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SUMMARY:Archaeology Abridged with Dr. Kate Liszka "Forts\, Prisons\, or Rudimentary Vaults?  The Three so-called “Fortresses” of Pharaoh at Wadi el-Hudi and their Connection to Amethyst Mining"
DESCRIPTION:Acquiring amethyst in Ancient Egypt was a tricky business.  But the cut raw amethyst\, the amethyst mines\, and the people in the desert all needed to be guarded.  As part of the mining procurement process\, the Egyptians created massive stone settlements and networks of guard posts in the desert.  The settlements have often been compared to contemporary Egyptian forts in the Nile Valley\, and the ones in the desert were supposedly built to protect from oncoming armies.  Liszka directs the Wadi el-Hudi Expedition whose team has been investigating these structures in the Eastern Desert since 2014.  In this talk\, she will share recent archaeological work from the Wadi el-Hudi region in the Eastern Desert in order to scrutinize the location\, design\, and use of these so-called “forts” and address the purpose of their construction.  The talk will also investigate how the Egyptians protected these assets and expeditions with hundreds of soldiers\, connecting roads\, and watch posts strategically placed across the desert. \nThis lecture will also be available in American Sign Language. ASL interpretation will be provided by Trail Blazing Interpreters. Due to Zoom limitations on mobile devices and tablets\, participants interested in accessing ASL interpretation should log in using the desktop version of Zoom. \nDr. Kate Liszka is the Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology and Associate Professor of History at California State University San Bernardino. She earned her doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania and from 2012 to 2015 was a Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer at Princeton University.  Her areas of specialization include Nubians in Egypt\, the Medjay\, ethnicity and identity in Antiquity\, multicultural Interactions in frontier regions\, the Pangrave Archaeological Culture\, and large-scale mining expeditions in Antiquity.  Dr. Liszka is the Director of the Wadi el-Hudi Expedition in the Egyptian Eastern Desert.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/archaeology-abridged-with-dr-kate-liszka-forts-prisons-or-rudimentary-vaults-the-three-so-called-fortresses-of-pharaoh-at-wadi-el-hudi-and-their-connection-to-amethyst-mining/
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SUMMARY:The OPUMPA Project: Ancient Mineral Mining and Pigment Use in Stone Age Swaziland
DESCRIPTION:“The OPUMPA Project: Ancient Mineral Mining and Pigment Use in Stone Age Swaziland\,” presented by Dr. Brandi L. MacDonald (Assistant Research Professor\, The Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Missouri Research Reactor). \nThis lecture will be held in person in Swallow Hall 101 at the University of Missouri-Columbia\, but we are also providing a zoom link to accommodate anyone who would prefer to attend remotely. \nThe lecture will begin promptly at 5:30 pm\, with an in-person reception following. This reception is open to the public. \nDate: Thursday February 17th\, 2022 \nTime: 5:30 PM (CST) \nLocation: Swallow Hall 101 \nZoom registration link (required for remote attendance): \nhttps://umsystem.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsf-6uqDksHNXpJ17JAswVEAGRlX4-RcQn \nAbstract: “Red mineral pigments\, known to many as “ochre”\, captured the attention of humans throughout the Middle and Late Stone Ages in Africa. These iron-rich minerals were highly valued for their pigmentaceous properties and were used to decorate cave walls with rock art\, to paint portable objects\, as a component of mortuary practices\, among many other social\, ritual\, and symbolic contexts that are still practiced today. The OPUMPA project focuses on archaeological investigations at Ngwenya\, the world’s earliest known ochre pigment mine dating to over 40 kya\, and surrounding archaeological sites that span the Middle and Late Stone ages\, through to the historic period. Using advanced methods in archaeological science\, we used geochemical analysis to reconstruct the mining and transport of ochre mineral pigments from Ngwenya and other sources across Swaziland\, in some cases over hundreds of kilometers\, suggesting the presence of long-distance social networks. This talk will review some highlights from this ongoing project\, including pigment mining landscapes and rock art across Swaziland.”
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/the-opumpa-project-ancient-mineral-mining-and-pigment-use-in-stone-age-swaziland/
LOCATION:University of Missouri-Columbia\, 112 Swallow Hall\, Columbia\, MO\, 65211
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brittany Proffitt":MAILTO:brittany.proffitt@mail.missouri.edu
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SUMMARY:Continuity and change in Etruscan religion under Roman hegemony
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Kevin Dicus (University of Oregon) \nRoman imperial ambitions began with the occupation of Italy. The Etruscans\, once the dominant civilization\, experienced great cultural and political upheavals. Foreign traditions\, goods\, and belief systems entered their territories\, challenging and changing their ways of being. Scholars have referred to the process as “Romanization”: conquered peoples adopt Roman customs\, recognizing their obvious appeal and ultimately identifying as Roman. More recently\, the Romanization paradigm has been contested\, and this talk continues to critique it. The talk examines Etruscan religion before and during Roman expansion to measure Roman influence on it. In particular\, it introduces a widespread ritual in which people dedicated terracotta body parts at Roman and Etruscan sanctuaries from the 4th to the 1st centuries BC. That the Etruscans readily participated in a ritual with Greco-Roman roots has been seen to mark an end of Etruscan orthodoxy. Close examination\, however\, reveals that Etruscans did not adopt the anatomical votive tradition to replace their own established practices; instead\, they retained the agency to adapt the ritual\, changing it in ways that made it more meaningful to their experiences and gave people greater control than before in their personal relationship with the gods.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/continuity-and-change-in-etruscan-religion-under-roman-hegemony/
LOCATION:1061 Boston Post Road\, Rye\, New York\, 10580\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Andrew Goldman":MAILTO:goldman@gonzaga.edu
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SUMMARY:Games of Chance and Fate: Patolli Game Boards from the Ancient Maya site of Gallon Jug\, Belize
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Claire Novotny (Kenyon College) \nGraffiti provides a unique and informal perspective on the lived experiences and daily cultural practices of ancient people. In the ancient Maya culture\, graffiti of ritual processions\, human figures\, and game boards were incised into plastered walls\, benches\, and floors in buildings that formed civic ceremonial centers. Game boards\, called patolli\, are particularly fascinating because they seem to combine leisure\, gambling\, and ritual practices. Patolli boards are found throughout Mesoamerica and we can draw on rich ethnohistorical evidence to make our interpretations. Recent research at the ancient Maya site of Gallon Jug\, located in northwestern Belize\, documented several patolli boards incised into a plaster floor on a platform in Courtyard B-01\, an elite residential group. In this talk I will review our current understanding of patolli game boards and put them into context within the Maya world and Mesoamerica more broadly. I will address questions about how and why the residents of Gallon Jug may have used the patolli boards\, and whether they were part of a singular ritual or a recurring strategy for divination employed by a resident ritual specialist.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/games-of-chance-and-fate-patolli-game-boards-from-the-ancient-maya-site-of-gallon-jug-belize/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Katie Rask":MAILTO:rask.4@osu.edu
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SUMMARY:Boomtown Blues: Archaeologies of Expansion and Collapse in Amazonia
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URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/boomtown-blues-archaeologies-of-expansion-and-collapse-in-amazonia/
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