Over three centuries ago a large mudslide covered a section of the Makah village of Ozette. In a waterlogged condition, thousands of wood and fiber artifacts were preserved. Working in […]
Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Marvel Comics all owe a debt to Gilgamesh, a hero in Mesopotamian mythology and the protagonist of the world’s first epic story. Gilgamesh […]
The Cerruti Mastodon Site, circa 130,000, in San Diego County, documents an early movement of humans into North America. Rapid climate warming and attendant floral and faunal changes during the […]
The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California Chapter, and the Near Eastern Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, invite you to attend a lecture by Dr. Jennifer Miyuki Babcock, […]
Dr. Irving Finkel (Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script, languages and cultures in the Department of the Middle East) will present a lecture reviewing his decades of research on the […]
Travel with paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall to Madagascar and other Indian Ocean islands and learn about human origins. On this warm, winter getaway you will explore Madagascar from the convenience and […]
Haupt Lecture
Biggs Lecture
Title: Landscape archaeology and modern human dispersal on the East European Plain Abstract: The dominant landform on the continent of Europe is an immense plain that stretches from the eastern […]
