Jeanie Mobly Tanaka, a University of Colorado Museum staff member and doctoral student, will talk about the Yellow Jacket archaeological site in southwestern Colorado at 7 p.m. The free talk in the Dinosaur Room at the CU Museum on the Boulder campus is sponsored by the Indian Peaks chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society. 4231 W. 16th Ave. At 7 p.m., the mysterious Vikings who lived in Greenland will be discussed by Thomas H. McGovern of Hunter College of the City University of New York. The second in a series of forensic science events is sponsored by the CU-Colorado Springs anthropology club.
Lunch is included.
The meeting place is the zoo's Gates Center. David Anthony of Hartwick College is the speaker at the free lecture, which is sponsored by the Denver chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America. At 7 p.m. Colorado state geologist Vicki Cowart will talk about the state's geology and efforts to identify hazardous conditions. The free talk is sponsored by the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge and the Morrison Natural History Museum. David Anthony, an anthropology professor at Hartwick College, is the speaker.