Archaeological Institute of America

Trading with the Enemy: Greek Pottery in the Persian World
2023-04-11 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Room L140, Elvehjem Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 750 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706
Norton Lecture

From sea to Mountain: Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Lebanon
2023-04-07 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | MI
Please join the AIA Baltimore Society for the 2023 Gladys Callahan Vocci Justice Lecture. Dr. Jennie Bradbury (Bryn Mawr College) will speak on “From sea to mountain: archaeology and cultural heritage in Lebanon.” This lecture will be held on Zoom. Free and open to the public. Zoom link: https://towson-edu.zoom.us/j/98825554469?pwd=[REDACTED]

AIA-Central and Western Michigan Society
2023-04-07 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | McDonel Hall room C-103, East Lansing, MI, 48824, United States
Northern Realms of the Mongol Empire: Salvage Archaeology and Science in Mongolia
Dr. Alicia R. Ventresca-Miller (Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan)
Communities in northern Mongolia lived between two imperial powers during the politically tumultuous Mongol period (around ~1200 CE). Northern communities were poised to influence Silk Road routes traversing the region, yet while trade into the heart of Mongolia is discussed in historical sources, it is uncertain how peripheral groups took part in these networks. Our salvage work on looted cemeteries in the Darkhad Depression have resulted in the recovery of silk robes, equestrian tack, shoes, and personal adornments. Finds preserved in the permafrost include dairy and tallow in ceramic vessels, birchbark hats, and clothing. We anticipate that continued excavations will reveal additional remarkably preserved textiles and foodstuffs. To understand how peripheral herders became cosmopolitan elites, we brought together an interdisciplinary team using novel techniques (isotopes, proteomics) to explore the cuisines of local communities and provide insight into the lives of elites and commoners. In this talk I will highlight our ongoing excavations and proteomic results.

Stones of the Butterfly: Archaeological Investigation of Yap's Famous Stone Money
2023-04-06 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Whitman College, Olin Hall, 345 Boyer Ave, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States

Not Black and White: Seeing and Naming Africans in Greek Art
2023-04-06 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Nashville Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, 37203, United States
Kershaw Lecture

Miners, Martyrs, Shepherds, and Sowers: Shifting Landscapes of Faynan, Southern Jordan over the Last 2,000 Years
2023-04-06 18:00 (America/Denver) | Hager Auditorium, the Museum of the Rockies, 600 W. Kagy Blvd., Bozeman, MT, 59717

Shopping for artists’ materials in ancient Rome: pigment shops, pigments, and product choice
2023-04-06 17:30 (America/Chicago) | Agricultural Communication and Education Building, Room 00102, Texas Tech University, 2810 15th St, Lubbock, TX, 79409

Trading with the Enemy: Greek Pottery in the Persian World
2023-04-06 16:30 (America/New_York) | MI

Sex and Other Things Sell: Athenian Potters and their Foreign Consumers
2023-04-05 18:00 (America/New_York) | Rittenberg Room, 2nd floor of Mather Hall, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, 06106, United States

Gallery Talk—A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection
2023-04-05 15:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Join graduate student intern Sammi Richter for a closer look at ancient objects in the exhibition A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection, as well as insights into the exhibition process. On view through May 7, 2023, A World Within Reach examines issues of power, desire, and wonder in antiquity and today by delving into small-scale ancient Greek and Roman art.

The People of Angkor
2023-04-04 19:00 (America/Denver) | CU Museum of Natural History, 15th and Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80309

Stymphalos: A Planned City of Ancient Arcadia, Lecture by Hector Williams (U. British Columbia)
2023-04-03 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | MI
AIA Rodney S. Young Memorial Lecture
Excavations at ancient Stymphalos, a small Arcadian late classical city set 2000 feet up in the mountains of the northern Peloponnese, have uncovered fifteen areas of the city within its sturdy fortification walls. Famously as the site of Herakles’ sixth labour, killing the Stymphalian birds, the city also produced two Olympic victors and mercenary forces that served from Carthage to the Middle East. The talk will look at the well built houses of the town, its theatre and wrestling school, its sanctuaries and their hundreds of oﬀerings, the sophisticated city defences, and temples that included some with marble roof tiles (rare in Greece). It will also present four early Christian cemeteries and their burials, which throw light on local inhabitants. We also pioneered the use of geophysical exploration in Greece, revealing an orthogonally planned city of the 4th c. BC.

