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SUMMARY:Making the Ice Age Virtual and Accessible: Using VR and Underwater Robotics to Teach Archaeology
DESCRIPTION:The Frederick R. and Margaret B. Matson Lectureship for Near Eastern Archaeology and Archaeological Technology Time TBA
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/tba-stanford/
LOCATION:TBA (Stanford 1)\, Stanford\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:"Late Victorian Race Science and its Legacies in Aegean Archaeology"
DESCRIPTION:Interested in receptions of antiquity\, discoveries in prehistory\, and ideas about race during the late 19th and early 20th centuries? The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)’s Central Missouri Chapter as well as the Classics\, Archaeology\, and Religion (CAR) Department welcome Dr. Anne Duray for her lecture “Late Victorian Race Science and its Legacies in Aegean Archaeology” on Friday\, February 6th\, at 5:30 p.m. in Swallow Hall\, Room 101.\nThere will be a reception beforehand at 5 p.m.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/late-victorian-race-science-and-its-legacies-in-aegean-archaeology/
LOCATION:Swallow Hall\, Room 101\, 507 South 9th Street\, Columbia\, MO\, 65201\, United States
CATEGORIES:AIA Lecture Program
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SUMMARY:Provenance Research in the Fight Against Looting
DESCRIPTION:The American Research Center in Egypt\, Northern California chapter\, and the UC Berkeley Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures invite you to attend a Zoom lecture by Sara Aly\, Griffith Institute: \n“Provenance Research in the Fight Against Looting”\nSunday\, February 22 2026\, 3 PM PST \nRegister in advance for this lecture:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/MvauTi1wT0OHniyDLJXJHw \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the lecture. \nThere are a few things you should know before you join the lecture: \n* Advance registration is required. When you click on the link to “Register in advance for this lecture” you will receive instructions by email on how and when to join\, along with a link on which you will click to join the meeting. Save the email\, as you will need the link it contains to join the meeting. Please register now. Please do not share the join link with anyone\, it is unique to your email address. Try to join at least 10 minutes before the meeting. When you do join the meeting\, be prepared to be put in the waiting room until the lecture starts at 3 pm. This is a security measure. \n* If you haven’t already installed Zoom\, you should download and install the Zoom program (app) well before you try to join the meeting. There IS an option to use your web browser to join the meeting instead of the Zoom program\, but the browser interface is limited and depends greatly on what browser and what operating system you’re using. \n* For tutorials on how to use Zoom\, go to https://learn-zoom.us/show-me. In particular\, “Joining a Zoom Meeting” should show you what you need to do to join our lecture. \n* All meeting attendees can communicate with everyone\, or with individual participants\, using the chat window\, which can be opened by clicking on the chat button and which you can probably find at the bottom middle of your Zoom viewing screen. Participants will be encouraged to hold their questions for the speaker until after the lecture\, and will also be encouraged to address their questions for the speaker to everyone\, not just to the speaker\, so that all can see them. “Everyone” is the default chat option. \nIf you have any questions\, please email glenn@glennmeyer.net or arcencZoom@gmail.com. \nAbout the Lecture: \nSince the days when the pharaohs ruled over Egypt\, funerary materials have been affected by the greed of people. An enormous amount of wealth was invested in preparations for the afterlife\, but often this richness represented by gold and precious minerals in the funerary equipment became the booty of many\, rather than the resting place for one. Unfortunately\, the scale of destruction due to the ongoing looting is greater today than ever and several illegally sourced artefacts from Egypt constantly appear on the art market. Authorities consistently work to detect these objects by tracing the activity of dealers and galleries\, but a lot still needs to be done. Source countries require tougher laws and international legislation needs to become stricter. Moreover\, the knowledge of specialists must be employed in a systematic way to assist in the rescue of these objects. Museum curators should implement due diligence\, learn about the art market\, and understand how to conduct provenance research. This practice helps with the identification of looted artefacts by analysing an object and comparing it with published examples of the same kind\, allowing its origins to be identified and some lost archaeological context to be recovered. \nAbout the Speaker: \nSara Aly’s research focuses on the circulation of illicitly sourced Egyptian artefacts on the art market\, following a