Christian Wells, University of South Florida will be the speaker for Friday, October 1 Department of Anthropology colloquium. The title of his talk is "A Deep-time Perspective on Environmental Change & Place-Based Engagement in NW Honduras." The colloquium will begin at
3:30 p.m. in 202 Carpenter Building.
All are welcome. Please plan to attend.
David Webster and co-PIs Ken Hirth and Lee Newsom have received an NSF grant to date ancient plant macrofossils from El Gigante Cave, Hondoras.
Congratulations!!
Andrew Kitchen, PSU, Biology will be presenting "Of Lice and Men: Insights into Human Evolution from Parasite Genetic Diversity" on Friday, September 24 at the
Department of Anthropology colloquium. The colloquium will begin at
3:30 p.m. in 107
Carpenter Building.
All are welcome. Please plan to attend.
Susan Motch, PhD, Physiology Penn State 2010 will join the Richtsmeier lab as a post doctoral research assistant. Dr. Motch used both DEXA and MRI technology to study mice in her PhD work focusing primarily on bone mineral density and body composition. Dr. Motch will join the study of craniofacial development in craniosynostosis syndromes in the Richtsmeier lab funded by the NIH. Dr. Neus Martinez-Abadias has returned to Barcelona but will remain working collaboratively with the Richtsmeier lab on NIH-funded projects.
Nathan Craig will be the speaker for today's Department of Anthropology colloquium. Colloquium will be held in room 107 Carpenter Building from 3:30-4:30 p.m. The title of Nathan's presentation is "Kite aerial photography (KAP) and photogrammetry for 3D field-based
documentation of large features."
Abstract:
Accurate documentation of large natural and anthropogenic
features is an important initial step for testing many different theoretical
expectations. These initial empirical questions may range from documentation of
river terrace sequences to comparisons of site size. Commercial high resolution
imagery is expensive, and deployment times can be slow. Moreover, even the
highest resolution commercial imagery may be of limited value for detecting
subtle variations in form. The high cost of commercial imagery means that for
nearly all but profit oriented commercial users, high resolution data are
fiscally not accessible. Even if budgets can absorb the high costs of imagery,
cheaper alternate solutions would permit a more efficient use of limited
resources. The relatively slow deployment times of many imaging systems present
problems for recording large, time sensitive processes like floods, fires,
looting, and invasions. New developments in kite aerial photography and
photogrammetry represent a set of low cost, rapidly deployed techniques for
collecting exceptionally high resolution imagery over large features. This talk
discusses potentials and limits of various forms of KAP and photogrammetry.
Attendees are also invited to join a KAP outing that will be held at the PSU
campus on the following day. This day corresponds with the beginning of World
Wide Kap Week (WWKW) for 2010. The emphasis of this field trip entails partial
documentation of a large, seasonal, time sensitive, ritual congregation that
occurs on the Penn State University Park Campus. This congregation is a home
football game. Over the course of WWKW 2010, high resolution aerial photographs
showing the Beaver Stadium parking lots before, during, and after a home
football game will be collected.
We hope to see you there!
