Join us for a lecture by WSU grad Student Jordan Thompson on early Northwest culture. Abstract: Mountain environments and resources have played a significant role in Indigenous cultural and subsistence lifeways and knowledge systems yet remain underrepresented in landscape research. Recent archaeological evidence points to the Southern Columbia Plateau as an early entry point for […]

Join us for a lecture by Professor John McCloy, Washington State University, who will present results of an investigation into the materials science and processing parameters to fabricate Egyptian blue faience. Recently, our group at Washington State University, with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, recreated Egyptian blue to […]

Join us for a lecture by Dr. Kevin Dicus, University of Oregon at Eugene, discussing investigations at Rome's Esquiline Hill. Abstract: Archaeologist Rodolfo Lanciani captivated the public with his account of excavations on Rome’s Esquiline Hill. No doubt influenced by Horace’s Satire 1.8 about the same region, his portrayal of mass graves (puticuli) embedded within […]

Join us for a lecture by Dr. Rachel Horowitz, "Crafting and Trade: Stone Tool Production and Ancient Maya Economies ". Abstract: Today, and in the past, economic activities are important ways of making connections between people. In the Maya area, modern-day Mexico and northern Central America, economies are less studied than other aspects of past […]