collaboration that started 6 years ago with the Circulating Artefacts project at the British Museum. Her MA dissertation at the University of Manchester (2023) examined upper coffin fragments appearing on the art market. Since 2023\, she has been a member of the Franco-Egyptian Archaeological Mission of Western Thebes\, working at the Ramesseum\, where she analyses coffin and cartonnage fragments. From 2023 to 2025 she worked as an Art Market Expert at the British Museum helping to identify and recover missing items from the museum’s collection. Now based at the Griffith Institute\, Sara is studying the archival material of J.J. Clère related to his documentation of Egyptian objects in the possession of antiquities dealers and collectors between the 1930s and the 1980s. \nAbout Northern California ARCE: \nFor more information\, please visit https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernCaliforniaARCE\, https://www.facebook.com/NorthernCaliforniaARCE\, https://arce-nc.org\, https://bsky.app/profile/khentiamentiu.bsky.social\, and https://khentiamentiu.org. To join the chapter or renew your membership\, please go to https://arce.org/membership/ and select “Berkeley\, CA” as your chapter when you sign up.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/provenance-research-in-the-fight-against-looting/
LOCATION:ARCE-NC Lectures\, Rm 126 Social Sciences Bldg.\, UC Berkeley\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glenn Meyer":MAILTO:arcencZoom@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260208T140000
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SUMMARY:The Unknown Ottawa Project – working with colonial and indigenous assemblages from the Ottawa region
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Laura Banducci – Carleton University \nThis project involves the re-studying and digitization of artefacts from several assemblages from Lake Leamy Park\, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Gatineau Rivers. This was a central meeting place from the earliest days of human occupation of the region\, yet the materials are not well-published or easily accessible. National Capital Commission archaeologists and members of Carleton University are working together to bring decades of archaeological investigation in the park to light for the general public and for scholars. Site 18\, a beachfront stretch along the Ottawa\, contains thousands of fragments of stone tool debris and pottery attesting to its frequent use 2000 years ago. Site 24\, along the Gatineau River\, reveals the remains of the earliest settlers in the region\, who travelled North from the US to Hull Township at the turn of the 19th century. This lecture discusses the beginning of work on these assemblages and highlights some of the stories about Ottawa’s past we’ve learned so far.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/the-unknown-ottawa-project-working-with-colonial-and-indigenous-assemblages-from-the-ottawa-region/
LOCATION:303 Paterson Hall\, Carleton University\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T180000
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SUMMARY:“What Do We Owe to Already-Looted Objects?”
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Elizabeth Marlowe\, Professor of Art History and Chair of the Art department at Colgate University\n(https://www.archaeological.org/lecturer/elizabeth-marlowe/)
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/what-do-we-owe-to-already-looted-objects-2/
LOCATION:Jepson Hall\, Room 118\, Richmond Way 221\, Richmond\, VA\, 23226\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Baughan":MAILTO:ebaughan@richmond.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260209T180000
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SUMMARY:On Metals\, Grasses\, and Mollusks: A Local History of Ecology\, Economy\, and Empire in Roman Iberia
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/on-metals-grasses-and-mollusks-a-local-history-of-ecology-economy-and-empire-in-roman-iberia/
LOCATION:Kremen School of Education Building ED170\, CSU Fresno\, 5005 N Maple Ave MS ED1\, Fresno\, CA\, 93740\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Saam Noonsuk":MAILTO:noonsuk@csufresno.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T183000
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SUMMARY:Daniel Healey\, Provenance Researcher\, Worcester Art Museum: "Orphaned Antiquities & Cold Case Files: Investigating Provenance in the New Era of Museum Restitution"
