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Archaeology in Shawnee Lookout

Program Length: 13 minutes

Shawnee Lookout has been a center of activity since prehistoric times. Dr. Ken Tankersley talks about the University of Cincinnati summer field school he leads there. Evidence recovered from this archaeological dig indicate that this site has been continously inhabited by Native Americans from the time humans first arrived in the Ohio Valley until the time of European contact. Dr. Tankersley explains how scientists know that the living conditions on the site changed over time and how the people adapted to those changes.
Ocean Adventures with Carrie Vonderhaar
John Kiesewetter, TV Media Writer for the Cincinnati Enquirer interviews Carrie Vonderhaar, Chief Photographer for Jean-Michel Cousteau's, Ocean Futures Society.
Archaeology in Shawnee Lookout
Shawnee Lookout has been a center of activity since prehistoric times. Dr. Ken Tankersley talks about the University of Cincinnati summer field school he leads there. Evidence recovered from this archaeological dig indicate that this site has been continously inhabited by Native Americans from the time humans first arrived in the Ohio Valley until the time of European contact. Dr. Tankersley explains how scientists know that the living conditions on the site changed over time and how the people adapted to those changes.
International Year of Astronomy
Dean Regas, Outreach Astronomer at the Cincinnati Observatory, talks with 91.7WVXU's Ann Thompson about the International Year of Astronomy. Celebrating the 400 years since Galileo first looked through a telescope, 135 countries will be promoting astronomy in 2009 with thousands of events. Cincinnati Observatory Center will be participating in an international webcast, holding classes on how to use a telescope, and hosting some sidewalk astronomy experiences as well as making free telescopes available for schools. For more information on the Cincinnati Observatory and their 40 Galileos program, visit the Cincinnati Observatory's website.