Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students
2023-10-21 14:00 - 14:45, 2023-10-22 14:00 - 14:45, 2023-10-27 14:00 - 14:45 (America/New_York) | Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply.
*Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; and March 9–17, 2024.
Tours by Harvard students connect visitors with the research, teaching, and Indigenous engagement surrounding the cultural heritage in the museum’s care. How do items come to the museum? Who accesses them and how do items return home?
Visitors may drop in at the scheduled times. No reservation is required. Tours meet in the lobby and last approximately 45 minutes.
Tours for groups of ten or more may be scheduled at these and other times, student schedules permitting.
Photo: EJSP Visual | Julieta Sarmiento

Reconstructing Osiris: Dismemberment, Decapitation, and Mummification in Predynastic Egypt
2023-10-21 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
In-Person Lecture
Saturday, October 21 at 3:30pm
Penn Museum, Anthro Classroom 345
Speaker: Dr. Jane Hill, Asst. Prof. of Anthropology, Rowan University
Lecture Topic: Reconstructing Osiris: Dismemberment, Decapitation, and Mummification in Predynastic Egypt
Abstract:
Cases of well provisioned Predynastic graves containing both disarticulated skeletons and plentiful and costly burial goods have invited various interpretations since their earliest documentation by W.M.F. Petrie and James Quibell in their publications of the excavation of the great Predynastic cemeteries of Naqada and Ballas. While Petrie’s initial interpretation of cannibalism is not supported by the surviving osteological or material records, the presentation of these burials nevertheless raises interesting questions about the beliefs and ritual behind these postmortem skeletal arrangements. More recent discovery of a collection of disembodied skulls at the site of el-Adaima seems to indicate a more sinister practice. Evidence suggests that while the dissolution of the body in death was to be carefully avoided in some cases, it was actively sought in others, depending on the social role that each of these individuals inhabited. How may we understand decapitation, dismemberment, and re-articulation within the developing religious practice of Predynastic Egypt? Using the Predynastic mummy of a mature male in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology collections as a lens through which to analyze these burials, the author will discuss the possible religious and ecological reasons for the treatment of these bodies.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Jane Hill holds a doctorate in Egyptian Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. She also holds masters degrees in anthropology and art history/Egyptology from the University of Memphis. She has excavated and done epigraphic work on archaeological projects at the sites of Giza, Abydos, el-Amra, Saqqara, and Karnak Temple in Luxor Egypt. At her project site of el-Amra she discovered evidence of a Predynastic Egyptian town. In the United States, Dr. Hill has excavated Native American sites of the Mississippian Period in the southeast. Currently Dr. Hill teaches anthropology, archaeology and Egyptian Archaeology at Rowan University where she serves as co-curator of the Museum of Anthropology at Rowan University (MARU). Her research interests include co-development of major elite cemeteries and urbanism in Upper Egypt’s formative period, and the development of Egyptian administrative and writing systems. Most recently she participated in the analysis of human remains found in the Second Intermediate Period royal cemetery at Abydos under the direction of Dr. Josef Wegner.
Lectures are FREE for ARCE members. For non-ARCE members admission is as follows: $10 general admissions; $7 for Penn Museum members, Faculty & Staff; $5 for Students with ID (12 and under FREE).

60th Anniversary Online Presentation with Dr. Alice Kehoe
2023-10-21 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Regina)
“In the Beginning… A Guy and a Gal Who Loved the Prairies, and a Generation of Dirty Thirties Men and Women – Self-Educated Archaeologists”
Dr. Alice Kehoe is a founding and continuing member of the Saskatchewan Archaeological Society. We are honoured to have her speak for our 60th Anniversary and on International Archaeology Day. There will be an opportunity to ask questions following the presentation. Registration is by donation. The presentation zoom link will be sent to registered participants prior to October 21.

NATIONAL ONLINE SEMINAR ON IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HERITAGE SITES.
2023-10-21 19:30 - 21:30 (Asia/Kolkata) | ONLINE PLATEFORM
NIRGRANTH CENTRE OF ARCHEOLLOGY, INDIA & SBDJ TIRTH SAMRAKSHINI MAHASABHA JOINTLY ORGANISE ‘NATIONAL ONLINE SEMINAR ON IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HERITAGE SITES.’
CHIEF GUEST : SHRI GAJRAJ JAIN PRESIDENT, SBDJ TS MAHASABHA, NEW DELHI
SPEAKER : SHRI RAJKUMAR SETHI, KOLKATA, GEN SEC, SBDJ TS MAHASABHA
SPEAKER : SHRI KAMALKUMAR JAIN, LUCKNOW, JT SEC. SBDJ TS MAHASABHA
link for meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5113284741?pwd=[REDACTED]
CONVENOR : DR YATISH JAIN, VICE PRESIDENT, NIRGRANTH CENTRE OF ARCHEOLOGY, NEW DELHI/ JABALPUR

