The Settlement Ecology of Emerging Commercial Dairy Farming in 19th-century Upstate New York
2023-10-04 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Denver)
This lecture by Dr. Eric Jones (CU Boulder) discusses the development of commercial farming in the mid-19th century was a critical component of industrialization in the United States. It examines when, how, and why farmers in the Town of Fenner, New York began this transition and helped to create one of the most productive dairy industries in the country. The result was a focus on diversified farming and community economic well-being over individual financial independence.

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

Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students
2023-10-06 14:00 - 14:45, 2023-10-07 14:00 - 14:45, 2023-10-08 14:00 - 14:45, 2023-10-13 14:00 - 14:45 (America/New_York) | Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply.
*Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; and March 9–17, 2024.
Tours by Harvard students connect visitors with the research, teaching, and Indigenous engagement surrounding the cultural heritage in the museum’s care. How do items come to the museum? Who accesses them and how do items return home?
Visitors may drop in at the scheduled times. No reservation is required. Tours meet in the lobby and last approximately 45 minutes.
Tours for groups of ten or more may be scheduled at these and other times, student schedules permitting.
Photo: EJSP Visual | Julieta Sarmiento

Meadowcroft Workshop in archaeology
2023-10-07 | Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, 401 Meadowcroft Road, Avella, PA, 15312, United States
7th Annual Workshop. Theme: By thought, Word and Deed: Ways of expressing Social Identity. Artifact ID.

Cruising the Adriatic: The Best of Slovenia & Croatia
2023-10-07 - 2023-10-18
I invite you to join Archaeological Institute of America lecturer and host Ivancica (Vanca) Schrunk aboard a modern, 18-cabin yacht for an early autumn cruise along the spectacular coast of Croatia. Romans, Byzantines, Venetians, Ottomans, and Austrians have vied for control of this strategic coastline that is dotted with over 1,000 islands. In a region well worth exploring for its natural beauty alone, you will visit spellbinding archaeological sites, impressive cathedrals, dramatic palaces, and ancient city centers. Begin the program in Slovenia’s capital city, Ljubljana, a city with roots back to Roman times. Discover magical Lake Bled, monumental karst caves, and mountain aeries before continuing to Pula, Croatia, to begin your seven-night Adriatic cruise from the Istrian Peninsula to Dubrovnik, visiting Mali Lošinj, Zadar, Šibenik, Krka National Park, Split, Hvar, and Korcula along the way. A leisurely pace allows for free time in town to sample local cuisine and mingle with locals.

Spokane Archaeology Day
2023-10-07 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Vancouver) | Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, 2316 West First Avenue, Spokane, WA, 99201, United States
The Spokane Society will have a table at Spokane Archeology Day, along with other local organizations and the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. We will talk with visitors, advertise the AIA, promote the field of archaeology, and the like.

International Archaeology Day 2023 at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague
2023-10-07 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Prague) | Univerzita Karlova, Ovocný trh 560/5, Praha, 116 36, Czechia
The 10th International Day of Archaeology will take place at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University.At 15 stations, visitors will learn everything about eating from prehistoric times to the modern era, so they will learn what our ancestors could cook, what crops they grew and what wild plants they collected. The event will also include short archaeological lectures and a film on the reconstruction of prehistoric beer production.

Michigan Archaeology Day
2023-10-07 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Michigan History Center, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, Lansing, 48915
Have you ever thought about what it’s like to be an archaeologist? Here’s your chance to talk to archaeologists about investigations and artifacts that tell the story of 14,000 years of Michigan history! Archaeologists who work in Michigan will be stationed throughout the first and second floors of the museum where they will tell you about their research, show you some of the artifacts they have found and answer your questions.
Plus!
Make a clay pinch pot
Watch a flintknapper make stone tools
Try throwing a spear using an atlatl
Join a scavenger hunt
Show an artifact to our Archaeology Roadshow experts*
See in-depth special presentations in the Forum Auditorium
Admission to this event is free.

