Live Lecture: The Skeletons of La Consentida, Oaxaca MX

Join us for an in-person lecture with bioarchaeologist José “Pepe” Aguilar. Twelve burials, comprising 14 individuals, were excavated from an Early Formative Period (1950–1525 BC) site called La Consentida in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2009 and 2012. Collectively, they represent the earliest formal cemetery in the Mesoamerican west coast.

Note: This presentation will show photographs of human skeletal remains
Advance registration required. Registration closes Friday, December 15 at 11 AM
Cost: Pay what you wish

About the Presenter: Pepe Aguilar is a San Diego-based archaeologist with a broad range of archaeological experience, including academic and contract archaeological surveying, monitoring, GIS, excavation, and report writing. His many specialties include archaeoastronomy, human skeletal analysis, mortuary practices, lithics, ceramics, and historic archaeology. Mr. Aguilar has taught as adjunct professor at San Diego City College, Southwestern College, and San Diego State University. His teaching curriculum over the last 12 years has included: introduction to archaeology, physical anthropology, physical anthropology laboratory, archaeological field methods, artifact analysis, cultural anthropology, and the anthropology of magic, witchcraft, and religion.