International Archaeology Day Under Pálava Hills | Mikulov Castle
2023-10-22 09:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Prague) | Regional Museum in Mikulov – Mikulov Castle, Zámek 1/4, Mikulov, South Moravia, 69201, Czechia
This year, three archaeological institutions located in the Pálava region will celebrate together the International Archeology Day for the first time. You can look forward to a rich program at the Visitors Centre Mušov – Gateway to the Roman Empire near the village of Pasohlávky, at the Archeopark Pavlov and at the exhibition The Romans and the Germans in the Region Under Pálava at the Mikulov Castle.
ARCHEOPARK PAVLOV | 21/10/2023 | 9:00 – 16:00 | FREE ENTRY | www.archeoparkpavlov.cz
– guided tours of the exhibition at 10:00, 12:00 and 14:00
– 11:00 a.m. lecture “TERRA NOSTRA – STORIES” prof. Jiří Svoboda, connected with the ongoing accompanying exhibition TERRA NOSTRA: landscape, animals and people
– accompanying activities in the exhibition
MIKULOV CASTLE | 22/10/2023 | 9:00 – 16:00 | FREE ENTRY | www.rmm.cz
– free entry to the exhibition The Romans and Germans in the region under Pálava
– presentation of items found by amateur searchers in cooperation with the Regional Museum in Mikulov
– 15:00 guided tour of the exhibition The Romans and Germans in the region under Pálava – Mgr. Petr Kubín
– accompanying activities in the exhibition
GATEWAY TO THE ROMAN EMPIRE | 20/10 – 22/10 2023 | 10:00 – 18:00 | www.branadorimskerise.cz
admission: FRIDAY admission according to the regular price list, SATURDAY and SUNDAY admission with a 50% discount
FRIDAY – SUNDAY
– rich accompanying program, Marcus Aurelius – portrait of the emperor, escape game Romans vs Marcomani, minting of coins, training of legionnaires and much more
SATURDAY
– 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:30 p.m. guided tours of the Visitors Centre Mušov – Gateway to the Roman Empire
– 15:00 lecture Mgr. Tomáš Antoš on the topic “At the side of the legions: Operations of the Batavian auxiliary units during the 1st – 3rd centuries AD.”
SUNDAY
– 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:30 p.m. guided tours of the Visitors Centre Mušov – Gateway to the Roman Empire
The program is subject to change.

International Archaeology Day at the Corning Museum of Glass
2023-10-22 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Corning Museum of Glass, One Museum Way, Corning, NY, 14830, United States
Celebrate International Archaeology Day at the Corning Museum of Glass. One day isn’t enough to fit in all of our archaeological excitement, so the Corning Museum of Glass is celebrating with family-friend activities for an entire weekend!
International Archaeology Day (IAD) is a celebration of archaeology and its contributions to society. Every October, the Archaeological Institute of America and archaeological organizations around the world present archaeological programs and activities for people of all ages and interests.
This event is inspired by our current special exhibition, Dig Deeper: Discovering an Ancient Glass Workshop, open until January 7, 2024.
Organizations wishing to participate in the Community Archaeology Fair, please contact events@cmog.org.

Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students
2023-10-22 11:00 - 11:45 (America/New_York) | Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Sundays at 11:00 am October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. Free museum admission for Massachusetts residents every Sunday morning (year-round) from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Proof of residency required. Free museum admission is not available to commercial groups.
*Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; and March 9–17, 2024.
Tours by Harvard students connect visitors with the research, teaching, and Indigenous engagement surrounding the cultural heritage in the museum’s care. How do items come to the museum? Who accesses them and how do items return home?
Visitors may drop in at the scheduled times. No reservation is required. Tours meet in the lobby and last approximately 45 minutes.
Tours for groups of ten or more may be scheduled at these and other times.
Photo: EJSP Visual | Julieta Sarmiento

International Archaeology Day 2023 celebration
2023-10-22 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Burke Museum, Lower Lobby, 4303 Memorial Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join us for a day of fun activities and learn about local and global archaeology and heritage in celebration of International Archaeology Day and Archaeology month in Washington. The Puget Sound chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), the Burke Archaeology team, and our event partners are excited to present an archaeology fair including activities like flintknapping, shell midden sorting, cacao grinding, archaeological techniques, Pre-Roman Italy, Latin, and Egyptian artifacts.