International Archaeology Day
2023-10-07 10:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Prague) | Zážitkový park Zeměráj / Adventure park Zemeraj, Kovarov 201, Kovarov, South Bohemia, 39855, Czechia
You will learn about the specific work of an archaeologists, about selected archaeological findings and the essentials of protecting archaeological heritage. You can search for relics of a specific period in a simulated archaeological site, put together “broken” pottery or wooden building blocks of a log house, learn about the burial means in the early Middle Ages using a model of a skeleton grave, decorate your own pottery using ancient ornaments, make your own clay amulet according to the prehistoric templates. The event also includes a complex live interpretation of the lives of inhabitants in an early medieval Slavic village.

"What the Heck Is It?: Archaeologists Identify Your Artifacts"
2023-10-07 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Bluffton Branch Library, 120 Palmetto Way, Bluffton, SC, 29910, United States
Join the Hilton Head Chapter, Archaeological Society of South Carolina and the Library’s Beaufort District Collection for “What the Heck Is It?” an artifact identification session with professional archeologists who will analyze, identify and date your artifacts. Over the years folks have presented a full range of artifacts – prehistoric, historic, projectile points, ceramic sherds, Civil War crypto devices, African dolls, 1st century lamps, etc. – to name a few. Look around the house and bring in that thing you wonder what the heck it is. Note Well: Do not bring any weapons (guns, swords, daggers, etc.) to be examined. It is the policy of the Beaufort County Library not to allow any weapons in the libraries. No monetary valuations will be provided. Drop-in during the session with your artifacts and try to stump our esteemed archaeologists.

Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students
2023-10-08 11:00 - 11:45 (America/New_York) | Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Sundays at 11:00 am October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. Free museum admission for Massachusetts residents every Sunday morning (year-round) from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Proof of residency required. Free museum admission is not available to commercial groups.
*Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; and March 9–17, 2024.
Tours by Harvard students connect visitors with the research, teaching, and Indigenous engagement surrounding the cultural heritage in the museum’s care. How do items come to the museum? Who accesses them and how do items return home?
Visitors may drop in at the scheduled times. No reservation is required. Tours meet in the lobby and last approximately 45 minutes.
Tours for groups of ten or more may be scheduled at these and other times.
Photo: EJSP Visual | Julieta Sarmiento

Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Virtual Film Festival
2023-10-09 - 2023-10-15
The Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival is an annual juried competition, part of the Archaeology Month Celebrations taking place in the United States. It is also an educational event, showcasing the discovery of past cultures gained from ethnological or archaeological research, illustrated by documentary films. These films are of great artistic and scientific quality but may be unknown because of limited access to traditional distribution channels. It encourages the interest of local filmmakers to apply their art to State history.
Festival films are available to the public virtually for free on the Arkhaios website the second week of October.

The Best of Ancient Peru
2023-10-09 - 2023-10-24
Travel and learn with AIA lecturer/host Gabriela Cervantes-Quequezana plus a professional tour manager and local guides. Your AIA lecturer will provide insights to spectacular archaeological sites from Peru’s many layers of ancient civilizations, plus anthropological insights to the country’s diverse cultural traditions and ecosystems. This custom-designed, 15-night itinerary is carefully paced with three nights each in Cuzco, Chiclayo, and Urubamba’s Sacred Valley; plus two nights each in Machu Picchu Pueblo, Lima, and Trujillo. Four of your six hotels are luxurious and the other two offer generous comfort.
Enjoy in-depth explorations of many of the greatest archaeological sites in Peru: pyramids, temples, royal tombs, and colonial churches; plus splendid museum collections. Peruvian cuisine is world renowned, and you will enjoy many special meals. Our group is limited to a maximum of 15 guests.

San Francisco’s “Titanic”: The Loss of SS City of Rio de Janeiro
2023-10-10 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Francisco Maritime Museum, 900 Beach St, San Francisco, CA, 94109, United States
The 1901 shipwreck of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s SS City of Rio de Janeiro was the deadliest ever at the Golden Gate. Maritime archaeologist and historian James Delgado will share the story of the Rio, including its rumored “treasure” that never existed, and the discovery and rediscovery of the mud-shrouded hulk hundreds of feet deep. He will also share the stories of two less-known but tragic wrecks; SS City of Chester, and the USS Conestoga, which were also the focus of underwater archaeological discovery and surveys. Join us for a night of drama, tragedy, heroism and an undersea tour of these three ships in our local waters.
October 10, 2023
6:00-9:00 PM
Maritime Museum
900 Beach St
San Francisco, CA 94109
Tickets:
SFMNPA Members $40 (with promo code)
General Public $45

