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Forensics Forum this Friday at Cerro Coso

February 21, 2008

A Forensics Forum is scheduled at Cerro Coso for this Friday, February 22. The Associated Student Body of Cerro Coso is hosting Dr. Yohe, Forensic Anthropologist from California State University, Berkley (CSUB).  He will conduct two, two (2) hour seminars.  The first seminar that will be conducted from 1 to 2:50 p.m. is titled “Forensic Anthropology:  An Introduction” will provide general background information and a primer on forensic osteology. The second two hour seminar from 3 to 5 p.m. is titled “Forensic Anthropology in Action: Case Studies” which will present various cases, including several he has worked on in the recent past).  Tickets will $10.00 for General Admission, $5.00 for ASCC Card Holders. 
 
Dr. Yohe holds a Ph.D. and Masters in Anthropology from UC Riverside. He holds a B.A. in Anthropology from California State University, San Bernardino.
 
Yohe has a multitude of experience holding many management positions in his career. Yohe has served as State Archaeologist for Idaho, Director of Archaeological Survey of Idaho, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, Adjunct Assistant Professor at Boise State University, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at CSUB, and Director of the Museum of Anthropology at CSUB and Coordinator of the Southern San Joaquin Valley Historic Resource Center.

Prehistory of western North America (emphasis on California, Northwest, and Great Basin) and Roman Egypt; faunal analysis, human osteology; forensic anthropology are his specialties.

Recent Publications:
 
2003, Archaeology:  The Science of the Human Past (with Mark Q. Sutton).
1998, The Introduction of the Bow and Arrow and Lithic Resource Use at Rose Spring (CA-INY-372).  Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 20(1):72-87.
1997, Archaeological Evidence of Aboriginal Cultigen Use in Late Nineteenth Century Death Valley, California.  Journal of
Ethnoiology 17(2):267-282.
                                            
 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Joann Handeland, Director of Public Information (760) 384-6230

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