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Friends of Anthropology Lecture

On behalf of the Friends of Anthropology at San Diego State University, you are cordially invited to a guest lecture by Dr. James McKenna, SDSU Alumnus and University of Notre Dame Professor.

Mothers Sleeping With Their Babies: Anthropological No Brainer or Prosecutable Offense?

Location: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 5:30 p.m.
AZAT 1014, San Diego State University

Free and Open to the Public

For more information, please contact the Department of Anthropology.

Nu Chapter of California Forty-Fourth
PHI BETA KAPPA FACULTY LECTURE

SETH MALLIOS
Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology
San Diego State University

The Archaeology of Legend in San Diego

Thursday, October 8, 2009
3:30 P.M.
Hepner Hall 130

Drawing on four of his current archaeological projects, Dr. Mallios will discuss the legacy of the past in San Diego. Why are some histories celebrated while others are actively destroyed, and how does the present shape the past? Results from Mallios’s county-wide San Diego Gravestone Project, Nate Harrison Historical Archaeology Project atop Palomar Mountain, Whaley House Historical Archaeology Project in Old Town, and the Lost Murals of San Diego State Project--all ongoing local research endeavors that have involved hundreds of SDSU undergraduate and graduate students--shed new light on San Diego's past and reveal a continual writing and re-writing of local legends.

Dr. Seth Mallios is currently Professor and Chair of the Anthropology department at San Diego State University. He is also Director of the Office of Historic Preservation’s South Coastal and South East Information Centers. Mallios received a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1993 and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1998. An anthropologist and an historical archaeologist, Dr. Mallios was Site Supervisor at the Jamestown Rediscovery project, specializing in the excavation of and research on the original 1607 James Fort at Jamestown Island, Virginia, the oldest permanent English settlement in the Americas. Since his move to San Diego eight years ago, he has developed and engaged in a variety of archaeological research projects that investigate the local past, including the San Diego Gravestone Project, the Nate Harrison Historical Archaeology Project, the Whaley House Historical Archaeology Project, and the Lost WPA-Era Murals of San Diego State Project. Mallios has written three books, dozens of articles, and is the founding editor of two archaeological journals.

This is a free event open to members of the campus community and to friends of San Diego State University.

Any questions about the Forty-Fourth Phi Beta Kappa Faculty Lecture should be directed to William Rogers, Vice President, Nu Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa: rogers@mail.sdsu.edu.