Lecturer: David Cranford In 1759, Catawba warriors returning home from battles associated with the Seven Years War brought small pox with them. The ensuing epidemic claimed more than half of the Nation’s population in a matter of months. The loss of more than half of their people and the subsequent destruction of their towns during […]
Speaker: Dr. Owen Doonan, California State University - Northridge Title: Theater of War: Performing Power on the city wall of Ancient Sinope Abstract: This talk considers the particular case study of the Sinope fortifications in light of broader evidence for the relationship between theater and war in Greek culture. Aeneas Tacticus, How to Survive under […]
Free Virtual Lecture Mary C. Stiner Regents Professor, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona Humans are the only animal species that bury their dead, and this practice is preserved in Paleolithic sites as early as 120,000 years ago. The emergence of burial traditions in this time period implies that both Neanderthals and early humans had […]
Mary C. Stiner Regents Professor, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona Humans are the only animal species that bury their dead, and this practice is preserved in Paleolithic sites as early as 120,000 years ago. The emergence of burial traditions in this time period implies that both Neanderthals and early humans had already begun to […]
In Southwestern archaeology, pottery has always held pride-of-place for both quantity and quality of archaeological data. Pottery defines the basic "culture areas," and changes in pottery track much of the history we infer for those regions. Other, larger, clunkier evidence is worth a look: Architecture, for example. Various "types" of buildings -- as valid as […]
In celebration of International Archaeology Day, Her Excellency Ambassador Ms. Vanessa Frazier, the Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations, discusses the archipelago’s prehistoric megalithic monuments. During this virtual tour, Ambassador Frazier will be accompanied by Dr. Josef Caruana, curator, Heritage Malta. The Tarxien Temples archaeological complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site whose four […]
In celebration of International Archaeology Day, RAFFMA has partnered with the Riverside & Inland Empire Local Society of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA Riverside) for "Mining the Pharaoh's Jewels: A Story from Wadi el-Hudi."Virtual Talk by Dr. Kate Liszka, Benson and Pamela Harer Associate Professor of History and Director of Wadi el Hudi Expedition. […]
A Zoom (and maybe Face-to-Face Outside Lecture) by Dr. Steve Dasovich in the Anthropology Program at Lindenwood University. For an invitation to the Zoom lecture, please contact our secretary, Brenda Thacker, using the link provided.
American Research Center in Egypt-Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) October 17, 2020 ARCE-PA Archaeology Day Lecture! via Zoom Dr. Jane Hill Assistant Professor, Rowan University “Primordial Gods of Upper Egypt: Local Cult in Egypt’s Predynastic Period” Registration information is available at www.arce-pa.org or email at info@arce-pa.org Abstract: Deciphering the iconography of Late Predynastic Upper Egyptian D-Ware pottery […]
