Archaeological Institute of America

Trivia Night w/ Jay Steiner
2022-10-05 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Hideaway on Lee, 407 Lee Ave, Lafayette, LA, 70501
Wednesday, October 5, 7-9pm
$ = Free
Family Friendly
Join this special Louisiana Archaeology edition of Trivia Night with Jay Steiner! It’s free to play and the winners receive acclaim and a bar tab of $25. There are 4 rounds each consisting of 10 questions. Max 6 people per team.
For more information, visit: www.hideawayonlee.com

Trivia at Oak St Brewery
2022-10-05 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Oak St Brewery, 8201 Oak St, New Orleans, LA, 70115
Wednesdays, 7-9pm
$ = Free
Family and Dog Friendly
Oak St Brewery has weekly trivia every Wednesday, but you can join every week in October for a special round of Louisiana Archaeology questions! Trivia includes 7 rounds, 10 questions each including 1 picture round and 1 audio round. $50, $35, and $25 brewery gift cards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners!
For more information, visit:
https://oakstbrewery.com/ https://www.instagram.com/oakstbrewery/ https://www.facebook.com/oakstbrewery

Treasure Stones at Terrebonne Parish Library
2022-10-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-10-04 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Terrebonne Parish Library – Main Branch, 151 Library Dr., Houma, LA, 70360, United States
Saturday, October 1, 11am-12pm
Tuesday, October 4, 6-7pm
Wednesday, October 5th, 10-11am
$ = Free,Registration Required
Ages 6-15
Treasure Stones:
Unearth Louisiana’s past at the Terrebonne Parish Main Library. Hidden in the treasure stones, you will find replicas of artifacts from Watson Brake, Poverty Point, Markville, and Melrose Plantation. Each attendee will have a treasure egg to explore and receive an activity book from the Louisiana Office of Cultural Development.
Treasure Stone Activities will be held Saturday October 1 at 11:00am, Tuesday October 4 during Family Story time at 6:00-7:00 pm, and October 5th during Pre-K story time at 10:00 am.
Call to reserve your place today at 985-867-5861.
For more information, visit: http://mytpl.org

Trivia w/ Keez at Crying Eagle Brewing
2022-10-04 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Crying Eagle Brewing Company, 1165 E McNeese St, Lake Charles, LA, 70607
Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm
$ = Free
Family friendly
Crying Eagle Brewing has weekly trivia every Tuesday with Keez, but you can join every week in October for a special round of Louisiana Archaeology questions! Trivia is 4 rounds of 10 questions with prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Teams can be between 1 and 6 people.

Hannibal’s Secret Weapon
2022-10-02 15:00 (America/New_York) | Brock University STH 215, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1, Canada
Norton Lecture
RSVP here for the event

#ArchAtcha at Bayou Teche Brewing
2022-10-01 15:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Bayou Teche Brewing, 1002 Noth Lane, Arnaudville, Louisiana, 70512
Saturday, October 1, 3-6pm
$ = Free
Family friendly
The Division of Archaeology and the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area will be at Bayou Teche Brewing from 3-6pm to promote and discuss Atchafalaya Month and Archaeology Month! Stop by for a special surprise to celebrate Atchafalaya Month! #LouisianaArchaeology #CominAtcha #ArchAtcha

Destruction 160 Years Later: How Buried Cannon Balls Can Still Explode
2022-10-01 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Forts Randolph & Buhlow State Historic Site, 135 Riverfront St, Pineville, LA, 71360
Saturday, October 1, 3-4pm
$ = $4 per person between ages 4 and 61
Family Friendly
Destruction 160 Years Later: How Buried Cannon Balls Can Still Explode at Forts Randolph and Buhlow State Historic Site. A talk on the dangers of unstable ordnance beneath the ground.

Treasure Stones at Terrebonne Parish Library
2022-10-01 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Terrebonne Parish Library – Main Branch, 151 Library Dr., Houma, LA, 70360, United States
Saturday, October 1, 11am-12pm
Tuesday, October 4, 6-7pm
Wednesday, October 5th, 10-11am
$ = Free, Registration Required
Ages 6-15
Treasure Stones:
Unearth Louisiana’s past at the Terrebonne Parish Main Library. Hidden in the treasure stones, you will find replicas of artifacts from Watson Brake, Poverty Point, Markville, and Melrose Plantation. Each attendee will have a treasure egg to explore and receive an activity book from the Louisiana Office of Cultural Development.
Treasure Stone Activities will be held Saturday October 1 at 11:00am, Tuesday October 4 during Family Story time at 6:00-7:00 pm, and October 5th during Pre-K story time at 10:00 am.
Call to reserve your place today at 985-867-5861.