DESCRIPTION:The Clarence and Anne Dillon Dunwalke Lecture \nProvenance refers to an artwork’s history of ownership\, from the time of its creation or archaeological discovery to the present. Provenance researchers track down a wide range of sources—scholarship\, auction catalogs\, financial records\, inventories\, correspondence\, photographs\, markings on artworks themselves\, and more—to reconstruct an object’s past and retrace its path to the museum. This work has been compared to that of an investigator\, and provenance researchers routinely described as “art detectives.” Over the past decade\, these metaphors have become increasingly relevant as law-enforcement agencies across the U.S. have arrested dealers\, seized antiquities from the nation’s leading museums\, and made hundreds of repatriations to countries around the world—all to great fanfare and press coverage. The collision between the worlds of law enforcement and museums has revolutionized the field of provenance research and redefined the standards of ethical and legal collecting in this country. As a former Antiquities Trafficking Analyst for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and now the Provenance Research Specialist at the Worcester Art Museum\, I will share stories from the frontlines of provenance research—stories of looting\, forgery\, and repatriation—that explain why museums need “art detectives” now more than ever.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/orphaned-antiquities-cold-case-files-investigating-provenance-in-the-new-era-of-museum-restitution/
LOCATION:WA
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T170000
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CREATED:20251222T180923Z
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SUMMARY:The Ecstasy and the Agony:Excavations at La Venta\, Mexico\, an Olmec Capital
DESCRIPTION:Lecturer: Dr. Susan Gillespie\nProfessor of Anthropology\, University of Florida \nIn 1942 and 1943\, excavations revealed fabulous buried deposits of jade and other precious items in a very unexpected place: La Venta on Mexico’s southern Gulf coast\, an area of swamps and tropical forest. These finds produced an “ecstatic” reaction in the world of archaeology and shed light on the Olmecs\, a mysterious early civilization in Mesoamerica (c. 1150-400 BC). Subsequent fieldwork in 1955 revealed even more astonishing discoveries: tons of jade and other greenstone objects recovered at an “agonizing” cost. The archaeologists encountered tremendous problems excavating La Venta. The site was already suffering damage by development\, and subsequent looting destroyed much of what was left. The story of the ecstasy and agony of La Venta’s excavations is reconstructed through archival archaeology\, analyzing the field records\, maps\, and photographs.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/the-ecstasy-and-the-agonyexcavations-at-la-venta-mexico-an-olmec-capital/
LOCATION:University of Florida\, Smathers Library Room 100\, 1508 Union Rd\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32611\, United States
CATEGORIES:AIA Lecture Program
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer McAninch":MAILTO:ArtzySmartzy@ufl.edu
GEO:29.6509391;-82.3417641
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T173000
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SUMMARY:Josef Wegner - Digging into Egypt’s Late Middle Kingdom\, Recent Discoveries at the Anubis-Mountain Royal Necropolis\, Abydos
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday Feb. 11\, 5:30 – 6:30\, Gilman Hall Room 50\nJohns Hopkins University\, Homewood campus\nDorothy Kent Hill Lecture\nJosef Wegner\, University of Pennsylvania\nDigging into Egypt’s Late Middle Kingdom\, Recent Discoveries at the Anubis-Mountain Royal Necropolis\, Abydos
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/joesph-wegner-digging-into-egypts-late-middle-kingdom-recent-discoveries-at-the-anubis-mountain-royal-necropolis-abydos/
LOCATION:Johns Hopkins University\, Homewood campus Gilman Hall Room 50\, Johns Hopkins University\, Homewood campus\, BALTIMORE\, MD\, 21206\, United States
CATEGORIES:AIA Lecture Program
ORGANIZER;CN="Bob Baer":MAILTO:bobbaer1616@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T173000
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SUMMARY:COZA/COSANO/COZANO: Socio-Economuc Interactions among Middle Republican Cities in Central Italy
DESCRIPTION:Join us for discussion of innovative new approaches to the study of ancient coins! Dr. Melissa Ludke will discuss her numismatic work at early Roman Cosa and beyond. Dr. Ludke serves as Numismatic Specialist at the the Cosa (Terme) Excavations. She has published several papers on numismatics and is working on a book about Cosa during the Middle Republic.\nThe Latin colony of Cosa has long experienced archaeological investigation and\, more recently\, re-analysis\, but Cosa’s earliest history remains elusive. However\, new numismatic evidence from Cosa is raising interesting questions. Who was minting these coins\, why do they appear at certain regional centers and nowhere else\, and do these small objects represent larger processes of network connectivity? Dr. Ludke addresses these questions and more\, using a geospatial network-based approach through QGIS\, and a Least-Cost Path analysis to track potential socio-economic interactions between Cosa and contemporaneous regional centers.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/coza-cosano-cozano-socio-economuc-interactions-among-middle-republican-cities-in-central-italy/
