This lecture will explore the production and consumption of beer in Roman occupied Britain from the invasions of Julius Caesar through the end of Roman rule in the 5th century. Beer was the primary drink of early peoples and nations in Britain before Roman arrival. Via regular contact with other major empires and nations, beer […]
A lecture by Dr. Dylan Rogers of the University of Virginia
Norton Lecture Complimentary refreshments will be served afterwards in the Archaeology Lab. On Saturday, parking is free and the faculty/staff/vendor spaces are available to everyone.
Title: The Colorado Coalfield War Project Abstract: Pending Bio: Karin Larkin is Assistant Professor and Curator for the Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Dr. Larkin received her PhD in Anthropology and Masters in Museum Studies from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Dr. Larkin has done field work in the four corners region […]
The historic John Brown House in Akron, Ohio was built in 1830 and was originally occupied by one of Akron’s wealthiest residents, Gen. Simon Perkins. In 1844, the house was rented to John Brown and his family who were moving to Akron to form a business partnership in the wool trade. This partnership was to […]
Brush Lecture Lecture is free, but registration is required. Reception to follow
Feinstone Lecture There is metered parking in the lot to the east and directly across the street to the west.
Dr. Pedar Foss (Depauw University) It has long been held, on the basis of a letter of Pliny the Younger, that Mt. Vesuvius erupted on 24 August, AD 79. But after excavators began to work at the sites of Herculaneum at Pompeii, some scholars expressed doubts, suggesting a date later in the autumn of that […]
Dr. Pedar Foss (Depauw University) The text of Pliny’s letters for the eruption of Vesuvius may give one date, but what if that date is wrong? How else could we check? This talk follows on the lecture about manuscript and inscriptional evidence to look at the archaeological data for climate, sunlight, coinage, clothing worn by […]
The university discipline of Egyptology has a strikingly diverse history, although it is not widely known among Egyptologists. The way that the history is currently transmitted, we encounter only the usual names: Sir John Gardner Wilkinson and George Rawlinson as early historians, the archaeologist Flinders Petrie, and James Henry Breasted and George Reisner, the first […]
Dinner with Professor Tuck will be served in the Hearth Room (Harre Union, 1st floor) at 6:00 PM, the cost is $15 (cash or check payable to Valparaiso University), and reservations must be made by noon on Monday, February 17 by contacting Professor Mark Bartusch at mark.bartusch@valpo.edu, or calling him at 219-464-6881.
