Learn about the Great Basin at the USU Museum of Anthropology
The Museum of Anthropology’s “Saturdays at the Museum” series continues at Utah State University with “Great Basin Day.” Activities are July 26.
Guests will discover how the Native Americans in the Great Basin area lived. Discussion topics include how they obtained their food, shelter and tools.
“We hope our visitors will learn a little bit more about this place they call home and the people who lived here before,” said museum worker Ashley Smith. “It’s amazing how the people knew their environment and landscape so well and used it to their advantage.”
Guests at the museum can grind corn with a mano and metate or taste some crickets — yes, some prehistoric Native Americans at times ate these “treats.” USU students and all members of the public are invited to the museum any time during the 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday hours.
The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the USU campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, room 252. Free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building. For more information on this event, call museum staff at (435) 797-7545 or visit the museum Web site.
Related links:
- Anthropology Program
- Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology
- College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Contact: Museum of Anthropology (435) 797-7545
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