LOCATION:Kirkhof Center\, room 2270\, Grand Valley State University\, Allendale campus\, Allendale\, MI\, 49401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="M. Morison":MAILTO:morisonm@gvsu.edu
GEO:42.9606851;-85.8883275
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260212T193000
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CREATED:20260202T153815Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Radiocarbon Dating & Stable Isotopes in Archaeology
DESCRIPTION:Join SGS Beta for an accessible introduction to radiocarbon (¹⁴C) dating and stable isotope applications in archaeology and related sciences. This webinar will cover the fundamentals of how radiocarbon dating works\, including why calibration is essential for accuracy\, and the special considerations needed when working with bone samples. Through case studies\, you’ll learn how ¹⁴C analysis has been applied to archaeological discoveries ranging from Viking burials to mammoth remains\, and how stable isotopes like strontium and oxygen provide insights into ancient migration\, diet\, and provenance. \nDr. Maren Pauly is a natural scientist specializing in isotope geochemistry who undertook her PhD in Natural Sciences at the Freie Universität Berlin and previously completed her Master of Science and Bachelor of Science at the University of Waterloo in Canada. She is currently working as a scientific associate at SGS Beta.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/webinar-radiocarbon-dating-stable-isotopes-in-archaeology/
LOCATION:Zoom\, 4985 SW 74th Court\, Miami\, FL\, 33155\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="SGS Beta":MAILTO:lab@radiocarbon.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260213T170000
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SUMMARY:Replacing Empires.  The Archaeology of Political Transformation and Spatial Dynamics in 1st Millennium BCE Mesopotamia
DESCRIPTION:Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology Time TBA
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/replacing-empires-the-archaeology-of-political-transformation-and-spatial-dynamics-in-1st-millennium-bce-mesopotamia-2/
LOCATION:TBA (Columbus)\, Columbus\, OH\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="AIA":MAILTO:lectures@archaeological.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165732
CREATED:20260128T145802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T145802Z
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SUMMARY:The Gunboat at Ground Zero: A Revolutionary War Mystery
DESCRIPTION:In 2010\, archaeologists monitoring excavation at the World Trade Center redevelopment site made an extraordinary discovery: the remains of an 18th-century wooden gunboat buried deep beneath Manhattan’s historic landfill. Likely built near Philadelphia in the early 1770s\, this Revolutionary War-era vessel once patrolled shallow waterways before being abandoned along the Hudson River. Preserved for over 200 years in oxygen-poor soil\, the ship measured about 50 feet long and featured a raised deck. \nMore than 600 pieces of timber and 2\,000 artifacts—including musket balls\, buttons\, and ceramic tankards—were recovered from the site. Evidence suggests the vessel was likely captured by the British and traveled south\, perhaps as far as the Caribbean\, before arriving in New York. How it ended up buried in New York City remains a fascinating mystery. \nStabilized and studied for over a decade under the direction of Dr. Peter Fix\, Associate Research Scientist of Archaeological Watercraft and Aircraft Conservation at Texas A&M University\, the ship returned to New York in the spring of 2025. It is now being reconstructed for permanent display at the New York State Museum by Dr. Fix and his team. \nAs one of the few documented American-built Revolutionary War vessels\, the gunboat offers a rare\, tangible link to the nation’s fight for independence and highlights New York’s enduring role in shaping American history. \nThe Gunboat at Ground Zero : A Revolutionary War Mystery exhibit is on display at the New York State Museum from May 14\, 2025 to January 31\, 2026. Details online at the New York State Museum website. \nIN-PERSON SPEAKERS \nMichael Lucas is Curator of Historical Archaeology at the New York State Museum where he oversees a collection of over 4 million objects including the World Trade Center ship remnant and associated artifacts. He received a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Maryland in 2008\, focusing on 17th century town development in Maryland. He broadly studies rural production\, labor\, and community formation during the 17th through 19th centuries. His current field research program focuses on the contributions and struggles of African American farmers in the Hudson River Valley from 1780 to 1880. His collections research includes comparative analysis of tobacco pipes\, and artifact assemblages associated with enslaved people and wage laborers. \nMichael T. Lucas\, Ph.D.