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Main Page Contact Francisco Duque, 912.961.3173 For Immediate Release
Award-winning Archaeologist to Speak at the Jepson(Savannah, Ga, September 21) The City of Savannah's Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Telfair Museum of Art and Armstrong Atlantic State University, will be hosting internationally-renown Argentine high-altitude archaeologist Constanza Ceruti for a free lecture on Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. at the Telfairs Jepson Center for the Arts. Ceruti, a Buenos Aires native and the only female Andean high-altitude archaeologist in the world, will present a lecture titled "Sacred Mountains, Frozen Mummies and Inca Archaeology." She will discuss her work on a National Geographic Society-funded expedition. Three of the best preserved mummies in the world were discovered during that expedition. Ceruti has climbed more than 100 mountains above 16,500 feet to conduct research, resulting in more than fifty publications, including six books. She is a scientific investigator for the National Council for Scientific Research in Argentina, a professor of Inca archaeology at Catholic University of Salta and the director of the Institute of High Mountain Research there. In 2005 she became an "Emerging Explorer" of the National Geographic Society. In 2007, she received the "Women of Discovery Courage Award" from Wings Worldquest. The lecture is free and open to the public. For information, contact the City of Savannah's Department of Cultural Affairs at 912-651-6417 or visit www.savannahga.gov/arts. |
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