Sigma Xi – You Are What You Eat: Decoding the Diets of Ancient Peoples
Henry P. Schwarcz
Thursday, 14 Feb 2002 at 8:00 pm – Cardinal Room, Memorial Union
Henry P. Schwarcz is University Professor Emeritus in the School of Geography and Geology and an associate member of the Anthropology Department at McMaster Univeristy in Ontario. A geochemist, he is interested in applications of scientific methods in archaeology and anthropology. His two principle areas of research are the dating of prehistoric sites and paleodiet. He is currently involved in dating prehistoric sites in Egypt, Spain and Israel. He has published extensively in scholarly journals and received his masters and doctorate in geology from California Institute of Technology.
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