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VIRTUAL: Lecture: Cartography of a Port City

Title:VIRTUAL: Lecture: Cartography of a Port City
Date & Time:Thu Sep 24, 2020 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location:Virtual Only Event, Meeting or Activity
Meetings, events or activities that will be held exclusively online or via telephone conference.
Event Details:Historic Alexandria is partnering with Alexandria Historical Society to bring you their monthly lecture series. Dr. Benjamin Skolnik, City Archaeologist, presents a new take on the history of the city as told through fifteen seldom-seen maps. From Native American representations of social space to 21st-century Geographic Information Systems (GIS), this talk examines the map as a cultural artifact that can tell archaeologists much more than just the locations of buried treasure. Dr. Benjamin Skolnik is an archaeologist for the City of Alexandria specializing in landscape archaeology, digital mapping, and GIS.
Tickets are $6 per link, free for Alexandria Historical Society members. Guests will receive an email with the Zoom meeting link, Meeting ID, and password by noon on September 24. Ticket sales will close at 4 p.m.
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Fees:$6 per link, free for AHS members
Audience:Anyone may attend
Tags:Lecture, Museums, Old Town


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