This talk will explore the archaeology of Glencoe, among Scotland's most famous and iconic glens, home to the MacDonald clan and setting for the Glencoe Massacre of 1692. Based on archaeological fieldwork by researchers from the National Trust for Scotland, University of Glasgow and Archaeology Scotland at settlement sites dating to the 17th and 18th […]
About the lecture: The Lumbee Tribe, one of the largest tribes in the US, has a rich history in the Carolinas, yet a recent executive memorandum from President Trump has reignited debates around federal recognition policies. This talk will situate the current discourse around the Lumbee Tribe within the historical framework of evolving federal policies […]
Join the AIA for a fascinating evening with Justin Leidwanger as he gives the International Archaeology Day month AIA Archaeology Hour talk "Shipping Stone for Justinian’s Empire?" This presentation will be given at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific. Register here!
A lecture co-sponsored by Tulane University's Department of Classical Studies & the New Orleans Society of the AIA Dr. Allison Sterrett-Krause, College of Charleston (SC) will lecture on Roman glass As archaeologists, we are all familiar with artifacts of daily life, like pottery vessels, and artworks, like architecture, statues, mosaics, and wall paintings, from the […]
Doris Z. Stone New World Archaeology Lectures
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship
Anna Marguerite McCann and Robert D. Taggart Lectureship in Underwater Archaeology
Anna Marguerite McCann and Robert D. Taggart Lectureship in Underwater Archaeology Time TBA
The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures currently houses the Edward Gans Collection of Seals, comprising almost seven hundred seals and seal-related objects from a variety of periods, extending from the Neolithic Middle East to Post-classical Mesoamerica. Since 2023, a new team of Berkeley scholars has been working on the collection to prepare it […]
Please join us to hear a talk by Leah Bonstead and Scott Hall, archaeologists with the Walla Walla district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Preservation and exploration of local and regional histories is a critical and often overlooked responsibility of federal organizations. At USACE, archaeologists are dedicated to the ethical stewardship of […]
Why does the Gospel of Matthew prefer a different word for burials, taphoi, than the other New Testament gospels? And why does Matthew consistently revise his sources to describe Jesus’s burial as costly? Matthew emphasizes that Jesus was anointed with expensive spices and buried in a rich patron’s new tomb, which makes it appear as […]
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
