As Assistant State Archaeologist for the western region, Dr. Dylan Clark will discuss what the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology does and how it contributes to identifying, studying, protecting, […]
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 […]
Joukowsky Lecture
Speakers Davíd Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America, Harvard University Maria Luisa Parra-Velasco, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University Octavio Murillo, Director […]
Fortification and Institutionalized Inequality in Mensabak, Chiapas, Mexico In this talk, Christopher Hernandez of Loyola University's Department of Anthropology argues that the ancient inhabitants of the Mensabak region of Chiapas, […]
The household has been a topic of considerable anthropological interest since membership in a residential unit is often held as one of the prerequisites for belonging to the wider political, […]
Joukowsky Lecture
Dr. Oded Borowski Emory University For a very long time, archaeologists were busily investigating major biblical sites trying to recover remains related to figures mentioned in biblical stories. Related to this, they were also establishing chronologies through the study of pottery. More recently, attention was diverted to the study of daily life of the average […]
Step back in time to explore the island of Crete, center of the Minoan civilization during the Bronze Age, as well as the nearby Cycladic Islands of Santorini, Mykonos, and […]
Egyptologists make decisions about how to define the discipline. They make decisions involving time, space, and values. These actions are perfectly normal in that there is a limit as to how much data one mind can absorb. One also has the opportunity to stand back and view these decisions in aggregate. This especially applies to […]
The Niagara Peninsula Society of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) Public Lecture Series is excited to welcome Mark Usher, University of Vermont, as our first lecturer of the season. Dr Usher will speak about, "The Roman Villa Project: Archaeology, Paleobotany, and Sustainable Agriculture in Italy’s Sabine Hills." See the poster below. The lecture will […]
