The Enduring Lifestyle of the Ancestral Maya
2023-10-13 14:00 (America/New_York) | Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Building, University of Illinois, 707 S Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
Borowski lecture
Ancient tropical societies dealt with the same issues we face today—climate instability, growing populations, overuse of resources, and so on. One of the major issues at present is growing concern about providing adequate supplies of clean drinking water. We can learn from past tropical societies, including the ancestral Maya of Central America, whose cities supplied clean water via sophisticated, self-cleaning reservoirs (i.e., constructed wetlands) for over 1,000 years. Their long-term success demonstrates the enduring usefulness of self-cleaning reservoirs or constructed wetlands, as I illustrate with the Classic Maya (c. 250-900 CE). I conclude with discussing the vital importance of preserving cultural heritage for descendants, tourism—and to benefit our future through the lessons the past embodies

Let’s Talk About Ancient Apocalypse: It’s Inaccurate, Harmful, And The Real Story Of Ice Age Peopling Of The Americas Is Far More Interesting Anyway
2023-10-13 18:30 (America/New_York) | Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St, Toledo, OH, 43620, United States
Joukowsky lecture

What the Heck is Archaeology?
2023-10-17 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Monroe County Public Library – Islamorada Branch, 81830 Overseas Highway, Islamorada, FL, 33036, United States
“Join us for a quick and dirty intro to archaeology! This talk covers a broad overview of Florida’s history, and how archaeological research can uncover new knowledge about the past, confirm what we know, or challenge what we think we know. We’ll also be learning about how different subfields of archaeology work, and what it takes to become an archaeologist!
The subject will be South Florida which has been an incredible place to live for about 14,000 years. How have people been using the landscape of the Keys from this period to modern day? In this lecture, Florida Public Archaeology Network will discuss the archaeology of the Florida Keys, including what tools, food, animals, and people would have used and encountered in the past. There will also be a brief overview of modern work in the area, including current research being undertaken by universities in Florida.
Malachi Fenn, MA, RPA – Before becoming Public Archaeologist for FPAN’s Southeast Region, Malachi Fenn worked on cultural resource management (CRM) and museum projects throughout South Florida. They earned their B.A. in Anthropology from New College of Florida. A lifelong visual artist, Malachi has provided archaeological illustrations for numerous publications. Their specializations include Florida pre-colonial and historical archaeology, museum collections care, and scientific illustration.”
The Matecumbe Historical Trust’s next free presentation will be held on Tuesday, October 17th at the Islamorada Library, mile marker 81.5 starting at 6 pm. This presentation is free and open to the public. For more information call Barbara at 305-393-0940.

Stone Vaulting in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean
2023-10-17 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Ontario
Sara Galletti, “Stone Vaulting in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean”
THIS LECTURE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. If you’re interested in archaeology, please join us!
About the lecture:
This talk will explore the history of a stone vaulting technique called stereotomy from a transnational, longue durée perspective across the Mediterranean from the third century BCE—when the oldest of known stereotomic vaults was built in the Sanctuary of Delphi—through the sixteenth and seventeenth century, when pioneering theoretical works such as those by Philibert de L’Orme (1514–70) and Alonso de Vandelvira (1544–1626) crossed the boundaries of the building trades and stereotomy became the focus of a broader intellectual debate about solid geometry. The complex, fascinating history of stereotomy offers a privileged perspective on the cultural and material exchanges that have taken place, across spatial, linguistic, and chronological boundaries, in the long history of the Mediterranean and its peoples.
About the speaker:
Dr. Sara Galletti, Associate Professor of Art History at Duke University, researches early modern architectural theory and practice, with a focus on Europe and the Mediterranean. She has published on secular and religious French architecture, on Philibert de L’Orme, on the urban history of Paris, on the relations between space and social structures, as well as on the history of stereotomy. Currently, she works on an NEH-funded book project tentatively titled History of Stone Vaulting in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean: Practices, Theories, and Patterns of Knowledge Transfer.
Our lectures are sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, with funding from the Davidson College Public Lectures Committee, the Dean Rusk Program, and the departments of Africana Studies, Anthropology, Art, Classics, Educational Studies, History, and Latin American Studies.
Please support us by joining the Archaeological Institute of America for $50 (students $25), which includes a subscription to Archaeology magazine. Be sure to join Society 333, Central Carolinas!
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Archaeology-Hour Livestream: Anne Austin. “Ancient Ink: Discovering the Tattooed Women of Ancient Egypt”
2023-10-18 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Walla Walla University, Admin Bldg 116, 204 S College Ave, College Place, WA, 99324, United States
Until recently, the practice of tattooing in ancient Egypt was rarely attested with only scant evidence from a handful of mummified individuals spanning Pharaonic Egypt’s more than 3,000-year history. However, recent discoveries—including those from Deir el-Medina— have rewritten what was once thought about the practice. This talk coalesces physical and art historical evidence to offer some of the most comprehensive interpretations to date on the practice of tattooing in ancient Egypt. CONTENT WARNING: This talk will include images of human remains.
Please join us for a livestream presentation, and stay for an informal discussion afterward.