Ohio Archaeology Day - 2022
2022-10-01 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Ohio History Connection, 800 E. 17th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43211-2474, United States
Join us for a special day exploring Ohio archaeology!
– Bring your artifacts for identification
– Meet professional archaeologists from all over Ohio
– Work clay to make a pot
– Use an altatl
– See flint knappers in action
– Get your hands dirty on a ‘dig’
– Tour our new exhibit ‘Indigenous Wonders of our World’

Spokane Archaeology Day
2022-10-01 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Vancouver) | Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, 2316 West 1st Avenue, Spokane, WA, 99201, United States
The Association for Washington Archaeology (AWA) East Group announces that we are resuming Spokane Archaeology Day in 2022 on the
beautiful grounds of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture! As in previous years (2018-2019), we have many activities
already planned, including: an atlatl toss, flintknapping, historic and precontact material analysis and site interpretation, ethnobotany and zooarchaeology booths, rock art
education, and much more!
The Spokane Society of the AIA will have an “Ask an Archaeologist” booth, where Brian Buchanan of Eastern Washington University will field questions from the public.

Denton Dig It! Archeology Fair
2022-10-01 09:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Denton County Historical Park, 317 W Mulberry Street, Denton, 76201, United States
To kick off Texas Archeology Month, join the Denton County Historical Commission for the Denton Dig It! Archaeology Fair at the Denton County Historical Park in Denton, Texas on Saturday October 1 from 9 AM to 1 PM. Visit the Fair’s activities located between the Taylor Log Cabin and the Denton County African American Museum adjoining the Denton Community Market.
Fun and educational activities for the entire family! Throughout the event attendees can:
• Watch blacksmiths forge utensils similar to those found at the historic Tom Cook blacksmith shop in Bolivar, Texas
• View artifacts recovered from the TxDOT Bolivar excavations with Archeologist Doug Boyd, and learn more about the Sartin Hotel in Bolivar and the Chisholm Trail in Denton County
• Dig like an archeologist at the “Clues in the Dirt” activity directed by local Scouts. Try your hand at unearthing and documenting human artifacts from the past, and discover what surprises await in the Scouts’ “Trash Can Archeology” activity
• Watch a flintknapper make stone tools, and view an earth oven demonstration by Archeologist Alexandra Younger. Archeologist Christopher Goodmaster will present Texas prehistoric rock art
• Inspect artifacts unearthed in Denton County and historic building materials salvaged by preservationists
Archeology Fair participants include the North Texas Archeology Society, Scouts BSA, Denton County Office of History and Culture, the City of Denton Preservation Office, Integrated Environmental Solutions, LLC., Archeological Studies Program at the Texas Department of Transportation, Cox|McLain Environmental Consulting-Now Stantec, Department of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin, and the North Texas Blacksmithing Association (local blacksmiths Kelly Kring and William Howard Clark).
For more information about the event, contact Abbie Beck at apbeck@bbeck.com or Gary Hayden at mchpartnersinc@gmail.com.

Trivia at Fighting Hand Brewing Co.
2022-09-30 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Fighting Hand Brewing Company, 1600 Military Hwy, Pineville, LA, 71360
Thursdays, 7-9pm
$ = Free
21 and over only
Fighting Hand Brewing Co. has weekly trivia every Thursday, but you can join every week in October for a special round of Louisiana Archaeology questions! Teams limited to 6 members.
For more information, visit www.fightinghandbrewing.com
www.facebook.com/fightinghandbrewing
www.instagram.com/fightinghandbrewing

Ancestral Maya Pilgrimage at the Sacred Pools of Cara Blanca, Belize
2022-09-29 19:30 (America/Chicago) | WEBINAR (Rockford), Rockford, IL
Joukowsky Lecture
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Healing the Body: How Scientific Archaeology is Revealing the Medicinal Practices of Enslaved Peoples
2022-09-29 14:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar, Webinar, London, UK, London, Sonoma County, 5201, United Kingdom
Virtual lecture which is part of the AIA Archaeology Abridged Series.