Fall Family Day at the Kelsey Museum
2023-10-22 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Newberry Hall, Room 125, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, 434 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States
The Fall 2023 Family Day will take place on Sunday, October 22, from 12:00 to 3:00 PM at the Kelsey Museum. Held in connection with International Archaeology Day on October 21, the event will feature activities in the classrooms, a scavenger hunt, storytime, and more relating to this year’s theme of archaeology and technology.
Family Day at the Kelsey Museum is a biannual, family-friendly event featuring engaging, hands-on activities related to the cultures of the ancient Middle East, Greece, Egypt, and Rome! Each Family Day is centered around a theme and offers activities fun for all ages.

The Coffin of Thutmose III: A Case Study of Evidence of Reuse of a Royal Coffin in the DeB 320 Royal Cache
2023-10-22 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 1201 9th St., Manhattan Beach, CA, 90266, United States
Ahmanson Lecture

The First Kings of Europe: An International Exhibition about the Prehistoric Balkans
2023-10-23 16:30 (America/New_York) | Green Hall 3-S-15, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08542, United States
Thompson lecture

Protecting Cultural Heritage During Armed Conflict
2023-10-23 17:30 (America/Chicago) | 116 Art Building West, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52246, United States
Norton lecture

Death and Rebirth: Religious Change and Reincarnation during the Copper Age
2023-10-24 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Hanson Hall of Science, Room 102, Augustana College, Monmouth, IL, 61201, United States
Kershaw Lecture

Big Data, Small Coins: The First Two Centuries Monetizing the Roman Frontier
2023-10-25 18:00 (America/New_York) | Rittenberg Lounge, Mather Hall, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT, 06106, United States
Metcalf lecture

Texas Talks Speaker Series: Dr. Alan Skinner - Expected and Unexpected Archaeology of North Texas
2023-10-25 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum, 110 West Hickory Street, Denton, TX, 76201, United States
Join the Denton County Office of History and Culture for the Texas Talks Speaker Series!
On Wednesday, October 25 at 6 PM, archaeologist Dr. Alan Skinner will present “The Expected and Unexpected Archaeology of North Central Texas” in the Commissioners Courtroom at the Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum. This presentation is sponsored by the Denton County Historical Commission in celebration of Texas Archaeology Month.
The flat prairie and associated savannah forests of North Central Texas are dissected by a variety of rivers and creeks which prehistoric and historic settlers were drawn to and where they left behind buried and exposed evidence of their presence over more than ten thousand years. Of particular importance is the Aubrey Clovis site located near Lake Ray Roberts and excavated by Dr. Reid Ferring of UNT. Equally significant, but barely more than 125 years old, is the Redwine House site that was recorded during investigation of a water pipeline route on the north side of Farmersville. These two archaeological sites span the recorded history of the region and will be discussed along with numerous other historic and prehistoric sites that have been recorded or remain to to be discovered in the prairies, maybe your backyard, anywhere in North Central Texas.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Alan Skinner has been doing archaeology in Texas and other parts of the Southwest for more than four decades, and is the owner of AR Consultants, Inc., an environmental consulting firm specializing in cultural resource management. He graduated from the University of New Mexico and received his PhD from Southern Methodist University. He has worked on prehistoric and historic sites throughout Texas, with a particular interest in prehistoric settlement patterns and lithic technology. He has directed five field schools for the Texas Archeological Society. He developed the archaeology merit badge for the Boy Scouts of America. He is currently working with private and public agencies, including numerous engineering companies, on wind farms, two lakes, water, sewer, and petroleum pipelines, roads, transmission lines, and landfills. He continues to publish in local, regional, and national journals.

The Maya and Climate Change: Human-Environmental Relationships in the Classic Period Lowlands
2023-10-25 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Paulus Lecture Hall, Willamette University College of Law, 245 Winter St SE, Salem, OR, 97301, United States
Stone lecture

90th Annual Eastern States Archaeology Federation Conference (ESAF)
2023-10-26 09:00 - 2023-10-29 17:00 (America/New_York) | Holiday Inn Oceanfront, 6600 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 21842, United States
90th Annual Meeting, October 26-29, 2023, Ocean City, Maryland.
Conference Fees:
Registration: $45/US Dollars
Student Registration: $20
Saturday Banquet (Italian Buffet w/ vegetarian options):
$55 per person
Banquet Speaker: Dr. Julia King
Format
The Annual Meeting will be a hybrid format allowing both in-person and remote presentation and attendance over Zoom. Remote presentations will be pre-recorded. See the ESAF website for format and submission. In-person papers will be presented live