\nCurator of Historical Archaeology\nNew York State Museum\nCEC Room 3049\nAlbany\, NY 12230 \nMichael Pappalardo is a Registered Professional Archaeologist and a Senior Technical Director at the environmental planning firm AKRF\, Inc. Pappalardo has more than 30 years of experience in cultural resource management\, working in the context of both national and state level historic preservation legislation\, and has directed numerous excavations across New York and other states dating from the early Precontact through the Historic Periods. Pappalardo led the multidisciplinary team of archaeologists\, ship experts\, conservationists\, and other specialists that discovered\, documented\, and excavated the Gun Boat at Ground Zero in 2010 and 2011. \nMichael Pappalardo RPA\nArchaeologist\nAKRF\n500 Summer Street\, Suite 400\, Stamford\, CT 06901\nwww.akrf.com \nVIRTUAL PARTICIPANT\nPeter Fix\nAssistant Research Scientist\nWatercraft Conservator \nDr. Fix grew up on the coast of southeastern Connecticut where he fell in love with watercraft of all types. An avid sailor from the age of six\, growing up he spent half the year sailing and racing sailboats on Fishers Island Sound\, and the rest of the year reading about history. In 1981 he began his career in the field of historic maritime preservation at Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic\, CT working first for the Education Department and later for the Museum’s Henry B. du Pont Preservation Shipyard. It was this love of watercraft\, and the encouragement of several prominent marine archaeologists and preservationists\, that led him to enter the graduate program in Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University in September of 1996. \nIn January 1997\, he began working for the Conservation Research Lab where he has served in several capacities over the last two decades. He has directed field work and developed archaeological and conservation plans for sunken aircraft in Irian Jaya\, Indonesia and in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Dr. Fix was the principal conservator for the 17th-Century French ship La Belle and head of her reconstruction in the Texas State History Museum in Austin\, TX. He oversees the conservation for large artifacts\, including: two disarticulated 18th century ships from New York City and Alexandria\, VA; two dugout canoes from Louisiana; and the Gunboat Philadelphia. \nThe Nautical Archaeology Program (NAP) at Texas A&M University is the oldest academic degree-granting graduate program in the U.S. devoted to the study of boats and ships and the cultures that created and used them. NAP Faculty provide instruction in the history of seafaring and wooden ship construction; maritime commerce and cargoes; the skills needed to record\, excavate\, analyze\, and conserve the archaeological remains of these activities. \nTo see the video\, click here https://nysm.nysed.gov/exhibitions/gunboat-at-ground-zero \nTo register for the lecture click here
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/the-gunboat-at-ground-zero-a-revolutionary-war-mystery/
LOCATION:Rye Free Reading Room\, 1061 Boston Post Road\, Rye\, NY\, 10580\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Peter Feinman":MAILTO:feinmanp@ihare.org
GEO:40.9814734;-73.6849373
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165732
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SUMMARY:Soto’s Stuff: Spanish 16th Century Expeditions and What They Left Behind
DESCRIPTION:Lecturer: Dr. Charles Cobb\nLockwood Chair in Historical Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History\n2025 UF Research Foundation Professor \nOver the last decade\, research by a collaboration of archaeologists has made considerable strides toward identifying sites visited by Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto’s army in the American Southeast (A.D. 1539-1543). In addition to delineating the route traveled by Soto\, our working group has now amassed a substantial sample of European metal objects recovered from Indigenous villages. This presentation provides new insights on the Soto route and on how the related artifacts shed light on patterns of discard\, trade\, and the ways in which Indigenous societies reshaped European material culture.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/sotos-stuff-spanish-16th-century-expeditions-and-what-they-left-behind/
LOCATION:University of Florida\, Smathers Library Room 100\, 1508 Union Rd\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32611\, United States
CATEGORIES:AIA Lecture Program
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer McAninch":MAILTO:ArtzySmartzy@ufl.edu
GEO:29.6509391;-82.3417641
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=University of Florida Smathers Library Room 100 1508 Union Rd Gainesville FL 32611 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1508 Union Rd:geo:-82.3417641,29.6509391
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165732
CREATED:20260107T161643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260107T161643Z
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SUMMARY:From Farmers to Kings: The Emergence of Social Hierarchy in Prehistoric Europe
