The star-crossed stone
- đ¤ Speaker: Ken McNamara, Sedgwick Museum
- đ Date & Time: Thursday 10 November 2011, 19:30 - 21:00
- đ Venue: Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAB 005), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
Abstract
Ken McNamara, the Director of the Sedgwick Museum, will talk about the archaeology, mythology and folklore of fossil sea urchins. He will explore why humans have been collecting these small round stones, bearing a five-pointed star, for almost half a million years.
Series This talk is part of the Cambridge Natural History Society series.
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Ken McNamara, Sedgwick Museum
Thursday 10 November 2011, 19:30-21:00