When people first realize archaeology happens in Florida, it often surprises them to hear of how many active permits are issued to do work in state parks. Some of the digs are by field school where students learn the ABCs of excavation, while other digs are done in advance of construction or improvements to a […]
Lecturer: Professor Amanuel Beyin (University of Louisville) Starting a little more than two million years ago, successive hominin lineages dispersed out of the ancestral homeland, Africa. While dispersing across different regions, hominins were exposed to new habitats and survival adversities. Those experiences helped our lineage to emerge as a resilient and adept species, which is […]
Tonya Largy, Past President of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society and Wayland resident, will discuss several interesting archaeological projects carried out in our locality, where Native Americans have lived and prospered for over 10,000 years. She will discuss how archaeologists learn from several lines of evidence, including stone tools, ceramics, and the remains of animals and […]
Speaker: Kristen Tiede
In 1650, Thomas Doughty, an illiterate Scottish foot solder, was captured at the Battle of Dunbar. He was then transported to Massachusetts and sold as forced labor. He was one of 420 Scottish prisoners who shared this fate. Author Dr. Carol Gardner will share how recent archaeological discoveries at Durham Cathedral in England have contributed […]
CEO and President of the Coastal Discovery Museum, Rex Garniewicz, will share the science behind historic brews from ancient Mesopotamia, China, Egypt, and the jungles of the Amazon. Reservations are required.
Kershaw Lecture Light refreshments at 4:30 PM
Helene J. Kantor (July 15, 1919-January 13, 1993) was one of the last of the great generalists of the ancient world. She studied under Henri Frankfort at the University of Chicago and completed her Ph.D. in 1945. She accepted a Research Assistant appointment in the Oriental Institute that same year and became Assistant Professor in […]
