The digital documentation of archaeological sites provides a new way of preserving, educating, and analyzing cultural and natural landscapes. These geospatial models enable users to quantitatively and qualitatively assess sites for coastal erosion, provide visualization tools for public education, and serve as a form of digital preservation.
What do public murals of the 1930s have in common with paintings dating back 40,000 years? One thing—they tell a story of their time. Inspired by the Mexican Muralist movement, American artists under FDR’s work relief programs created a living legacy with images that captured one of the most challenging times in our history. This […]
Death, burial, and the afterlife were as important to ancient Egyptians as how they lived. Art, monumental architecture, rituals, and magical incantations were used by Egyptians to create a story that helped them confront the unknowable. Today, we know about their fascination with death through the study of mummies. A foremost expert on mummification takes […]
An AIA President's Challenge Lecture Please note, this lecture was CANCELED due to travel and weather conditions.
Kershaw Lecture
proMatson Lecture
This lecture is also listed with the Oklahoma Public Archaeology Network, for their Oklahoma Archaeology Month. Visit their website to find out more.
James Sickinger, Florida State University, speaker
Jenny R. Krieger Mellon Postdoctoral Scholar in Library-Museum Collaboration University of Oregon The large subterranean cemeteries that grew up around Rome and other cities in late antiquity are fertile grounds for the study of social interaction. Between the third and fifth centuries, several hundred thousand people were buried in the Roman catacombs, and many more […]
Hal Bonnette, an independent archaeologist with the University of Hawaii excavations at Tell Timai Egypt, presents an overview of archaeological excavations at the ancient Graeco-Roman city of Thmuis (modern Tell Timai) that dates from 500 BCE to 900 CE.
