The Pleasure of Ruins
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Brian Fagan is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Anthropology, University of California, and best-selling author of text books and popular non-fiction writing about archaeology. His latest new book is, "The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations" (Raincoast Books, March 2008).
Speaker:
Brian Fagan
Event Date & Time:
Thursday, March 13, 2008 (All day)
Location:
Joyce Walley Learning Centre, Vancouver Museum1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver
World-renown archaeologist Brian Fagan presents an illustrated public talk that explores the fascinating science of archaeology and highlights some of the important global issues of climate change and heritage conservation that archaeologists face in our modern world.