KU Natural History Museum at the Museum at Prairiefire, A Science Happy Hour Event, Water's Draw: Ancient Arabians' Ties to Hydrological Resources

Name: KU Natural History Museum at the Museum at Prairiefire, A Science Happy Hour Event, Water's Draw: Ancient Arabians' Ties to Hydrological Resources

Date: November 4, 2016

Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CDT

Website: http://biodiversity.ku.edu/visit/events

Event Description:

Talk by Sandra Olsen, Biodiversity Institute Curator of Archaeology

Through the millennia, Arabian people have congregated around oases, wadis, ephemeral rain pools, and shallow lakes for their very survival. Like strands of pearls, ancient trackways and caravan routes stretch across sand seas and link one source of water to the next. Remnants of humanity, from campsites to fortresses, mark the locations that have offered up this valuable resource.

Join Dr. Olsen as she recounts her own experiences in the Arabian Desert, tracing early hunter-herders’ adaptations to an extreme environment through their art. Petroglyphs, images scratched into crimson sandstone cliffs, provide a wealth of information on these prehistoric Bedouins’ past struggles.