AIA Archaeology Hour with Anne Austin
2023-10-18 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Ontario
Join the AIA for a fascinating evening as Anne Austin (University of Missouri, St. Louis) presents Ancient Ink: Discovering the Tattooed Women of Ancient Egypt.
This presentation will be given at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific.
Until recently, the practice of tattooing in ancient Egypt was rarely attested with only scant evidence from a handful of mummified individuals spanning Pharaonic Egypt’s more than 3,000-year history. However, recent discoveries—including those from Deir el-Medina— have rewritten what was once thought about the practice. This talk coalesces physical and art historical evidence to offer some of the most comprehensive interpretations to date on the practice of tattooing in ancient Egypt.
CONTENT WARNING: This talk will include images of human remains.

61st Annual Seminar on Glass
2023-10-19 - 2023-10-20 | Ontario
The Corning Museum of Glass is pleased to announce its 61st Annual Seminar on Glass, a two-day program of online sessions that complements the special exhibition Dig Deeper: Discovering an Ancient Glass Workshop.
The program will explore the ways archaeologists study glass and glassmaking in the ancient world, with particular focus on the site of Jalame in modern Israel. Presenters will share recent discoveries of ancient glass workshops, new ways of understanding the relationship between the ancient and contemporary worlds, and the process of immersing museum visitors in an exhibition about archaeological discovery.
The two-day program will include an international roster of keynote speakers, papers, and moderated panels. In between sessions, registrants will enjoy virtual tours, glassblowing demonstrations, and opportunities to network with colleagues in Community Rooms.
All are welcome to register for the free two-day online seminar.

“Maritime Trade and Migration Along the Western Black Sea Coast: Examining Greek Apollonia Pontica (7th-3rd century BC) and Roman Deultum (1st-4th century AD)” by Katharine Kolpan PhD, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Idaho
2023-10-19 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver) | Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC), 2316 West 1st Avenue, Spokane, Washington, 99201, United States
The Milesian Greek colony of Apollonia Pontica (7th-3rd century BC) and its Roman colonial successor, Deultum (1st-4th century BC), were both prosperous trade centers and important Western Black Sea ports. Archaeological evidence, such as imported glass, Attic black-figure pottery, and non-native macrobotanicals, indicates that the local population was engaged in maritime trade with merchants from other cities throughout the Aegean and the Near East, who were likely exchanging their goods for the region’s rich copper and iron ore and the fish from its abundant fisheries. While there is significant evidence that goods traveled around the area, what is less certain is how both colonies’ positions as major trading centers affected migration to Apollonia and Deultum after their initial colonization and, and if so, whether new arrivals were assimilated into the population or were victims of hostility and violence. What little historical data there is suggests that successive waves of migration led to greater instability, however the archaeological evidence has yet to fully address this issue. This presentation will assess the evidence for trade during both the Greek and Roman periods as well as skeletal evidence of violence and healed trauma at Apollonia, while also exploring how current archaeological and osteological methods can be utilized to expand on lingering questions related to migration, assimilation, and the possibility of unrest along the Western Black Sea Coast during Classical Antiquity.
The lecture will broadcast in realtime via Zoom.
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Greek Civilization and Archaeology
2023-10-20 18:30 - 19:30 (Europe/Athens) | Viking Neptune, Piraeus Harbor, Piraeus, Greece
Lecture by Dr. Michael Fuller given to guests on the Viking Neptune cruise ship in. Piraeus Harbor.

Amazing Vikings
2023-10-21 12:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Warsaw) | Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiu (Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom), pl. Jana III Sobieskiego, 2, Bytom, śląskie, 41-902, Poland
The theme of this year’s event will be early medieval Scandinavia. During the workshops you will be able to try your hand at, among others: in archaeological excavations (exploring a boat burial) and making a model of a long Viking boat. There will also be a special exhibition – this time a photographic one entitled “Norse gods”, made available by the Utgard Association from Gliwice. “Scandinavians” from the reconstruction group will present the camp, everyday life, everyday objects, handicrafts, and will also conduct thematic workshops – weaving and herbalism. The special guest of the event will be Ph. D. Jakub Morawiec, from the Institute of History of the University of Silesia, a well-known researcher of the Viking Age, who will try to familiarize the audience with these extremely interesting times in his lecture.

