Archaeological Institute of America

Human-Animal-Divine Relationships in Cyprus: a Social Zooarchaeology of Sacrifice
2023-10-05 17:00 (America/New_York) | Boswell Hall 220, The College of William and Mary, 100 Ukrop Way, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, United States
Kershaw lecture

Managing and Curating Yale University’s Numismatic Collection
2023-10-05 17:30 (America/New_York) | Herter Hall Room 601, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 300 Massachusetts Ave, Amherst, MA, 01003, United States
Metcalf lecture

Fighting Processes of Historical Erasure in Louisiana: Climate change, Industrial Development, and Cultural Heritage
2023-10-05 19:00 (America/New_York) | Pinnacle Room, Baldwin Hall, University of Georgia, 355 S. Jackson St, Athens, GA, 30602, United States
Stone lecture

Shadows of Time: The Science and Art of the Ancient Sundial
2023-10-05 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | DePaul University, McGowan South 107, 1110 W. Belden Ave, Chicago, IL, 60614, United States
Dr. Nick Winters presents the AIA Chicago Society Annual Webster Lecture
Mechanically simple and mathematically sophisticated, the sundial was a triumph of ancient astronomy and technology. In this lecture and workshop, we will explore the diverse forms and functions of ancient sundials, as well as their social uses and political meanings. From rudimentary wall-dials to complex and highly precise instruments, and from the portable devices of soldiers to the great monuments of emperors, these artefacts illuminate much more than ancient methods of reckoning time: they are works of art, signs of power, and a record of one of humanity’s earliest searches for order in the universe. Each attendee will receive their own simple sundial making kit.
Admission is free of charge and open to all.
Lewis Center, Room 1003
25 E Jackson Blvd
Chicago, IL 60604

Taxes and Tyranny: The Significance of Liberty on the Coinage of the Early Roman Empire
2023-10-11 17:30 (America/New_York) | Classics Library, Angell Hall rm 2175, University of Michigan,, 435 S State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States

Desert Kites – The Enigmatic Traps From The Air And On The Ground
2023-10-12 16:00 (America/Edmonton) | Humanities Centre HC1-L3, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2R3, Canada

Human-Animal-Divine Relationships in Cyprus: a Social Zooarchaeology of Sacrifice
2023-10-12 18:00 (America/New_York) | Campbell Hall 160, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, United States

Let’s Talk About Ancient Apocalypse: It’s Inaccurate, Harmful, And The Real Story Of Ice Age Peopling Of The Americas Is Far More Interesting Anyway
2023-10-13 18:30 (America/New_York) | Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St, Toledo, OH, 43620, United States
Joukowsky lecture

AIA Archaeology Hour with Anne Austin
2023-10-18 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | PA
Join the AIA for a fascinating evening as Anne Austin (University of Missouri, St. Louis) presents Ancient Ink: Discovering the Tattooed Women of Ancient Egypt.
This presentation will be given at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific.
Until recently, the practice of tattooing in ancient Egypt was rarely attested with only scant evidence from a handful of mummified individuals spanning Pharaonic Egypt’s more than 3,000-year history. However, recent discoveries—including those from Deir el-Medina— have rewritten what was once thought about the practice. This talk coalesces physical and art historical evidence to offer some of the most comprehensive interpretations to date on the practice of tattooing in ancient Egypt.
CONTENT WARNING: This talk will include images of human remains.

The First Kings of Europe: An International Exhibition about the Prehistoric Balkans
2023-10-23 16:30 (America/New_York) | Green Hall 3-S-15, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08542, United States
Thompson lecture

Protecting Cultural Heritage During Armed Conflict
2023-10-23 17:30 (America/Chicago) | 116 Art Building West, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52246, United States
Norton lecture

Death and Rebirth: Religious Change and Reincarnation during the Copper Age
2023-10-24 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Hanson Hall of Science, Room 102, Augustana College, Monmouth, IL, 61201, United States

Big Data, Small Coins: The First Two Centuries Monetizing the Roman Frontier
2023-10-25 18:00 (America/New_York) | Rittenberg Lounge, Mather Hall, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT, 06106, United States