Open Archaeology and Anthropology Day
2023-04-03 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Piscataqua Room Memorial Union Building, 83 Main Street, Durham, NH, 03824, United States
University of New Hampshire – Open Archaeology and Anthropology Day – featuring NH Archeological Society members
Experiment with flint knapping, atlatl throwing, and excavation! Learn about anthropology and experience cultural diversity!
Location: Piscataqua Room, Memorial Union Building, 83 Main St, Durham, NH 03824, USA.
For more information contact Ashley Schubert ashley.schubert@unh.edu or AnneTorres annetorres@unh.edu

‘Upside Down’ the Peopling of Latin America: a Summary and On-going Research Dr. Bruce Bradley
2023-04-01 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Manchester Community College – Student Union, 1066 Front St, Manchester, NH, 03102, United States
‘Upside Down’ the Peopling of Latin America: a Summary and On-going Research
Dr. Bruce Bradley, Emeritus Professor, University of Exeter, UK.
ZOOM presentation.
This presentation summarizes the current evidence of the early human presence in Latin America from northern Mexico (Chiquihuite Cave) to the southern tip of South America (Fell Cave). It will focus on recent and on-going archaeological research with an emphasis on my own collaborative work, specifically in Brazil and Uruguay. Implications for the peopling of North America will also be briefly discussed. While genetic evidence is important, it is beyond the scope of this presentation other than a cautionary comment.

Recent Research at Coastal Sites in Downeast Maine
2023-04-01 11:15 - 11:45 (America/New_York) | Manchester Community College – Student Union, 1066 Front St, Manchester, NH, 03102, United States
Recent Research at Coastal Sites in Downeast Maine
Dr. Gabe Hrynick, University of New Brunswick
In the 1950s, Ted Stoddard of the Robert S. Peabody Museum’s Northeastern Archaeology Survey identified dozens of archaeological sites in coastal Downeast Maine. Since 2013, colleagues and I have revisited many of these sites, examined the curated collections from them, and conducted targeted excavations. Our goals are to better understand what has been lost to coastal erosion and use that information to get a better understanding of hunter-gatherer settlement and subsistence in Downeast Maine. In this talk, I review recent field and museum research from the project.

Archaeology, Museums, and War
2023-04-01 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Graham Hall, Smith College, 22 Elm St., Northampton, MA, 01060, United States
30th Annual Phyllis Williams Lehmann Lecture
Lecture by C. Brian Rose, the James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania and a Past President of the Archaeological Institute of America.
The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria during the last two decades have profoundly influenced scholars and how they deal with the art and material culture of antiquity. In this lecture, archaeologist C. Brian Rose draws on his own experiences with museums, foreign wars, and archaeology to discuss the ways in which the past now dominates the present. He gives an overview of cultural heritage destruction and preservation programs in conflict zones and considers the subject of museums and repatriation requests in an age of increasing nationalism.

High Above the River: Points, Pottery and a Pithouse in Manchester
2023-04-01 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Manchester Community College – Student Union, 1066 Front St, Manchester, NH, 03102, United States
High Above the River: Points, Pottery and a Pithouse in Manchester
Jacob Tumelaire, Shannon Mascarenhas, and Roxanne Pendleton, Independent Archaeological Consulting, LLC
IAC conducted Phase IB testing that identified previously undocumented components of the Amoskeag West Bank site (27-HB-079) in Manchester. A subsequent Targeted Data Recovery confirmed the presence of numerous Pre-Contact Native American cultural features, including a pit house rare in the local archaeological record. Diagnostic artifacts and datable organic material indicate occupation during both the Archaic and Woodland periods, along with a potential Paleoindian component. This presentation offers a summary of our preliminary results, highlighting the most significant findings from the 2022 archaeological surveys.