Twelve Millennia of Agricultural Change in Anatolia
2023-10-26 18:00 (America/New_York) | CWY 107 (C.W. “Bill” Young Building) on the Tampa Campus of the University of South Florida, Genshaft Drive, Tampa, FL, 33617, United States
Matson Lecture

Where the beer flowed like wine: Beer and brewing in Bronze Age Mesopotamia
2023-10-26 18:00 (America/New_York) | 113 Carnegie Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, United States

Real Bodies / Represented Bodies: Human-Animal Relationships in Cypriot Sanctuaries
2023-10-26 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Phoenix)
Animals played an important role in Cypriot religion and ritual. Many Cypriot deities were conceived as having animal parts or attributes, animal iconography was prevalent among votive offerings, and animal masks were worn in rituals at some sanctuaries. Perhaps the most dramatic and widespread way that humans interacted with animals, however, was through animal sacrifice. The ritual killing, processing, burning, and consuming of specially selected animals served as the primary means of communicating and reaffirming the reciprocal relationship between mortals and the divine in Mediterranean religions. This talk will discuss the complicated role that both real animals (those sacrificed and consumed) and imagined animals (those represented artistically) had in Cypriot religious spaces. The evidence suggests the holistic worldview of ancient Cypriots and finds that sanctuaries were charged spaces where humans negotiated their relationships with both the natural and divine worlds.

20,000 Leagues Under the Wine-Dark Sea
2023-10-26 18:30 (America/New_York) | 102 White Hall, Emory University, 200 Dowman Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30322, United States
Broneer lecture

The Big Reveal: Airborne Laser Scanning and Archaeology in the Northern Maya Lowlands
2023-10-26 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Psychology 105, Reed College, 3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, OR, 97202, United States

On the Move: Migrants and Mobility in the Roman Empire
2023-10-26 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Helge Center Multipurpose Room, Valparaiso University, 1509 Chapel Drive, Valparaiso, IN, 46383, United States
Tsakirgis Lecture

Kings, Queens, Commoners, and Captives: What Can Archaeology Tell Us About Dahomean Society in the Era of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
2023-10-26 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Lecture: The Kingdom of Dahomey, in the modern Republic of Benin, stands as one of the most comprehensively researched kingdoms in precolonial West Africa. Decades of historical, anthropological, and art historical research have cast important light on the origins of the precolonial polity, and its rise, expansion, and transformation through its participation into the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Since the year 2000, Professor J. Cameron Monroe has led archaeological surveys and excavations at palace sites, urban centers, and rural villages across the Abomey Plateau, the political heartland of the kingdom. In this presentation, he will discuss how archaeological research is reshaping our understanding of the nature and extent of Dahomey political power in the Atlantic era, and its impact on local communities across the region.

Sketching the Marbles
2023-10-27 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | The Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, 37203, United States
Sketching the Marbles
For centuries, artists have drawn the Parthenon’s pediment sculptures. Join us for special art sessions to create your own classical masterpiece. Sketching the Marbles is held on the final Friday afternoon of each month (except Metro Nashville holidays).
–Recommended for ages 12 and older.
–This program takes place in the Treasury.
–All supplies are included— but you are welcome to bring your own.
–Participation is free for Centennial Park Conservancy members, or included with museum admission.
–The most updated times and dates are listed on the Calendar.
Love to draw, but not able to make it to museum soon? Try your hand at creating Parthenon art— from home! Browse our Parthenon Create video playlist on our YouTube channel.
THANK YOU TO JERRY’S ARTARAMA FOR PROVIDING ART SUPPLIES!

The Maya and Climate Change: Human-Environmental Relationships in the Classic Period Lowlands
2023-10-27 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Eugene Public Library Downtown, 100 W 10th Ave, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States

Beer with Bronson
2023-10-27 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Old Colony History Museum, 66 Church Green, Taunton, MA, 02780, United States
Grab a pour and take a tour with Curator of Collections, Bronson Michaud. Hear about the untold stories from our collection and take a peek at objects on display just for you. Plus, you’ll receive a Beer with Bronson koozie to keep your beer (or root beer) cold and hands warm!
This month, we will look at archaeological artifacts in the Museum’s collections.
Admission is free for Old Colony History Museum members, non-members are $5.
Not a current Member? Learn more and sign up by visiting https://www.oldcolonyhistorymuseum.org/membership/

Heritage Forensics: Satellites and Specters in the Contested Caucasus
2023-10-27 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | WEBINAR (Baltimore), Baltimore, MD