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by William Parkinson; William (Bill) Parkinson is an archaeologist who specializes in European and Eastern Mediterranean Prehistory. His anthropological and archaeological research explores the social dynamics of early village societies and the emergence of early states. He has over 30 years of experience conducting archaeological fieldwork and developing museum exhibitions for the Field Museum. \nThe modern world is plagued with unprecedented levels of social\, economic\, and political inequalities. But these inequities did not happen overnight; in places like southeastern Europe they emerged over the course of thousands of years as the small egalitarian farming villages of the Neolithic gave way to some of the earliest hierarchical kingdoms in the Iron Age. This is the story that was told in the First Kings of Europe exhibition\, an ambitious international collaboration between twenty-six museums in eleven countries in southeastern Europe. In this presentation\, Bill Parkinson gives an overview of his archaeological research into the emergence of social hierarchy in the region\, as well as an overview of the exhibition he co-curated with his long-time collaborator\, Attila Gyucha.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/from-farmers-to-kings-the-emergence-of-social-hierarchy-in-prehistoric-europe-3/
LOCATION:Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College\, 1 Quinlan St\, Lynchburg\, VA\, 24503\, United States
CATEGORIES:AIA Lecture Program
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ORGANIZER;CN="Museum":MAILTO:ebryant01@randolphcollege.edu
GEO:37.4391844;-79.1699067
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165732
CREATED:20260202T153116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T153116Z
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SUMMARY:Linda Cordell and Her Many Contributions to Southwest Archaeology
DESCRIPTION:(Lecturers: Dr. Maxine McBrinn and Dr. Judith Habicht Mauche) Linda Cordell was extraordinarily active in southwestern archaeology during her resources in the work of others. Because of this\, her influence extended well beyond her own students to those of many of her colleagues. One of her last personal endeavors was working with the Tijeras Pueblo Ceramics Project. Examples of her prodigious influence on archaeological research will be presented.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/linda-cordell-and-her-many-contributions-to-southwest-archaeology/
LOCATION:Pecos Trail Café\, 2239 Old Pecos Trail\, Santa Fe\, NM\, 87505\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165732
CREATED:20250813T155248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250815T135253Z
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SUMMARY:Punitive Labor and Enslavement in the Roman Bakery
DESCRIPTION:About the lecture: \nIn 2023\, excavators in Pompeii found a bakery in the Casa di Rustio Vero that was separated from the house—and the rest of the world—by metal bars. The excavators interpreted the bars as an indication of incarceration and the use of convicts as labor. This lecture explores the evidence for convict labor in bakeries and argues that the material consequences of enslavement and incarceration are probably indistinguishable in the setting of commerical activity. Deploying both textual and material evidence\, Benton will show the various ways that punitive labor grafted onto different systems and scales of production. \nAbout the speaker: \nDr. Jared Benton\, associate professor of art at Old Dominion University\, is co-director of the Saïss Plain and Zerhoun Massif archaeology project\, a survey of the plain SE of Volubilis in Morocco. He has previously excavated workshops in Volubilis and was a field supervisor for the American Excavations at Morgantina from 2013-2020. His book\, The Bread Makers\, explores Roman commercial baking\, with a focus on how production would differ not only between communities but also between operators with different investment tolerances. With a number of co-authors\, he recently published an article on the structure and archaeobotany of a bakery at Volubilis in Mouseion.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/punitive-labor-and-enslavement-in-the-roman-bakery/
LOCATION:Semans Auditorium (Room 117)\, Belk Visual Arts Center\, 315 N. Main St.\, Davidson\, NC\, 28036\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Peter Krentz":MAILTO:pekrentz@davidson.edu
GEO:35.50168;-80.848106
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165732
CREATED:20260213T210729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T210729Z
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Professor Jean-Michel Roessli (Department of Theological Studies\, Concordia University)
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, February 19th\, Professor Jean-Michel Roessli (Department of Theological Studies\, Concordia University) will deliver a presentation entitled\, Orpheus in Early Judaism and Early Christianity: Texts and Images. The talk will take place at 600pm in Hall Building 411 (SGW).
