FREE Public Lecture

The Pueblo Archaeological and Historical Society welcomes Dr. Eric Leonard presenting the free public lecture Colorado Glaciation: A Window into Past Environments and Climate.
Dr. Leonard has spent much of his career working with several generations of Colorado College students to understand the glaciation of Colorado and the Rocky Mountains more generally  – the location and character of the past glaciers, the timing of past glaciations and deglaciations, the climate changes that caused glaciers to grow and then disappear multiple times, and the causes of those climate changes. Now Professor Emeritus, Dr. Leonard will summarize that work and then step a bit out of his area of expertise to talk some about the significance and challenges involved in utilizing the glacial geologic record to aid in reconstruction of the timing and environments early human settlement of western North America.