November 11, 2005
Guest speaker Dr. Patrick McGovern
"Wine and the Vine: The Archaeological and Chemical Hunt for the Origins of Viniculture"
Spurlock Museum Knight Auditorium
Friday, December 2, 2005
7:30 pm
Wine is a river that flows through much of human history.
It has served as a mark of sophistication, a means of
celebration, and a symbol of divine blood. Join the
Spurlock Museum in welcoming Dr. Patrick McGovern to
the campus for the annual Dr. Allan C. Campbell
Family Distinguished Lecture Series. To Dr. McGovern, wine is
the subject of fascinating and
intensive study. A Senior Research Scientist in the
Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology
(MASCA) of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology, McGovern has been a
pioneer in the emerging field of Molecular Archaeology.
His work has focused on analyzing the organic contents
of ancient vessels to learn more about the origins of wine
and beer, as well as dyes such as Royal Purple. His most
recent research has involved reconstructing the “King
Midas funerary feast” and chemically confirming the
earliest fermented beverage from anywhere in the
world—7000 BCE, in Neolithic China. |
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Patrick McGovern. Photo courtesy of the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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An analysis of fragments from Neolithic jars similar to these from Jiahu, China, resulted in the discovery of the world's oldest known fermented beverage. Photograph courtesy of Juzhong Zhang and Zhiqing Zhang, Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, China. |
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Join the Spurlock Museum in welcoming Dr. McGovern to the University of
Illinois by attending his talk "Wine and the Vine: The Archaeological
and Chemical Hunt for the Origins of Viniculture" on Friday, December
2nd, at 7:30 PM. The talk is the third offering in the annual Dr.
Allan C. Campbell Family Distinguished Lecture Series that has brought
underwater archaeologist George Bass and British Museum Senior Curator
Ian Jenkins to the Knight Auditorium stage. Admission to Dr. McGovern's talk is free and the
public is welcome. Past speakers presented in this annual series are noted underwater archaeologist Dr. George Bass and British Museum Senior Curator Dr. Ian Jenkins. After his talk, Dr. McGovern will sign copies of his book Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of
Viniculture.
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