"The Social Life of Roman Soldiers: The Role of Wives, Children and Families in Roman Military Communities" Elizabeth M. Greene
2022-03-02 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | CT
Elizabeth M. Greene, Canada Research Chair in Roman Archaeology, University of Western Ontario (egreene2@uwo.ca)
Research over the past few decades has shown quite clearly that women and children were part of life in the Roman army far more than had ever been considered before. The evidence and spatial patterning of material within and outside Roman forts makes this clear, but still research on the social role of these individuals lags behind. This presentation concentrates on Dr. Greene’s current research into this aspect of the Roman army, considering the evidence that illuminates the varied roles of non-combatants within these somewhat unique settlements. The presentation highlights the very different realities for the wives and children of officers and the family members of, for instance, a foot soldier, who was paid far less and was not legally allowed to contract a marriage while serving. This lecture follows on past talks I have given that present the archaeological evidence for the presence of women at Vindolanda and pushes the argument toward women’s social roles within military communities and the intersectional identities of those living in the Roman provinces and in military communities on the frontiers.

Ramesside Royal Women’s Tombs, the Book of the Dead, and the Deir el-Medina Iconographic Tradition
2022-03-03 17:30 (America/New_York) | CT
La Follette Lecture

Mosaics and the Antioch Recovery Project
2022-03-03 18:00 (America/Phoenix) | TBA (Central Arizona), Phoenix, AZ, United States
Kershaw Lecture

Religious Ritual on board the Greco-Roman Ship
2022-03-03 19:00 (America/Chicago) | CT
Bass Lecture

Coastal Heritage and Climate Change—A Monumental Challenge to Preserve the Past in the 21st Century
2022-03-03 19:00 (America/New_York) | CT

The Angkorian World: Polity and Cosmos in Southeast Asia
2022-03-03 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | CT
Lecturer: Miriam Stark (University of Hawai’i at Manoa)
Angkor’s first great king, Jayavarman II, established Cambodia’ Angkorian state on the banks of the Tonle Sap in 802 CE and built his first capital, Mahendraparvata, on the slope of the nearby Kulen mountains. What followed were six centuries of political competition, warfare, and imperial rule by Angkor’s kings. Like rulers of other ancient states, Khmer kings built vast stone monuments to honor their predecessors and gods that still stand today. A century of scholarly research on the Khmer empire’s achievements has shed light on the scale and nature of premodern Southeast Asia’s most influential polity; it has also shaped political agenda in unanticipated ways. This lecture introduces the Angkorian world, from its temples to its ceramics, and examines how cosmology and statecraft created Southeast Asia’s greatest premodern empire and the world’s largest preindustrial city.
This event will be hosted remotely via Zoom. To register in advance, please use the link provided below.

Gender, Creator Deities, and the Public Image of Sobekneferu
2022-03-05 10:30 (America/New_York) | University of Dayton Science Center 255 (Chudd Auditorium), 300 College Park Avenue, Dayton, OH, 45469, United States

Central Plains Maize Farming and the Cahokian Diaspora
2022-03-05 13:00 (America/Chicago) | WEBINAR (St. Louis 2), St. Louis, MO
Anawalt Lecture

The Angkorian World: Polity and Cosmos in Southeast Asia
2022-03-05 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | University of Puget Sound, Tahoma Room, Thomas Hall, 3380 N. 13th Street, Tacoma, WA, 98416, United States

Unearthed Voices From the First Emperor of Qin's Unification of China
2022-03-06 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | AIA-LA, 1201 9th St., Manhattan Beach, United States
Ahmanson Lecture

The Application of LiDAR Scanning for the Documentation of Ancient Cities and Regions
2022-03-06 15:00 (America/Chicago) | CT

Vital Voids: Cavities and Holes in Mesoamerican Material Culture
2022-03-07 19:30 (America/Chicago) | CT

Bird/Egg, Pen/Hand, Torch/Deer? Pairs of Ordinary Objects on Roman Coins
2022-03-08 | Room L140, Elvehjem Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 750 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706
Metcalf Lecture

The Archaeology of Ancient Greek Dress
2022-03-08 17:30, 2022-03-10 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CT

Humans and Alcohol: The Archaeology of a Deeply Entangled Relationship
2022-03-09 16:00 (America/New_York) | CT
Norton Lecture

Humans and Alcohol: The Archaeology of a Deeply Entangled Relationship
2022-03-10 18:00 (America/New_York) | WEBINAR (New York City 2), New York, NY
Norton/Haupt Lecture

RESCHEDULED - A Phonetic Zoo: The Origins of Egyptian Hieroglyphic Writing
2022-03-10 19:00 (America/New_York) | University of Akron, Leigh Hall, Room 215, 150 E. Exchange Street, Akron, OH, 44325, United States
Abemayor Lecture; Reception at 6:30 PM
PLEASE NOTE: This lecture is being rescheduled, the new date will be posted as soon as possible.

