JPPM will host Dr. Tim Horsley, Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Michigan, Museum of Anthropology and Visiting Scholar at the Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. The Archaeological Speaker Series; Archaeological Discoveries: Beneath the Sea, Below the Ground, and in the Lab is held in the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, located at Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum. Lectures are free and open to the public.
Horsley has more than a decade of experience utilizing non-invasive archaeological methods on commercial and research projects in many parts of the world. He has a PhD in Archaeological Prospection from the University of Bradford, UK, for which he undertook investigations in Iceland and developed a specialty in applying geophysical techniques. His research has included work in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America, with recent results including the exciting new picture of the remains at the Barton Site in Western MD.
Horsley’s lecture titled, Using Geophysical Techniques to Reveal Buried Archaeological Remains, will include a background to these new tools that can identify what is underneath the ground before excavation begins, and will feature results from Maryland and around the globe.
Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum, a state museum of archaeology and home to the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, is a program of the Maryland Historical Trust, a division of the Maryland Department of Planning. It is located on 560 scenic acres along the Patuxent River and the St. Leonard Creek in St. Leonard, Calvert County, Maryland. For more information, call 410-586-8501 or visit www.jefpat.org.
