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v NEW EXHIBITS John D. Cooper Archaeological and Paleontological Center
Office of Historic Alexandria/Alexandria Archaeology
California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, Calif.—The exhibition “Titans: Student Research in Archaeology and Paleontology at the Cooper Center” is the result of a partnership between the university and Orange County Parks. It features student research projects that emphasize the Cooper Center’s collections that focus on remains from Orange County’s original titans: mammoths, mastodons, dinosaurs and whales. It also looks at prehistoric cultures that date back 10,000 years. www.jdcoopercenter.org/ exhibits (Through December 31, 2014)
Pueblo Grande Museum
Phoenix, Ariz.—The new exhibit “Supply and Demand: Hohokam Pottery Production” features new research on the Hohokam, revealing a remarkable economy that relied on the production and distribution of goods at a scale that challenges how we think about prehistoric exchange patterns. (602) 495-0900, www.pueblogrande.com (Through August 2015)
Alexandria Archaeology Museum
Smoki Museum
Prescott, Ariz.—Since the 1920s, amateurs have pursued archaeological investigations in the Central Arizona region. While professional archaeologists bring a level of sophistication to these explorations of the past, amateurs also often have surprisingly sophisticated skills and remarkable insight and respect for the past. The contribution amateur archaeologists have made to our greater understanding of the past is explored through the new exhibition “An Essential Relationship: Amateurs and Professionals in Central Arizona Archaeology,” organized by curator Andrew Christenson to accompany his recent book. (928) 445-1230, www.smokimuseum.org (December 6 through May 31, 2015)
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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from the museum’s expansive collections, the exhibit challenges stereotypes, presenting audio and video clips of contemporary Native Americans speaking of the many ways in which they maintain their religious, political, linguistic, and artistic independence. Over the course of five years, nearly 300 objects representing 85 tribes will be on rotating display. (215) 898-4000, www.penn.museum (New long-term exhibit)
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.—In the new, interactive exhibit “Native American Voices: The People–Here and Now,” artifacts and contemporary voices combine to offer a Native American perspective of the first inhabitants of this land. Set against the backdrop of more than 200 objects
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Alexandria, Va.—The museum’s main exhibit “Archaeologists at Work: The Lee Street Site” weaves the story of the wharves, taverns, bakery, and Civil War privy excavated at the corner of Lee and Queen Streets together with the story of archaeologists at work, from excavation, to historical research, artifact processing, and conservation. The site offers a cross-section of Alexandria’s history from its founding in 1749 into the 20th century. Eighteenth-century wharves remained intact below remnants of a bakery, taverns, and residences that had sprung up on the bustling waterfront. The block was later used by the Union Army as a hospital-support facility for the huge influx of soldiers during the Civil War. (703) 746-4399, www.alexandriava.gov/Archaeology (Long-term exhibit)
University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History Eugene, Ore.—Journey into the unique cultures and ecosystems of the Arctic. Recently adopted from Western Oregon University, the Jensen Arctic Collection is one of the largest assemblages of Arctic material in the lower 48 states, and is a valuable record of life in a rapidly changing region. (541) 3463024, http://naturalhistory.uoregon.edu (Long-term exhibit)
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