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Love and Death in the Stone Age

MA, United States

Free Virtual Lecture Mary C. Stiner Regents Professor, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona Humans are the only animal species that bury their dead, and this practice is preserved in Paleolithic sites as early as 120,000 years ago. The emergence of burial traditions in this time period implies that both Neanderthals and early humans had […]

Love and Death in the Stone Age

MA

Mary C. Stiner Regents Professor, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona Humans are the only animal species that bury their dead, and this practice is preserved in Paleolithic sites as early as 120,000 years ago. The emergence of burial traditions in this time period implies that both Neanderthals and early humans had already begun to […]

Roundtable discussion on the AIA’s Statement on Social Justice and Archaeology

210F Jefferson Building, Iowa City, IA

In our first meeting of the new academic year, the AIA Iowa Society hosts a discussion about the AIA’s recently released statement on racism in archaeology. You can read that statement here. As a round table, participants in this Zoom event will have the opportunity to comment on the AIA's statement and discuss how we […]

Space and Governance: Towards a New Topography of Roman Administration

Royal Academy of Spain in Rome (Real Academia de España en Roma) Piazza San Pietro in Montorio 3, Rome, Italy

Call for pa­pers: "Space and Governance: Towards a New Topography of Roman Administration" conference, 2-3 October 2020, Royal Academy of Spain at Rome (Real Academia de España en Roma) The purpose of the conference is to explore the transformation of public space and administrative activities in Republican and Imperial Rome through an interdisciplinary exploration of […]

Archaeologists at the Early Medieval Hillfort

Hrádek Hillfort Čáslav, Czechia

Archaeologists will prepare special tasks and games for families with children, which will introduce them to the life of prehistoric and medieval inhabitants of the town of Čáslav. The event is organized by the Institute of Archaeology in cooperation with the town of Čáslav and other institutions.

International Archaeology Day at Research Centre Panská Lhota

Panská Lhota 31 Panská Lhota 31, Brtnice, Czech Republic

Following previous years, the Research Centre at Panská Lhota (Department of Archaeology and Museology, Masaryk University) will open to public, not only to show how archaeologists work, but also a glimpse into the past will be presented through a medieval-like tournament with real knights and ladies.

Amazing Virtual Archaeology Fair at Harvard

MA, United States

Celebrate the glamour, labor, humor, and discoveries of archaeology at Harvard. Join student archaeologists as they share their experience with an Irish castle, a shaft tomb in western Mexico, monuments on the Giza plateau in Egypt and drones used to study El-Kurru in ancient Nubia, among other locations. Place a friendly wager on an atlatl […]

Exhibiting Nubia in Today’s World

The Boston Museum of Fine Arts’ recent exhibition Ancient Nubia Now revealed the often misunderstood and previously unacknowledged sophistication of this ancient African culture. Dr. Freed will address the challenges faced in mounting the exhibition that drew on the largest collection of Nubian artefacts outside Sudan