Darrell Herbert, resident of Montgomery County, specialist in analyzing LIDAR Digitized Earth Model features and historic landmarks, will share his discoveries of Old Montgomery County roads, villages, and artifacts. Includes Grimes and Walker Counties. North of Candy Cane Park on Museum Grounds at the Strake-Gray Oilfield House.
Rome and Colonial America were more alike than you might think! Think: Tribute, Technology, and Transportation. Join local archaeologist, Kimberley Connors, as we discuss how the Roman model formed the foundation of our landscape. Ms. Connors is a Harvard University trained archaeologist who has offered hundreds of public and school events, delving into our shared […]
For the second year in a row, the Mt. Pleasant Regional Library will be hosting an afternoon of events to celebrate International Archaeology Day. On Saturday, Oct. 19, three free lectures highlighting local history and archaeological projects will occur back-to-back. No registration is necessary, and attendees are welcome to come to one, two or all […]
Come join us as faculty and graduate students from the Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies share their exciting work, including Caroline Arbuckle (ancient Egypt); Hector Williams (UBC excavations at Stymphalos); and Kevin Fisher (digital archaeology). You'll get a close-up look at the Department's collections of ancient coins and epigraphic squeezes as well […]
Listen to archaeologist Kristen Heitert give an illustrated talk on a multi-year archaeological investigation which uncovered house foundations, field systems, abandoned roads, and sawmill ruins associated with the former "Wildcat" neighborhood of Milford. This neighborhood began as farming community in the eighteenth century and later shifted focus to the quarrying industry that dominated nineteenth-century Milford. […]
Meet an archaeologist from Dovetail Cultural Resources Group who worked at the park and hear what they learned during their excavation.
September - October 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of two salient episodes in the archaeology of Charlotte County: the investigation of the Simpson's Farm shell-bearing site at Oak Bay by Spencer F. Baird & George A. Boardman, and the destruction of portions of the coastal archaeological record of the county by the impact of the […]
The season of the witch is a perfect time to investigate archaeology's many unearthed, ancient treasures. Among them are symbols, statues, monuments, and words that were thought to harness great powers. Some of those powers were thought to be dangerous to humanity.
As part of the Russian Egyptological Institute program, a Russian team has been working since 2002 at Kom Tuman, a site near Mit Rahina where the well-known Temple of Ptah is located. The mission has been working at the Palace of Apries, a Persian era palace, where excavations have revealed a nearly continuous, 12 metre […]
Archaeologist Cara Blume's presentation of "The People Who Stayed Behind: A History of the Indian People of Delaware, 1630-2008"
