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If Antiquities Could Talk

A visit with Alex Barker, Director, Museum of Art and Archeology

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Topics: first_century archaeology

Alex Barker wears several different hats. As an anthropological archaeologist, Barker’s research and fieldwork resolves around the Bronze Age of Europe and the late prehistoric period of the American southeast, digging for and studying evidence for social change. Barker also serves as the director of MU’s Museum of Art and Archaeology.