Name: From Farmers to Kings: The Emergence of Social Hierarchy in Prehistoric Europe
Start: 2026-02-02T17:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-02-02T18:30:00-06:00
Location: TBA (Iowa City 1)

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January 2026
January 18, 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

The Southern Mani Archaeological Project: Fieldwork at the End of the World

303 Paterson Hall Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Speaker: Chelsea A.M. Gardner (Acadia University) The Mani peninsula is the literal (geographical) and metaphorical “end of the world”, since it occupies the southernmost point of mainland Greece and the mythical entrance to Hades, the ancient Greek underworld. Mani’s occupation history includes being home to the earliest hominid caves in Greece up to modern tower-houses […]
January 20, 2026 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

TBA (North Alabama (Huntsville))

TBA (North Alabama (Huntsville)) Huntsville, AL, United States

Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology Time TBA
January 20, 2026 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

10,000 years of Oaxaca Cuisines from Mesquite Pods to Mezcal

TBA (Santa Fe) Santa Fe, NM, United States

Doris Z. Stone New World Archaeology Lectures Time TBA
January 21, 2026 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Life, Death, and Disease: Insights form Petra’s Tombs and Cemeteries 2

TBA (Nashville) Nasvhille, TN

Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology Time TBA
January 22, 2026 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Past Keeps Getting Bigger: Living with the Past in the Present and the Future at Tell Dhiban, Jordan

The AIA Helene J. Kantor Memorial Lecture (link: https://www.archaeological.org/endowment/the-helene-j-kantor-memorial-lecture/) Professor Bruce Routledge (University of Liverpool) Tell Dhiban is a large mound in central Jordan occupied since 3000 BCE. It is best known as the capital of the biblical kingdom of Moab and the site of a significant Nabataean temple. However, focusing on separate moments in […]
January 22, 2026 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Into the Mani: Death, Burial, and Legend on the Southern Greek Mainland

TBA (Pittsburgh) Pittsburgh, PA, United States

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Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship Time TBA
January 25, 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

The (Beautiful) Men and Women of Jaina Figurines

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Lifelike Maya figurines from the Island of Jaina have been collected for almost 200 years, with hundreds now known in collections around the world, from Berlin to Brooklyn, and Los Angeles to Mexico City. These figurines also present the largest corpus of female representations of the ancient Americas, comprising roughly one-third of all known examples. […]
January 27, 2026 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Boxes, Banks, Bags, and Bones: Carrying and Storing Money in Ancient Rome

Semans Auditorium (Room 117), Belk Visual Arts Center 315 N. Main St., Davidson, NC, United States

About the lecture: How did the Romans carry, store, and save their money? This talk surveys the archaeological evidence for the wallets, purses, bags, boxes, and chests in which the ancient Romans placed their coined money at home and on the go. From reused cooking pots to bronze arm purses and ceramic “piggybanks,” we will […]
January 28, 2026 @ 8:00 pm

AIA Archaeology Hour January 2026: NAGPRA as a Path to Healing and Reciprocity

Join the AIA for the first AIA Archaeology Hour talk of the new year as new AIA President Brian I. Daniels hosts Danyelle Means for "NAGPRA as a Path to Healing and Reciprocity." This presentation will be given at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific. Have you noticed empty exhibit cases at museums over the past […]
January 29, 2026 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

The Impact of Roman Military Presence on the Arid Landscapes of Southern Jordan and Israel 2

TBA (Bozeman) Bozeman, MT, United States

Virtual Event

Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship Time TBA
January 31, 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Dr. Stephen Humphreys zoom lecture about the Camden Revolutionary War battlefield.

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Dr. Stephen Humphreys is the CEO of American Veterans Archaeological Recovery program. One of his projects involves the Camden Revolutionary War battlefield.
February 2026
February 2, 2026 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

From Farmers to Kings: The Emergence of Social Hierarchy in Prehistoric Europe

TBA (Iowa City 1) Iowa City, IA, United States

Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship

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January 2026

The Southern Mani Archaeological Project: Fieldwork at the End of the World

TBA (North Alabama (Huntsville))

10,000 years of Oaxaca Cuisines from Mesquite Pods to Mezcal

Life, Death, and Disease: Insights form Petra’s Tombs and Cemeteries 2

The Past Keeps Getting Bigger: Living with the Past in the Present and the Future at Tell Dhiban, Jordan

Into the Mani: Death, Burial, and Legend on the Southern Greek Mainland

The (Beautiful) Men and Women of Jaina Figurines

Boxes, Banks, Bags, and Bones: Carrying and Storing Money in Ancient Rome

AIA Archaeology Hour January 2026: NAGPRA as a Path to Healing and Reciprocity

The Impact of Roman Military Presence on the Arid Landscapes of Southern Jordan and Israel 2

Dr. Stephen Humphreys zoom lecture about the Camden Revolutionary War battlefield.

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From Farmers to Kings: The Emergence of Social Hierarchy in Prehistoric Europe

Archaeological Institute of America

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