><strong>Free and open to the public. </strong>Sponsored by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology &amp; Ethnology</p><p> </p>
LOCATION:Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART:20161018T220000Z
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