The Maya and Climate Change: Human-Environmental Relationships in the Classic Period Lowlands
2023-10-25 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Paulus Lecture Hall, Willamette University College of Law, 245 Winter St SE, Salem, OR, 97301, United States

Twelve Millennia of Agricultural Change in Anatolia
2023-10-26 18:00 (America/New_York) | CWY 107 (C.W. “Bill” Young Building) on the Tampa Campus of the University of South Florida, Genshaft Drive, Tampa, FL, 33617, United States
Matson Lecture

Where the beer flowed like wine: Beer and brewing in Bronze Age Mesopotamia
2023-10-26 18:00 (America/New_York) | 113 Carnegie Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, United States

20,000 Leagues Under the Wine-Dark Sea
2023-10-26 18:30 (America/New_York) | 102 White Hall, Emory University, 200 Dowman Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30322, United States
Broneer lecture

The Big Reveal: Airborne Laser Scanning and Archaeology in the Northern Maya Lowlands
2023-10-26 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Psychology 105, Reed College, 3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, OR, 97202, United States

On the Move: Migrants and Mobility in the Roman Empire
2023-10-26 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Helge Center Multipurpose Room, Valparaiso University, 1509 Chapel Drive, Valparaiso, IN, 46383, United States
Tsakirgis Lecture

The Maya and Climate Change: Human-Environmental Relationships in the Classic Period Lowlands
2023-10-27 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Eugene Public Library Downtown, 100 W 10th Ave, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States

Heritage Forensics: Satellites and Specters in the Contested Caucasus
2023-10-27 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | WEBINAR (Baltimore), Baltimore, MD

Let’s Talk About Ancient Apocalypse: It’s Inaccurate, Harmful, and the Real Story of Ice Age Peopling of the Americas is Far More Interesting Anyway
2023-10-27 19:00 (America/New_York) | Joseph C Shouvlin Center, Rm 105, Wittenberg University, W Ward St, Springfield, OH, 45504, United States

Coin Production and 'Monetary Policy' of the Roman Imperial Period
2023-10-27 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WEBINAR (Stanford), United States

Let’s Talk about Ancient Apocalypse: It’s Inaccurate, Harmful, and the Real Story of Ice Age Peopling of the Americas is Far More Interesting Anyway
2023-10-28 10:30 (America/New_York) | SC 114, University of Dayton, 300 College Park Ave, Dayton, OH, 45469, United States

An Archaeological Investigation and Interpretation of a Cornerstone Deposit from Louisville's Confederate Monument
2023-11-02 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | University of Louisville Center for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (CACHe), 1606 Rowan Street, Louisville, KY, 40203, United States
Amid recent efforts to remove Confederate Monuments throughout cities in the South, the City of Louisville removed its monument situated on a public street in the middle of the University of Louisville’s main campus. During disassembly of the monument, a cornerstone box containing commemorative objects was found. This presentation discusses these objects and their relationship to the “Lost Cause” movement espoused by ex-Confederates. It also examines the battle for the memorial landscape and the monument itself as a symbol of ex-Confederate power that perpetuated the “Lost Cause” narrative into the present day.

Imperialism, Colonialism, Reparations, and the “Universal” Museum
2023-11-02 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Whitman College, Olin Hall room 129, 345 Boyer Ave, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States

Saving Heritage from the Sea: The Communities Working to Rescue Scotland’s History
2023-11-03 17:30 (America/New_York) | John C. Hitt Library Room 402, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd, Orlando, FL, 32816, United States

Protecting Cultural Heritage during Armed Conflict
2023-11-04 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States

New Light on King Herod’s Harbor (6:15pm start time)
2023-11-06 18:00 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3230 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
McCann/Taggart lecture
Note: This lecture’s start time is 6:15pm Eastern time.

The History of Scotland - As Revealed at its Eroding Coast
2023-11-06 19:30 (America/Chicago) | University of Alabama in Huntsville, Wilson Hall 168, 301 Sparkman Drive NW, Huntsville, AL, 35805, United States