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/public-lecture-professor-jean-michel-roessli-department-of-theological-studies-concordia-university/
LOCATION:Concordia University\, H 411\, 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd W\, Montreal\, QC\, H3G-1M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Matt Buell":MAILTO:matthew.buell@concordia.ca
GEO:45.4967191;-73.5785557
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Concordia University H 411 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd W Montreal QC H3G-1M8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd W:geo:-73.5785557,45.4967191
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165732
CREATED:20260209T155603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T155603Z
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SUMMARY:U-2 Over Egypt: A Remote Survey of the Nile Delta using Cold War Aerial Photography
DESCRIPTION:The KY Society of the AIA and the University of Louisville Department of Anthropology present a free public lecture by Dr. Oren Siegel (University of Toronto). During the height of the Cold War\, the United States flew a series of reconnaissance missions using U-2 spy planes over Egypt. Film negatives from two flights that cover much of the Nile Valley and Nile Delta from 1959 have recently been declassified\, and the resulting imagery is both earlier and higher resolution than publicly available CORONA satellite imagery. This talk will discuss the ongoing work by the Brown-Toronto U2 Aerial Photography of Egypt Project to digitize this imagery from the National Archives and Records Administration and make these photographs publicly available to all interested researchers. Beyond this\, I will showcase the results of our ongoing remote survey of Beheira Governorate using U-2 imagery\, highlighting how this imagery gives us a unique window onto a landscape that has changed significantly over the last 5 decades. The talk will close by looking at how this compares to other satellite imagery and aerial photography and highlight the potential of this dataset for archaeological research.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/u-2-over-egypt-a-remote-survey-of-the-nile-delta-using-cold-war-aerial-photography/
LOCATION:University of Louisville Center for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (CACHe)\, 1606 Rowan Street\, Louisville\, KY\, 40203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Westerfeld":MAILTO:kyarchaeology@gmail.com
GEO:38.260056;-85.776524
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=University of Louisville Center for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (CACHe) 1606 Rowan Street Louisville KY 40203 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1606 Rowan Street:geo:-85.776524,38.260056
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260219T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260219T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165732
CREATED:20251031T173500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T042555Z
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SUMMARY:Egyptian Blue\, humanity’s first inorganic pigment
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture by Professor John McCloy\, Washington State University\, who will present results of an investigation into the materials science and processing parameters to fabricate Egyptian blue faience. \nRecently\, our group at Washington State University\, with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute\, recreated Egyptian blue to uncover the science behind its color\, ranging from gray or green to deep blue. We produced 12 versions of Egyptian blue and compared them with artifacts\, using advanced X-ray techniques\, spectroscopy\, and quantitative color measurements. We found Egyptian blue is a complex mixture of phases\, with hue controlled by particle size\, glass content\, and cuprorivaite–silica ratios. Even small changes in materials or heating could dramatically shift its color. \nThese findings reveal ancient craftspeople as skilled materials scientists. Beyond cultural insights and conservation\, Egyptian blue’s infrared glow continues to inspire modern technologies\, linking past creativity with future innovation.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/egyptian-blue-humanitys-first-inorganic-pigment/
LOCATION:Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture\, 2316 W 1st Ave\, Spokane\, WA\, 99201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cindy Bell":MAILTO:cbell2118@gmail.com
GEO:47.6568784;-117.446951
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165732
CREATED:20250922T145953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T150515Z
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SUMMARY:Digging in Circles: Miami's Prehistoric Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/digging-in-circles-miamis-prehistoric-legacy-2/
LOCATION:Palm Beach Museum of Natural History\, the Mall at Wellington Green\, 10300 Forest Hill Blvd.\, Wellington\, FL\, 33414\, United States
CATEGORIES:AIA Lecture Program,Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="AIA":MAILTO:lectures@archaeological.org
GEO:26.6470225;-80.2087671
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165732
CREATED:20260114T155918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T155918Z