Prehistoric Cave Art of Spain & France
2022-09-28
Investigate southwestern Europe’s most extraordinary prehistoric caves with Prehistory expert Paul Bahn, including Lascaux IV, a new, exact reproduction of one of the most remarkable prehistoric sites ever discovered; Altamira II, a precise replica of the original that is often called the “Sistine Chapel of Prehistoric Art”; Atapuerca, the most significant early human site in western Europe; Las Monedas Cave and Cueva del Castillo, where 455 animal likenesses were painted and engraved some 22,000-14,000 years ago, but other motifs such as hand stencils and red dots have been dated to more than 40,000 years ago, meaning that they may well have been made by Neanderthals; Cougnac, which features paintings of extinct megaloceros and mammoth; Pech Merle, known for its “negative handprints”; and others.

Operation Demeter: What Italy's largest antiques bust reveals about archaeological looting today
2022-09-27 17:30 (America/New_York) | UMass Amherst, Herter Hall 601, 161 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA, 01003, United States

Community Archaeology as Sustainable Archaeology
2022-09-26 19:30 (America/New_York) | Belk Visual Arts Center 117, Davidson College, 405 N Main St, Davidson, NC, 28036, United States

Life at Berkou: a newly-discovered Roman fortress in Egypt
2022-09-26 16:30 (America/New_York) | Department of Art & Archaeology seminar room (Green Hall 3-S-15), Washington Rd., Princeton, NJ, 08540, United States
Ettinghausen Lecture

Mes Aynak and the Continued Threat to Archaeology and Archaeologists
2022-09-24 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver)
September Denver Society Lecture: Saturday September 24, 2022 @ 1:00 PM, Online Webinar
Mes Aynak and the Continued Threat to Archaeology and Archaeologists
Presented by Erik DeMarche, MA, International Archaeology Consultant & President of the Denver Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
Abstract: The archaeology site of Mes Aynak consists of a one-thousand-year-old Buddhist copper mining city likely on top of a bronze age and older settlements and the second largest copper deposit in the world in the heart of a pro-Taliban province. After a Chinese state-owned mining company acquired the mineral rights to the copper, an international rescue excavation began. These efforts were hindered by mix of government corruption and the Taliban harassment. One year after the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, Mes Aynak remains in danger as do many of the Afghan archaeologists who worked there. This lecture will cover a brief history of Mes Aynak, a history of the archaeology work done here, and the contemporary and ongoing surrounding controversies.
Biography: Erik DeMarche is an international archaeology consultant specializing in archaeology in areas of conflict and is the current president of the Denver Society of the Archaeological Institute of America.

The Archaeology of Dreams and What It Tells Us about Climate Change
2022-09-24 13:00 (America/Chicago)
ZOOM Lecture: “The Archaeology of Dreams and What It Tells Us About Climate Change” by Dr. David S. Whitley, Adjunct Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences at Arizona State University. Zoom room opens at 12:45 and lecture promptly starts at 1 PM. Sign in at 12:45, please…
More Zoom events are listed here on the St. Louis Society webpage.

Ancient Cypriote Sculpture in New York: Cesnola, the Metropolitan Museum and 19th Century Spectacle
2022-09-22 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Phoenix)
Dr. Ann-Marie Knoblauch
Associate Professor, Art History
Virginia Tech
In the 1870s, two massive shipments of ancient Cypriote art arrived in New York, forming the foundational collection for the city’s new universal museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The collection had been acquired from Luigi Palma di Cesnola, the notorious antiquities collector working on Cyprus. The material led to public controversy fairly quickly. While most welcomed with enthusiasm the large collection of original ancient Mediterranean objects, New Yorkers familiar with the Greco-Roman past had a hard time making sense of the Cypriote material and its perceived “otherness.” Furthermore, a scandal (and eventual public trial) about alleged improper restorations to some of the Cypriote sculpture by Cesnola (by now the director of the Met) raised questions about archaeological ethics and authenticity.
In this presentation Dr. Knoblauch explores the public reception of (and reaction to) the ancient Cypriote material in 1880s New York. Unintentionally, Cesnola caused a spectacle for the newly-opened museum, and cynical New Yorkers–familiar with the antics of P.T. Barnum when it came to creating spectacles—enjoyed poking fun at the large and bewildering Cypriot collection and the arrogant Cesnola.
For questions about the event or registration, please email the program coordinator, Casey Gipson, at casey.gipson@asu.edu.