New Hampshire Archeological Society Spring Meeting - NHAS
2023-04-01 09:50 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Manchester Community College – Student Union, 1066 Front St, Manchester, NH, 03102, United States
Registration opens at 9 am with sessions starting at 10 am. Registration: $10 at the door. Complimentary with Student ID. All times below are approximate.
9:00 am – Registration opens. Morning refreshments.
9:50 am – Welcome and opening remarks.
10:00 am The Place before the Park: An Archaeological Perspective on our Recreational Treasures.
Mark Doperalski, NH State Archaeologist
A presentation focusing on archaeological research conducted by the NH State Conservation and Rescue Archaeology Program (SCRAP) on the banks of the Suncook River in Bear Brook State Park. Data from the research has not only shed light on Native American life on the banks of the Suncook River but is also helping the State Parks protect and interpret the archaeological resources for future generations.
10:30 am High Above the River: Points, Pottery and a Pithouse in Manchester
Jacob Tumelaire, Shannon Mascarenhas, and Roxanne Pendleton, Independent Archaeological Consulting, LLC
IAC conducted Phase IB testing that identified previously undocumented components of the Amoskeag West Bank site (27-HB-079) in Manchester. A subsequent Targeted Data Recovery confirmed the presence of numerous Pre-Contact Native American cultural features, including a pit house rare in the local archaeological record. Diagnostic artifacts and datable organic material indicate occupation during both the Archaic and Woodland periods, along with a potential Paleoindian component. This presentation offers a summary of our preliminary results, highlighting the most significant findings from the 2022 archaeological surveys.
11:15 am Recent Research at Coastal Sites in Downeast Maine
Dr. Gabe Hrynick, University of New Brunswick
In the 1950s, Ted Stoddard of the Robert S. Peabody Museum’s Northeastern Archaeology Survey identified dozens of archaeological sites in coastal Downeast Maine. Since 2013, colleagues and I have revisited many of these sites, examined the curated collections from them, and conducted targeted excavations. Our goals are to better understand what has been lost to coastal erosion and use that information to get a better understanding of hunter-gatherer settlement and subsistence in Downeast Maine. In this talk, I review recent field and museum research from the project.
1:00 pm ‘Upside Down’ the Peopling of Latin America: a Summary and On-going Research
Dr. Bruce Bradley, Emeritus Professor, University of Exeter, UK.
ZOOM presentation.
This presentation summarizes the current evidence of the early human presence in Latin America from northern Mexico (Chiquihuite Cave) to the southern tip of South America (Fell Cave). It will focus on recent and on-going archaeological research with an emphasis on my own collaborative work, specifically in Brazil and Uruguay. Implications for the peopling of North America will also be briefly discussed. While genetic evidence is important, it is beyond the scope of this presentation other than a cautionary comment.
LOCATION: Manchester Community College, 1066 Front St, Manchester, NH
Also available via Zoom. Register at bit.ly/2023NHASevent

Up Late with the Sphinx
2023-03-31 17:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
Calling all kids and families! Have you ever wanted to explore the museum galleries after dark? Join us during Up Late with the Sphinx for an evening filled with games and gallery activities. Drop into a hands-on workshop and make something special to take home, then finish your evening with a flashlight tour through the museum. Each ticket includes a special Penn Museum patch.

CANCELED: Redemption for the Museum of the Bible. Artifacts, Provenance, and Bias in the Contact Zone
2023-03-30 19:00 (America/New_York) | Wooster College, Lean Lecture Room, Wishart Hall, 303 East University Street, Wooster, OH, 44691, United States
Feinstone Lecture

Fossil Dispossession of Sioux Lands
2023-03-30 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Lawrence Bradley, Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography/Geology, University of Nebraska-Omaha
The continental interior of the United States—home to many Native American communities—is a region rich in fossils. Since the nineteenth century, fossils found on Native lands have been removed and placed in museums and universities without the consent of, or proper collaboration with Native Tribes. Lawrence Bradley will discuss the history of fossil dispossession from Sioux lands and the legal frameworks—or lack of—that allowed it to occur. He will also examine the role that fossils taken from these lands have played in establishing vertebrate paleontology as a scientific discipline in the United States. Finally, he offers an approach to solving past and present disputes between Tribes and paleontologists.
Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage.
Presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Image credit: Bill Sitzman | Motion Photography

ArtsThursdays: Light Up the Museums!
2023-03-30 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Join us for a free night at two of the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. Enjoy handcrafted mocktails by CraftHouse Bartending and desserts in the galleries. Take some snaps in our photo booth, or lounge around in our light-up chairs while participating in museum-themed crafts. Food and drinks are complimentary, but supplies are limited so come early and stay late!
ArtsThursdays is a university-wide initiative supported by Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA). This program is part of HMSC’s 10-Year Anniversary celebration.
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Visit the new exhibits Swimming with Sharks and In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers, as well as the world-famous Glass Flowers. Find your birthstone in the newly renovated mineral gallery, see large tigers, and view dinosaur fossils in the paleontology gallery.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Explore towering Maya sculptures in the Latin American galleries and discover the early days of American anthropology as shown at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. See nineteenth-century Plains Indian warrior art in an exhibit co-curated by Hunkpapa Lakota artist and tribal educator Butch Thunder Hawk.
Photo © Tony Rinaldo

Sifting through Time
2023-03-29 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Manchester Community College – Student Union, 1066 Front St, Manchester, NH, 03102, United States
Get ready for a great interactive experience related to the study of archeology and anthropology!
The Social Science program will host its second archeology/anthropology expo on Wednesday, March 29th from 11am-2pm in the Student Center. Professors Kurt Springs and Kimberly Kulesza will be joined by members of the New Hampshire Archeological Society in presenting an interactive experience for participants.
The expo event is open to students, faculty, staff and the public. We hope to see you there!

