Unearthing A Slave Community
Over the next several years, we will be examining a number of different archaeological sites. What makes Montpelier a wonderful property for surveys and excavations is its relative undisturbed condition. […]
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Cochineal: How Mexico Made the World See Red (Online Exhibit Spotlight) / Cochinilla: Cómo México Hizo que el Mundo Viera el Rojo (Exposición en LÃnea)
Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (Virtual) 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesCochineal, a tiny insect found on certain species of Oaxacan cacti, was harvested for millennia by Indigenous peoples to dye fabrics a vibrant red color. But following the European invasion […]
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The Odyssey: A Retelling
The Parthenon 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, United StatesThe Parthenon and Centennial Park Conservancy are proud to present The Odyssey: A Retelling, by Lisa Bachman Jones in the East Gallery of the Parthenon from June 23 through January […]
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The Earliest Pottery in the World
A lecture hosted by the Long Island Society of the AIA. Ilaria Patania, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Washington University in St. Louis will present on "the Earliest Pottery in the World." Why was pottery invented? While for decades we assumed a connection between plant domestication, pottery use, and social hierarchy today we know that […]
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Aramus: A dialogue between archaeology and comic art
University of Ottawa , CanadaComic books meets Archaeology! The authors of "Aramus" will talk about the process of creating an archaeological comic book.
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Iron in the Sky: Words and Conceptions of Iron and Meteorites in Ancient Egypt
ARCE Egyptology Lectures Room 126 Social Sciences Building, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThe American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California Chapter, and the Near Eastern Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, invite you to attend a lecture by Dr. Victoria Almansa-Villatoro, Brown University: "Iron in the Sky: Words and Conceptions of Iron and Meteorites in Ancient Egypt" Sunday, November 6, 2022, 3 PM Pacific Time Room 126 […]
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Women in the Cults of Isis: Patrons, Symbols, and Pariahs
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Richards Hall 15 1410 Q Street, Lincoln, NE -
Life at Berkou: a newly-discovered Roman fortress in Egypt
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Rural Matters: Studying the Countrysides of Ancient Cyprus
WEBINAR (New Haven) New Haven, CTKershaw Lecture
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The origin and initial dispersal of Sino-Tibetan populations in archaeology
University of Oregon Knight Library Browsing Room (106) 1501 Kincaid St, Eugene, ORMatson Lecture
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The Pot Detective in Cyprus
Dr. Gloria London Independent Scholar Knud Jensen was a Danish rural police officer with dreams of becoming a Mediterranean archaeologist. To do so he joined the United Nations Peace Keeping Force in Cyprus beginning in 1964. When not on village patrols, he recorded the immense old-fashioned wine fermentation jars littering rural roads. Following a centuries-old […]
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Fixing the Date: The AD 79 Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
Lecture by Dr. Pedar Foss, Depauw University DC Society Annual Davidson Lecture; hosted by George Washington University