Lecture by Matthew Reeves, Director of Archaeology at James Madison's Montpelier. Celebration of Virginia Archaeology Month and International Archaeology Day.
The Cobb Institute is turning 50! Please join us for a free lecture to kick off our anniversary celebration by Dr. Eric Cline, titled "1177 BC Revisited: Updating the Late Bronze Age Collapse", on Thursday, October 16th at 6pm in Rogers Auditorium (McCool Hall, room 100). Dr. Eric H. Cline is Professor of Classics and […]
Hybrid Event: Tatiana Proskouriakoff Award Lecture Series One Woman's Fight to Protect Ancient Maya Legacy Thursday, October 16, 6:00–7:00 pm ET, Advance registration recommended for online and in-person attendance Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Speaker: Dr. Clemency Chase Coggins, Professor Emerita of Archaeology and Art History, Boston University; Research Associate, Peabody Museum […]
Dr. Sabina Cveček Were communities in prehistoric Greece matriarchal, matrilineal, or simply centered around women? This question has fascinated archaeologists for decades. Early on, figurines of women were often seen as “Mother Goddesses,” meaning female deities often representing motherhood, fertility, and creation, but feminist scholars later cautioned against such broad interpretations. Still, the idea that […]
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships
Join us in celebrating the International Archaeology Day on October 18th, 2025 with a special online event at the Archaeological Institute of America and Archaeological Museum of the Republic of North Macedonia. As part of the celebration, we are premiering a short video featuring five archaeological excavations carried out across Macedonia in 2025. Each segment […]
Series of 4 Friday virtual lectures on archaeological subjects with four different lecturers.
Join National Park Service Archaeologist Dan Zoto for a guided walk of the Nauset Marsh Trail to learn about the archaeology, geology, and history of the Nauset estuary. The program will include an approximate 20-minute terrace talk at the Salt Pond Visitor Center and a 1.5-hour trail walk. Topics will include Native American and historical […]
In the cult of the ancient goddess Hathor, many important rites of based in the performance of dance and music. These dances were performed by (primarily) women in professional dance troupes called khener. In such rituals the power of music and movement were harnessed to transport the worshipper into an ecstatic encounter with the Divine. […]
Saturday, October 18th is International Archaeology Day, and the Frontier Culture Museum is offering archaeological activities all day! But just what is archaeology and why are we talking about it at a living history museum? Archaeology is the study of patterns of material culture, the tangible things that people made and used. Things that are […]
Meet experts to unlock archaeology at Meadowcroft Rockshelter with Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology members as guides.
Medzinárodný archeologický deň vznikol ako aktivita archeológov v Spojených štátoch amerických v roku 2011. Koná sa od vtedy každoročne tretiu sobotu v októbri. SNM – Archeologické múzeum je súčasťou Medzinárodného archeologického dňa od roku 2017. Organizáciou tohto špecializovaného dňa u nás, sa usilujeme zvýšiť povedomie o archeológii, spropagovať tento odbor u verejnosti a dostať do […]