Reconstructing Osiris: Dismemberment, Decapitation, and Mummification in Predynastic Egypt
2023-10-21 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
In-Person Lecture
Saturday, October 21 at 3:30pm
Penn Museum, Anthro Classroom 345
Speaker: Dr. Jane Hill, Asst. Prof. of Anthropology, Rowan University
Lecture Topic: Reconstructing Osiris: Dismemberment, Decapitation, and Mummification in Predynastic Egypt
Abstract:
Cases of well provisioned Predynastic graves containing both disarticulated skeletons and plentiful and costly burial goods have invited various interpretations since their earliest documentation by W.M.F. Petrie and James Quibell in their publications of the excavation of the great Predynastic cemeteries of Naqada and Ballas. While Petrie’s initial interpretation of cannibalism is not supported by the surviving osteological or material records, the presentation of these burials nevertheless raises interesting questions about the beliefs and ritual behind these postmortem skeletal arrangements. More recent discovery of a collection of disembodied skulls at the site of el-Adaima seems to indicate a more sinister practice. Evidence suggests that while the dissolution of the body in death was to be carefully avoided in some cases, it was actively sought in others, depending on the social role that each of these individuals inhabited. How may we understand decapitation, dismemberment, and re-articulation within the developing religious practice of Predynastic Egypt? Using the Predynastic mummy of a mature male in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology collections as a lens through which to analyze these burials, the author will discuss the possible religious and ecological reasons for the treatment of these bodies.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Jane Hill holds a doctorate in Egyptian Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. She also holds masters degrees in anthropology and art history/Egyptology from the University of Memphis. She has excavated and done epigraphic work on archaeological projects at the sites of Giza, Abydos, el-Amra, Saqqara, and Karnak Temple in Luxor Egypt. At her project site of el-Amra she discovered evidence of a Predynastic Egyptian town. In the United States, Dr. Hill has excavated Native American sites of the Mississippian Period in the southeast. Currently Dr. Hill teaches anthropology, archaeology and Egyptian Archaeology at Rowan University where she serves as co-curator of the Museum of Anthropology at Rowan University (MARU). Her research interests include co-development of major elite cemeteries and urbanism in Upper Egypt’s formative period, and the development of Egyptian administrative and writing systems. Most recently she participated in the analysis of human remains found in the Second Intermediate Period royal cemetery at Abydos under the direction of Dr. Josef Wegner.
Lectures are FREE for ARCE members. For non-ARCE members admission is as follows: $10 general admissions; $7 for Penn Museum members, Faculty & Staff; $5 for Students with ID (12 and under FREE).

60th Anniversary Online Presentation with Dr. Alice Kehoe
2023-10-21 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Regina) | Ontario
“In the Beginning… A Guy and a Gal Who Loved the Prairies, and a Generation of Dirty Thirties Men and Women – Self-Educated Archaeologists”
Dr. Alice Kehoe is a founding and continuing member of the Saskatchewan Archaeological Society. We are honoured to have her speak for our 60th Anniversary and on International Archaeology Day. There will be an opportunity to ask questions following the presentation. Registration is by donation. The presentation zoom link will be sent to registered participants prior to October 21.

The Coffin of Thutmose III: A Case Study of Evidence of Reuse of a Royal Coffin in the DeB 320 Royal Cache
2023-10-22 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 1201 9th St., Manhattan Beach, CA, 90266, United States
Ahmanson Lecture

The First Kings of Europe: An International Exhibition about the Prehistoric Balkans
2023-10-23 16:30 (America/New_York) | Green Hall 3-S-15, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08542, United States
Thompson lecture

Protecting Cultural Heritage During Armed Conflict
2023-10-23 17:30 (America/Chicago) | 116 Art Building West, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52246, United States
Norton lecture

Death and Rebirth: Religious Change and Reincarnation during the Copper Age
2023-10-24 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Hanson Hall of Science, Room 102, Augustana College, Monmouth, IL, 61201, United States
Kershaw Lecture

Big Data, Small Coins: The First Two Centuries Monetizing the Roman Frontier
2023-10-25 18:00 (America/New_York) | Rittenberg Lounge, Mather Hall, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT, 06106, United States
Metcalf lecture

