E-MAIL: Archaeological Legacy Institute = Leakey interview on TAC

[L. Coyote]

From: R. Pettigrew
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:23:24 EDT
Subject: Leakey interview on TAC

Friends and colleagues: The African origin of humanity clearly is a subject of profound interest. What better way to explore this topic than through the eyes of the latest generation of the renowned Leakey family? We did just that in Exploring Human Origins: An interview with Louise Leakey, the latest video feature on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, The Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/).

In this interview, conducted on May 1, 2007, by Rick Pettigrew of ALI, Dr. Louise Leakey discusses the subject of human origins and her life as a paleoanthropologist. Dr. Leakey, who grew up in Kenya as the daughter of paleoanthropologists Richard and Meave Leakey, was the Keynote Speaker for the 2007 edition of The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival, hosted by ALI in Eugene, Oregon. On the day of her address to the Festival, she and Dr. Pettigrew paused in the lobby of the Hilton Eugene Hotel to have a conversation on her favorite subject. The discussion included both personal reflections on her life as a Leakey and issues of human evolution and its relevance to people today. With remarkable candor and warm personality, Dr. Leakey demonstrates that exploring the deep human past is much more than a purely academic subject.

This and other programs are available on TAC for your use and enjoyment. We urge you to support this public service by participating in our Membership (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/member.html) and Underwriting (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/sponsor.shtml) programs. Only with your help can we continue and enhance our nonprofit public-education and visitor-supported programming. We also welcome new content partners as we reach out to the world community.

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Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA
President and Executive Director
Archaeological Legacy Institute
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. Thanks!

I love this stuff. :popcorn:

[L. Coyote]

2. The largest Mayan city featured on TAC

Friends and colleagues:

More than a thousand years ago, the Mayan city of Tikal held sway over a large region of the Yucatan peninsula of Central America. Some of the city's most splendid monuments are featured in Tikal: A CyArk Case Study, the latest video feature on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, The Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org).

Tikal, a World Heritage Site in Guatemala, exemplifies CyArk, a project of the Kacyra Family Foundation that is preserving the world's most valued cultural heritage sites in three-dimensional digital form. Tikal, the largest ancient Mayan city, contains some of the most spectacular Mayan architecture, but is subject to natural erosion as well as the impacts of massive tourist traffic. This video shows how CyArk is preserving the site in digital imagery through laser-scanning technology and the most accurate 3D models possible today.

This and other programs are available on TAC for your use and enjoyment. We urge you to support this public service by participating in our Membership (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/member.html) and Underwriting (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/sponsor.shtml) programs. Only with your help can we continue and enhance our nonprofit public-education and visitor-supported programming. We also welcome new content partners as we reach out to the world community.

Please forward this message to others who may be interested and let us know if you wish to be removed from our mailing list.

Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA
President and Executive Director
Archaeological Legacy Institute
http://www.archaeologychannel.org

[L. Coyote]

3. New TV news show featured on TAC

From: RPettigrew aatt aol.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:37:51 EDT
Subject: New TV news show featured on TAC

Friends and colleagues: News about archaeological discoveries and indigenous cultures plays an increasing role in media around the world today. A new made-for-TV news program that caught our eye is Anthropology Field Notes 1, is the latest video feature on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, The Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/).

Featuring interviews with today's news-makers, host Faith Haney of Central Washington University explores cultural anthropology and archaeology. In this first episode of the series, Faith visits with Trent de Boer, Washington Department of Transportation archaeologist and publisher of the e-zine, Shovel Bum. Then she examines artifacts from New Guinea, Oceania and India in the CWU Anthropology Museum with former collections manager Martha Duskin Smith and University of South Carolina anthropologist Karl Heider, ethnographer of New Guinea indigenous groups.

This and other programs are available on TAC for your use and enjoyment. We urge you to support this public service by participating in our Membership (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/member.html) and Underwriting (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/sponsor.shtml) programs. Only with your help can we continue and enhance our nonprofit public-education and visitor-supported programming. We also welcome new content partners as we reach out to the world community.

Please forward this message to others who may be interested and let us know if you wish to be removed from our mailing list.