Anemurium: a Roman and early Byzantine city on Turkey’s southern shore, lecture by Hector Williams (U. British Columbia)
2023-03-28 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | MI
George H. Forsyth, Jr. Memorial Lecture:
Excavations by the University of British Columbia on Turkey’s southernmost promontory, Cape Anamur, have uncovered a picture of life in a modest but prosperous urban community from the third to seventh centuries of our era. Local benefactors built large public baths with exercise grounds, a theatre, one of the best preserved odeons (roofed small theatre) in the Roman world, hundreds of tombs, four early Christian churches (some with fine mosaic floors), houses and a small well preserved set of Byzantine baths. Industrial establishments that produced pottery, roof tiles

Research and Excavations at Sardis
2023-03-28 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
In this year’s Sardis Biennial lecture, Professor Nicholas D. Cahill of the University of Wisconsin-Madison will discuss recent excavations at Sardis, one of the great ancient cities of western Türkiye from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis has been sponsored by Harvard University and Cornell University since 1958 and is authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Recent accomplishments at the site include the discovery of some of the world’s earliest silver coins in a historical context, the restoration of antiquity’s largest synagogue, and the unearthing of Roman houses destroyed by a devastating earthquake.
Speaker:
Nicholas D. Cahill, Field Director, Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, and Professor of Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

FemiNetworX: Mapping Female Maritime Mobility Patterns
2023-03-28 18:00 (America/New_York) | Anthropology Building 130 (St. George Campus), 19 Ursula Franklin St., Toronto, Ontario
McCann/Taggart Lecture

Digging Phoenicians: The Evidence from Tel Dor
2023-03-28 17:00 (America/New_York) | Carrefour des Arts et des Sciences, C-2059, Pavillon Lionel-Groulx, 3150 rue Jean-Brillant, Montreal, Canada, H3T 1N8

Gallery Talk: Digging up Ancient Samaria-Sebaste
2023-03-28 15:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Explore a display about early 20th-century excavations of the ancient city of Samaria-Sebaste, with curatorial fellow Caitlin Clerkin. You’ll learn how photographs and payroll records help us rewrite the history of archaeology—one that acknowledges the people behind the excavation of the objects on display.
Our galleries are full of stories—this series of talks gives visitors a chance to hear the best ones! The talks highlight new works on view, take a fresh look at old favorites, investigate artists’ materials and techniques, and reveal the latest discoveries by curators, conservators, fellows, visiting artists, technologists, and other contributors.
Led by:
Caitlin Clerkin, Frederick Randolph Grace Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Art

Mystery, Medicine, and Music in a Greek Healing Sanctuary
2023-03-27 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | University of Iowa ABW 116, University of Iowa, Art Building West Room 116, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Dr. Bronwen Wickkiser (Wabash College) will present a HYBRID (in-person and live via Zoom) lecture entitled “Mystery, Medicine, and Music in a Greek Healing Sanctuary”. Her abstract for this talk is as follows: “At the center of a bustling sanctuary in southern Greece dedicated to the healing god Asklepios stood a mysterious building that continues to confound scholars. The building is remarkable for many reasons: large and circular in shape, with an underground labyrinth, it was constructed of marble and other lavish materials, incorporated exquisite decorative detail, and cost an enormous sum to build. Yet no surviving source reveals its function. We will explore the remains of this marvelous edifice within the context of the architecture and rituals of the surrounding sanctuary and will consider a function for the building that has recently been suggested by a team of international scholars: music therapy.” For those who can visit in-person, we will meet at the University of Iowa’s Art Building West room 116. If you would like to attend via Zoom, please register here: https://uiowa.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcocOCtqDkqGNJ_OCZVTKkvqHlasoMR_sbH#/registration

Mystery, Medicine, and Music in a Greek Healing Sanctuary
2023-03-27 17:30 (America/Chicago) | Art Building West 116, University of Iowa, 150 Art Building West,, Iowa City, IA, 52246
