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DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE/October 18, 2007

Anthropology Presentation Looks at Reindeer Herding Communities in Siberia

Boise State University anthropology professors John Ziker and Christopher Hill will speak on “Environments, Histories, and Migrations in Siberia from 10,000 y.p.b. to the Present” at 3:15 p.m. Oct. 25 in Room 118 of the Interactive Learning Center. The free lecture is presented by the Anthropology Club and the Archaeological Students Association Colloquium Series. Donations to both clubs will be accepted and refreshments will be provided.

The lecture will provide an overview of the speakers’ summer 2007 fieldwork in reindeer herding and hunting communities in Siberia. Ziker and Hill investigated indigenous ecological relationships and environmental change over the past 10,000 years. Reindeer herding and hunting has been part of a viable economic activity in that region for millennia and provides a good example of a sustainable economy.

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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

For the 10th time in the last 11 years, Boise State University has set an all-time record for Idaho higher education institutions with an enrollment of 19,540 – an overall increase of 3.5 percent. A record freshman class of 2,280 students is also the most academically talented group ever to enter Boise State, including 12 National Merit finalists.
 

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