Texas Talks Speaker Series: Dr. Alan Skinner - Expected and Unexpected Archaeology of North Texas
2023-10-25 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum, 110 West Hickory Street, Denton, TX, 76201, United States
Join the Denton County Office of History and Culture for the Texas Talks Speaker Series!
On Wednesday, October 25 at 6 PM, archaeologist Dr. Alan Skinner will present “The Expected and Unexpected Archaeology of North Central Texas” in the Commissioners Courtroom at the Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum. This presentation is sponsored by the Denton County Historical Commission in celebration of Texas Archaeology Month.
The flat prairie and associated savannah forests of North Central Texas are dissected by a variety of rivers and creeks which prehistoric and historic settlers were drawn to and where they left behind buried and exposed evidence of their presence over more than ten thousand years. Of particular importance is the Aubrey Clovis site located near Lake Ray Roberts and excavated by Dr. Reid Ferring of UNT. Equally significant, but barely more than 125 years old, is the Redwine House site that was recorded during investigation of a water pipeline route on the north side of Farmersville. These two archaeological sites span the recorded history of the region and will be discussed along with numerous other historic and prehistoric sites that have been recorded or remain to to be discovered in the prairies, maybe your backyard, anywhere in North Central Texas.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Alan Skinner has been doing archaeology in Texas and other parts of the Southwest for more than four decades, and is the owner of AR Consultants, Inc., an environmental consulting firm specializing in cultural resource management. He graduated from the University of New Mexico and received his PhD from Southern Methodist University. He has worked on prehistoric and historic sites throughout Texas, with a particular interest in prehistoric settlement patterns and lithic technology. He has directed five field schools for the Texas Archeological Society. He developed the archaeology merit badge for the Boy Scouts of America. He is currently working with private and public agencies, including numerous engineering companies, on wind farms, two lakes, water, sewer, and petroleum pipelines, roads, transmission lines, and landfills. He continues to publish in local, regional, and national journals.

The Maya and Climate Change: Human-Environmental Relationships in the Classic Period Lowlands
2023-10-25 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Paulus Lecture Hall, Willamette University College of Law, 245 Winter St SE, Salem, OR, 97301, United States
Stone lecture

Twelve Millennia of Agricultural Change in Anatolia
2023-10-26 18:00 (America/New_York) | CWY 107 (C.W. “Bill” Young Building) on the Tampa Campus of the University of South Florida, Genshaft Drive, Tampa, FL, 33617, United States
Matson Lecture

Where the beer flowed like wine: Beer and brewing in Bronze Age Mesopotamia
2023-10-26 18:00 (America/New_York) | 113 Carnegie Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, United States

Real Bodies / Represented Bodies: Human-Animal Relationships in Cypriot Sanctuaries
2023-10-26 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Phoenix) | Ontario
Animals played an important role in Cypriot religion and ritual. Many Cypriot deities were conceived as having animal parts or attributes, animal iconography was prevalent among votive offerings, and animal masks were worn in rituals at some sanctuaries. Perhaps the most dramatic and widespread way that humans interacted with animals, however, was through animal sacrifice. The ritual killing, processing, burning, and consuming of specially selected animals served as the primary means of communicating and reaffirming the reciprocal relationship between mortals and the divine in Mediterranean religions. This talk will discuss the complicated role that both real animals (those sacrificed and consumed) and imagined animals (those represented artistically) had in Cypriot religious spaces. The evidence suggests the holistic worldview of ancient Cypriots and finds that sanctuaries were charged spaces where humans negotiated their relationships with both the natural and divine worlds.

20,000 Leagues Under the Wine-Dark Sea
2023-10-26 18:30 (America/New_York) | 102 White Hall, Emory University, 200 Dowman Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30322, United States
Broneer lecture

The Big Reveal: Airborne Laser Scanning and Archaeology in the Northern Maya Lowlands
2023-10-26 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Psychology 105, Reed College, 3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, OR, 97202, United States

On the Move: Migrants and Mobility in the Roman Empire
2023-10-26 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Helge Center Multipurpose Room, Valparaiso University, 1509 Chapel Drive, Valparaiso, IN, 46383, United States
Tsakirgis Lecture

Kings, Queens, Commoners, and Captives: What Can Archaeology Tell Us About Dahomean Society in the Era of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
2023-10-26 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Ontario
Lecture: The Kingdom of Dahomey, in the modern Republic of Benin, stands as one of the most comprehensively researched kingdoms in precolonial West Africa. Decades of historical, anthropological, and art historical research have cast important light on the origins of the precolonial polity, and its rise, expansion, and transformation through its participation into the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Since the year 2000, Professor J. Cameron Monroe has led archaeological surveys and excavations at palace sites, urban centers, and rural villages across the Abomey Plateau, the political heartland of the kingdom. In this presentation, he will discuss how archaeological research is reshaping our understanding of the nature and extent of Dahomey political power in the Atlantic era, and its impact on local communities across the region.

The Maya and Climate Change: Human-Environmental Relationships in the Classic Period Lowlands
2023-10-27 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Eugene Public Library Downtown, 100 W 10th Ave, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States

Heritage Forensics: Satellites and Specters in the Contested Caucasus
2023-10-27 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | WEBINAR (Baltimore), Baltimore, MD

Let’s Talk About Ancient Apocalypse: It’s Inaccurate, Harmful, and the Real Story of Ice Age Peopling of the Americas is Far More Interesting Anyway
2023-10-27 19:00 (America/New_York) | Joseph C Shouvlin Center, Rm 105, Wittenberg University, W Ward St, Springfield, OH, 45504, United States

Coin Production and 'Monetary Policy' of the Roman Imperial Period
2023-10-27 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WEBINAR (Stanford), United States
