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The Skeletons of La Consentida

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 in 2012. These burials were later analyzed in 2012 and 2019. Collectively, they represent the earliest formal cemetery in the Mesoamerican west coast. Note: this presentation will show photographs of human skeletal remains.

Date: Saturday, December 16, 2023
Time: 11 AM to 1 PM
Location: San Diego Archaeological Center
Cost: Pay what you wish

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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, archaeological artifact analysis, cultural anthropology, and the anthropology of magic, witchcraft, and religion.

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