Set apart from within: Articulated women in commingled tombs from Early Bronze Age Arabia
2022-03-10 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Willamette University College of Law, 245 Winter Street SE, Salem, OR, 97301, United States
Matson Lecture

"De-composing and Re-composing the ancient Egyptian body"
2022-03-11 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | CT
Dr. Tasha Dobbin-Bennett (Emory University Oxford College) will speak on “De-composing and Re-composing the ancient Egyptian body.”
Join via Zoom at the link below. The password, if prompted is “baltimore”.

When Gods and Heroes Retreat: The Death of Myth on Roman Sarcophagi
2022-03-11 19:15, 2022-03-12 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CT
Oliver Lecture

Choices and Changes: 13th Century Revitalization of Cahokia, Native North America's First City
2022-03-13 14:00 (America/New_York) | WEBINAR (Westchester 1), Westchester, NY
Stone Lecture

Counterfeit goods in the Roman commercial landscape
2022-03-13 15:00 (America/New_York) | CT

Visions of Ancient Egypt in Athenaeus’ Deipnosophistae
2022-03-13 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CT
The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California Chapter, and the Near Eastern Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, invite you to attend a virtual lecture by Dr. Carly Maris, University of San Diego:
“Visions of Ancient Egypt in Athenaeus’ Deipnosophistae”
Sunday, March 13, 2022, 3 PM Pacific Time
Zoom Lecture. A registration link will be automatically sent to ARCE-NC members. Non-members may request a registration link by sending email with your name and email address to arcencZoom@gmail.com. Non-members, please send any registration requests no later than Friday, March 11. Registrations are cut off at our attendance limit, so the sooner you register, the better.
Glenn Meyer
ARCE-NC ePublicity
About the Lecture:
The Deipnosophistae is a late second- to early third-century CE dialogue written by grammarian Athenaeus of Naucratis. The text follows the style and themes of Plato’s Symposium, presenting an imaginary conversation between philosophers that takes place during a Roman banquet. Scholars have found value in the Deipnosophistae for its inclusion of lengthy quotations from earlier Greek texts that have otherwise been lost. It provides key insight as to the historical resources and documents available to the educated classes during the height of the Roman Empire. Included in the Deipnosophistae are multiple historical accounts of Egypt–including descriptions of its geography and climate, the history of Egyptian wine, and stories about various rulers (including a description of a massive parade during the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus). My talk will focus on how Athenaeus viewed the ancient Egyptian past, and will place this in context with broader visions of Ancient Egypt during the Roman Empire.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Carly Maris is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the History Department at the University of San Diego. Her research looks broadly at Western perceptions of the East, and explores how Near Eastern culture influenced the Roman empire. She is currently working on a book titled Parades of Antiquity, in which she explores the history of imperial parades in the Near East, and how they impacted the spectacle of Roman triumphal parades up through the early Byzantine period.

Humans and Alcohol: The Archaeology of a Deeply Entangled Relationship
2022-03-15 18:15 (America/New_York) | The Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
Norton Lecture
To attend in-person or virtually, please register at the link below. Masks are required (but no longer proof of vaccination).

21st Century Tools For Studying Ice Age Art
2022-03-15 19:15 (America/Denver) | CT
Sheppard Lecture

Trinity College Dublin Classics Department Research Seminar, "Rethinking Archaeological Publication in the Age of Born-Digital Data"
2022-03-16 17:30 (Europe/Dublin) | CT
Wednesdays, 17:30 Dublin/London time
Please register at EventBrite using this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/derek-counts-u-of-wisconsin-milwaukee-tcd-classics-research-seminar-tickets-239356199837
Zoom links will be available to all registrants

Humans and Alcohol: The Archaeology of a Deeply Entangled Relationship
2022-03-17 17:30 (America/New_York) | Michigan Union, 530 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1308, United States
Norton Lecture, LOCATION TO BE CONFIRMED

An Archaeologist, World War II and Prehistoric Thailand
2022-03-17 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver) | Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, 2316 West 1st Avenue, Spokane, WA, 99201, United States
Dr. Cyler Conrad (University of New Mexico)
The popular Hollywood film, The Bridge on the River Kwai, portrays an important series of events for prisoners of war during World War II in Thailand, also known as the infamous China-Burma-India theater of conflict. While the film’s creative story garnered acclaim and praise after its release in 1957, it masked the true experience of these prisoners in Thailand during the war. This talk will focus on the legacy of Hendrik Robert van Heekeren, a prisoner captured by the Japanese in 1942 and sent to the “Railroad of Death” camps in Thailand in 1943. van Heekeren’s experience during the war including captivity and work on the railroad – common scenes depicted in the film – but his legacy stems from the significant archaeological work and contributions he completed while a prisoner of war and after in Thailand, during the 1960s. The lecture discusses the intersection of van Heekeren, prisoners in Thailand during World War II, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and the broader record of prehistoric archaeology influenced by these events
via Zoom