The Legacy of the Etruscans: Latium, Umbria & Tuscany
2023-10-11 - 2023-10-22
Discover the world of the ancient Etruscans, a pre-Roman civilization that flourished in the area between Rome and Florence from at least the 7th century B.C. until they were conquered by the Romans in the 3rd century B.C. The extent of the impact that the Etruscans’ legacy had on the Greeks and Romans, through to our contemporary world, is still coming to light. Join Dr. Pieraccini and a small group of like-minded fellow travelers to explore and further understand the realm of the Etruscans.

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

The Living Dead in Ancient Egypt
2023-10-11 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
“Oh Unas, you have not gone away dead, but alive.” The Pyramid Text quoted here tells us that the ancient Egyptians believed in the continued influence of the dead in the lives of the living. The dead in ancient Egypt were supernatural intermediaries, folk heroes, and some were even deified, worshiped as gods in the Egyptian pantheon. This talk will build on the research found in Dr. Troche’s first book, Death, Power, and Apotheosis in Ancient Egypt (Cornell University Press, 2021) and invite audiences to learn about the spectrum of deceased actors in ancient Egypt. In particular, she will delve into the process by which some of these dead were deified and the ramifications of this deification, such as challenging royal authority during the Pyramid Age.
Free and open to the public. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage. Presented by the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Image: Graffito scene invoking Imhotep at Ptah Temple Karnak. Credit: CFEETK.

Origins of Humans & Wine: Azerbaijan, Georgia & Armenia
2023-10-12 - 2023-10-27
Join us for an exciting trip back in time to explore early humankind and the ‘cradle of wine’ in the southern Caucasus. Learn about ancient winemaking techniques and sample the bounty of the region’s vineyards. Explore medieval towns and UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including prehistoric through early Christian complexes. Enjoy Georgia’s famed hospitality, wherein a ‘visitor is considered a gift from God.’ This is a region of extraordinary contrasts, deep history, and cultural diversity.

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

The splendor and misery of the inhabitants of Písek in Bohemia in the early modern era
2023-10-12 16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/Prague) | Prácheňské muzeum v Písku, Velké nám. 114, Písek, Bohemia, 397 24, Czechia
Lecture in Prachenske Museum in Písek, Bohemia.
Royal town of Písek was founded in 13th century AD on the commercial crossroads. Archaeological findings from the last decades also shed new light on the lifestyle of the inhabitants of the town of Písek in the 16th and the first half of the 17th centuries. The Renaissance, and especially the Rudolfinian period, is a sign of conjuncture in all areas of human activity in the Czech lands. On the one hand, there are written sources showing the wealth of the inhabitants of that time, and on the other, there are finds of various imports of precious commodities (like imported majolica from Italy and Catalania, as well the example of porcelaine of Ming dynasty). The vanity of this period is, however, linked to the sharp indebtedness of the municipality of Písek. This is joined by confessional jealousy between Catholics and Protestants, leading to the Thirty Years’ War and the decline of the town as a whole, when its status temporarily changes from a royal city to a vassal city.

Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival
2023-10-12 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves Street, Florence, 29501, United States
The Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival is an annual juried competition, part of the Archaeology Month Celebrations taking place in the United States. It is also an educational event, showcasing the discovery of past cultures gained from ethnological or archaeological research, illustrated by documentary films. These films are of great artistic and scientific quality but may be unknown because of limited access to traditional distribution channels. It also encourages the interest of local filmmakers to apply their art to State history. This in-person festival is free and open to the public, no tickets or pre-registration is required. Festival films are also available virtually for free on the Arkhaios website the second week of October.

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

Restoring Faith: Community Archaeology and the Search for America's Oldest Black Baptist Church
2023-10-12 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Jepson Hall, Room 109, 221 Richmond Way, Richmond, VA, 23173, United States
Lecture by Jack Gary (Colonial Williamsburg)

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
