Speaker: Dr. Jane DeRose Evans (Temple University) Title: Mithras at Caesarea Maritima Abstract: A warehouse converted to a Mithraeum (a sanctuary to the Persian god Mithras) was excavated by Robert […]
Since my time in SCRAP, I've followed the path of a few former SCRAPers and made my way to the University of Wyoming. My main goal with this presentation is […]
Jon Schleifer Executive Director, Public Archaeology Corps & Doug Dickenson, SCRAP volunteer A short video detailing PAC's excavation of a mid-1800s warehouse in downtown Wilmington, NC. The video will include […]
The hearth of Olmec civilization is located in the tropical lowlands of Mexico’s southern Gulf Coast region, in the majestic archaeological site of San Lorenzo. The inhabitants of this first […]
Nathaniel Kitchell, Robert A. 1925 and Catherine L. McKennan Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College At the end of the last Ice Age in what is now called North […]
Thomas Martel III, B.A. Archaeologist, Project Supervisor Cultural Surveys Hawaii; NH SCRAP Volunteer; MHA Volunteer, Tom will share a video presentation on Hawaiian archaeology, with a brief comparison to NH […]
Hannah Dutton, Teaching Lecturer at Plymouth State University "Legacy Collections" or archaeological materials collected in the past that do not meet modern "best practice" curation techniques have been underestimated by […]
More than 40 years ago, Dean Snow argued that Native Americans in New England interacted more within major river drainages than between them so that river drainages became “geographic containers” […]
Dr. Samantha Fladd (University of Colorado Boulder, Museum of Natural History) While often overlooked as “trash,” the materials that accumulate in archaeological sites can signify intentional decisions demarcating relationships within […]
