[Members] La Trobe Archaeology seminar, 8:30 pm, Thursday 11 March

Dear Friends and Colleagues, You are invited to join our La Trobe Archaeology Zoom webinar at 8:30 pm on Thursday, 11 March (Australian Eastern Daylight Time [AEDT]). Professor José Iriarte (University of Exeter) will speak on the topic 'An Ice Age Art Gallery in Amazonia? The End of the Journey Project.' Despite being well-known for remarkable civilisations such as the Moche and Inca, the early settlement of South America has remained obscure until recent times, and the development of complex society in the continent had long been thought to trail Mesoamerica to its north. Now we have long tent-houses dating 14,000 years old at the tip of southern Chile, and the earliest urban complexes in the Americas at Caral and Aspero in Peru, predating the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. Professor Iriarte's research has revealed earth-building societies stretching for hundreds of thousands of square kilometres across Amazonia and a sophisticated agroforestry tradition developed in the region. Most spectacular of all is his discovery of rock art galleries in Colombia, stretching over 12 kilometres long, that depict a plethora of extinct animals dating to 12,500 years ago. Register in advance for the seminar at the following link by 5pm, Thursday 11 March (AEDT). https://latrobe.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hxpf2WalSv22KCaLCdRR8g After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Further information below. _____________________ Or an H.323/SIP room system: H.323: zoom.aarnet.edu.au Meeting ID: 818 5958 4471 SIP: 81859584471(a)zoom.aarnet.edu.au Regards, Dr Phillip Edwards Associate Professor (Reader) Department of Archaeology & History School of Humanities and Social Sciences | La Trobe University | Bundoora 3086 T: 03 9479 1978 | F: 03 9479 1881 | E: p.edwards@latrobe.edu.au<mailto:p.edwards@latrobe.edu.au> | https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/display/pcedwards CRICOS Provider 00115M https://brill.com/view/title/21789<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/W-R… https://whitelevy.fas.harvard.edu/people/phillip-edwards<https://protect… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVQyabt3TEA<https://protect-au.mimecast.… Please kindly consider your environment before printing this e-mail Warning to recipients: This email and any attachments are confidential and subject to copyright. If you are not the intended recipient any use, disclosure or copying is unauthorised. If you have received this email in error please advise us immediately by reply email and delete all copies. It is your responsibility to examine this email and any attachments for viruses. Any personal information in this email must be handled in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2000 (Vic).