New Approaches to the Archaeology of Disease: Climate, Imperialism, and Malaria in the Indian Ocean
2022-09-21 19:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar, Webinar, London, UK, London, Sonoma County, 5201, United Kingdom
Virtual lecture which is part of the AIA Archaeology Hour series.

The People of Angkor
2022-09-21 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Eliot Hall Chapel, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR, 97202
Matson Lecture

Prehistoric Cave Art of Spain & France
2022-09-21
Investigate southwestern Europe’s most extraordinary prehistoric caves, including Lascaux IV, a new, exact reproduction of one of the most remarkable prehistoric sites ever discovered; Altamira II, a precise replica of the original that is often called the “Sistine Chapel of Prehistoric Art;” Atapuerca, the most significant early human site in western Europe; Las Monedas Cave and Cueva del Castillo, where 180 animal likenesses were painted some 12,000-14,000 years ago; Cougnac, which features paintings of extinct megaloceros and mammoth; Pech Merle, known for its “negative handprints;” and others.
Travel with world-renowned archaeological author Paul Bahn, a gifted and popular lecturer who regularly leads tours to study the prehistory of Spain and France, including this program. Dr. Bahn will enhance your understanding of the sites with lectures and informal discussions.
Tour archaeological and ethnographic museums with superb exhibits of prehistoric artifacts, including the Museum of Human Evolution in Burgos, Altamira Museum, Museum of Les Eyzies, and the Museé d’Aquitaine; plus the modern art collections of Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum.
Explore charming villages and cities, including Santillana del Mar and San Sebastian.
Enjoy excellent accommodations in fine hotels and charming inns, as well as fine wine and cuisine.

Ancient Wonders of the Turkish Coast
2022-09-21
I invite you to join Archaeological Institute of America lecturer and host C. Brian Rose to visit extraordinary ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman sites. Brian Rose is a supremely engaging lecturer who has been excavating in Turkey for decades and is former co-director of the excavations of Troy.
Your journey begins with one hotel night in Istanbul and visits to some of the city’s highlights; followed by an eight-night cruise aboard the lovely, 59-cabin, all-suite Island Sky. Cruise along the Aegean coast of Turkey toward Cyprus, calling en route at Troy, of Iliad fame; and the fabulous archaeological sites of Pergamon, Ephesus, Didyma, Priene, and Miletus. Along Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, explore the Lycian Peninsula sites of Xanthos and Patara, and the spectacular Roman theater at Aspendos.
Also available is a two-night, pre-trip extension in Istanbul, the incredible city that bridges the Eastern and Western worlds and was an imperial capital for nearly 1,600 years; and a two-night, post-trip extension in Cyprus, including time in Limassol and Larnaca.

New Approaches to the Archaeology of Disease — Climate, Imperialism, & Malaria in the Indian Ocean
2022-09-20 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Whitman College, Olin Hall 129, 920 E Isaacs, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Lecturer: Krish Seetah (Stanford University)
Come join us for a watch party of Professor Seetah’s live-streamed lecture. There will be a drawing for a surprise gift and discussion of the lecture afterwards.

New Approaches to the Archaeology of Disease: Climate, Imperialism and Malaria in the Indian Ocean
2022-09-20 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar, Webinar, London, UK, London, Sonoma County, 5201, United Kingdom

The World’s Oldest Profession: Examining Prostitution in Pompeii’s Brothel
2022-09-20 17:00 (America/New_York) | Collins Cinema at Wellesley College, 106 Central St, Wellesley Hills, MA, 02481

Virtual Symposium: Pandora & Polychromy on the Base of Athena
2022-09-19 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | The Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, 37203, United States
Join us for a free virtual talk on Monday, September 19, at 6 PM Central. This Virtual Symposium is free and open to the public.
ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM:
The ancient writer Pausanias said that the base of the statue of Athena inside the Parthenon was a scene of Pandora. But what exactly did it look like? Maria Sellers will share her research into Pandora on the base of Athena and show her project to provide a clear visual description of the famous Pandora scene. Through her color restoration we will see what an Acropolis visitor might have seen 2,500 years ago!
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Maria Sellers is a graduate student at George Washington University. She conducted her senior thesis at Vanderbilt University with Dr. Betsey A. Robinson and has presented her research and findings at the Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meetings.
