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San Francisco’s “Titanic”: The Loss of SS City of Rio de Janeiro
San Francisco Maritime Museum 900 Beach St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThe 1901 shipwreck of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s SS City of Rio de Janeiro was the deadliest ever at the Golden Gate. Maritime archaeologist and historian James Delgado will share the story of the Rio, including its rumored “treasure” that never existed, and the discovery and rediscovery of the mud-shrouded hulk hundreds of feet […]
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Taxes and Tyranny: The Significance of Liberty on the Coinage of the Early Roman Empire
Classics Library, Angell Hall rm 2175, University of Michigan, 435 S State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United States -
Desert Kites – The Enigmatic Traps From The Air And On The Ground
Humanities Centre HC1-L3 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaKershaw Lecture
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The splendor and misery of the inhabitants of Písek in Bohemia in the early modern era
Prácheňské muzeum v Písku Velké nám. 114, Písek, Bohemia, CzechiaLecture in Prachenske Museum in Písek, Bohemia. Royal town of Písek was founded in 13th century AD on the commercial crossroads. Archaeological findings from the last decades also shed new […]
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Human-Animal-Divine Relationships in Cyprus: a Social Zooarchaeology of Sacrifice
Campbell Hall 160 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United StatesKershaw lecture
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The Enduring Lifestyle of the Ancestral Maya
Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Building, University of Illinois 707 S Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL, United StatesBorowski 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 […]
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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
Toledo Museum of Art 2445 Monroe St, Toledo, OH, United StatesJoukowsky lecture
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What the Heck is Archaeology?
Monroe County Public Library - Islamorada Branch 81830 Overseas Highway, Islamorada, FL, 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, […]
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Stone Vaulting in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean
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 […]
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Archaeology-Hour Livestream: Anne Austin. “Ancient Ink: Discovering the Tattooed Women of Ancient Egypt”
Walla Walla University, Admin Bldg 116 204 S College Ave, College Place, WA, United StatesUntil 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, […]
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AIA Archaeology Hour with Anne Austin
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 […]