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Dr. Christopher W. Schmidt Public presentations available from Dr. Christopher W. Schmidt, Department of Anthropology, University of Indianapolis *generally free of charge*. Most can be geared to general and/or young audiences, with exception noted below. The first Hoosiers. Using casts of extinct animals like sabertooth cats and dire wolves, this is an interactive discussion about the first people to enter Indiana around 10,000 years ago (40 minutes to 1 hour). Native cultures of pre-contact North America. Discussion about the lives and lifeways of Native American Indians before the arrival of Europeans. This talk challenges many stereotypes and misinformation that burden native people to this day (1 hour). What the bones tell us. Slide show and hands-on experiences for the audience that describes briefly how biological anthropologists learn so much from human remains (1 to 3 hours). Health and diet in prehistory: how food has shaped our lives. This is a more advanced presentation than the one immediately above. It provides more explicit detail of the disease conditions associated with various prehistoric dietary regimes. Casts and natural bone examples are made available to the audience (1 to 1.5 hours). Human Osteology Workshop. This workshop gives a general overview of the human skeleton. It includes time for participants to handle and closely observe natural bone. Workshops like this are intented for avocational archeologists and students interested in professional archeology/ osteology (1/2 day to 1 day). The anthropology of warfare: is it our nature to fight? This slide show and discussion looks at the archeological record for the earliest signs of warfare. It is argued that warfare is not evident in the earliest humans and only emerges in its traditional sense after populations begin to establish more permanent settlements (1 hour). Is your race your culture? Slide show and discussion that addresses the important distinction between what people look like (their ancestry) and what people do (their culture). This presentation is generally given during multicultural celebrations (30 minutes to 1 hour).
Contact Info: Dr. Christopher W. Schmidt, cschmidt@uindy.edu,(317)788-2103
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