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SUMMARY:Piramesse – from the City of Wonders to Terra Incognita
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 21\n3:30 pm EST\nVirtual on ZOOM\nFREE lecture; RSVP required for Zoom link \nSpeaker: Dr. Henning Franzmeier\, Senior Research Associate\, The Cyprus Institute\, Nicosia \nTitle: Piramesse – from the City of Wonders to Terra Incognita \nAbstract:\nWhere today just a typical Egyptian village is located\, surrounded by fertile\, green fields\, 3300 years ago\, Ramesses II founded his capital Piramesse. In contrast to Akhenaton’s Akhetaton\, Piramesse was not founded at a virgin site but instead Ramesses II chose a site with a lot of tradition to which he could connect. During his long reign\, the city became the one of the largest settlements not only of Egypt but the whole koiné spanning the Eastern Mediterranean and Western Asia. Texts portray Piramesse as a place where food is abundant\, where temples and colossal statues were erected\, and where the king would receive the envoys bringing the silver tablet with the famous peace treaty with the Hittite Empire. A few years later\, the king received his Hittite wife after the god Seth had made winter become summer so that the long journey could be finished safely. Moreover\, it was a military headquarters and center of trade between Egypt and the outside world. When entering Egypt\, Piramesse was the first city the traveler would have seen\, serving as a showcase and a stage of pharaoh’s power. \nBut what does remain of the city and what can we say after nearly a century of excavations? And what happened so that the memory of Piramesse only survived via its mention in the bible as Ramses\, while the location remained disputed and was only identified by Mahmoud Hamza in 1930? \nThis lecture will tell the biography of Piramesse from its beginnings before Ramesses II through its heydays in the 19th Dynasty until its decline when it finally vanished almost completely from the surface after the end of the New Kingdom. Using the results of the excavations since 1928\, the major features of the city will be shown and finds will be used to illustrate the long and rich history of the city. \nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. Henning Franzmeier has been working at Qantir-Piramesse for the past 20 years and directed the excavations since 2015. Over the past ten years\, he has taught at UCL Qatar in Doha\, the University of Innsbruck\, and the University of Bologna\, and also worked for the Humboldt-University in Berlin and The Cyprus Institute in Nicosia. In 2014\, he received his PhD from the Free University of Berlin with a thesis on the New Kingdom cemeteries at the Middle Egyptian site of Sedment – a reassessment of the 1920/21 excavations of William Matthew Flinders Petrie. His MA thesis at the University of Göttingen dealt with a well of Ramesses II at Samana near Qantir-Piramesse. His interests range from settlement archaeology to the history of Egyptology and the analysis of funerary assemblages. \n******************\nThe American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private\, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture\, foster broader knowledge among the general public\, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution. We host monthly events including scholarly lectures\, Egyptian-themed workshops\, social events\, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries. For more information or to learn about the perks of membership\, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org\, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/piramesse-from-the-city-of-wonders-to-terra-incognita/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="JJ Shirley":MAILTO:vp@arce-pa.org
GEO:41.2033216;-77.1945247
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165732
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SUMMARY:Society Sunday 2026 Public Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Marketing the Etruscans—From Mystery to Modern Media \nJoin us as the AIA Societies Committee presents a virtual presentation and Q&A with Jessica Tilley. This presentation will also be available in American Sign Language. \nOften deemed the ‘mysterious’ Etruscans\, this pre-Roman civilization of early Italy has fought a hard-won battle in finding its place in the field of Classical Archaeology. Various titans of American Etruscology\, including this year’s AIA Gold Medalist Nancy de Grummond\, have dedicated decades of research to highlighting the value of Etruscan material in answering larger questions related to ritual practice\, cross-cultural interaction\, and Mediterranean trade networks. In recent years\, Etruscan material has been at the foreground of widely publicized repatriation cases and cultural heritage protection conversations. This buzz culminated in the globally acclaimed 2023 film La chimera about a band of Etruscan tomb robbers. Looking ahead\, Etruscology is primed for engaging in the development of current archaeological theory\, with ongoing research relevant to our multi-cultural\, interconnected world. In this lecture\, Dr. Jessica Tilley outlines the dynamic history of the Etruscan civilization’s modern reception and highlights the ways in which it is uniquely positioned to contribute to ongoing dialogue around decolonialism\, queer theory\, globalization\, and network theory in Mediterranean archaeology. \nDr. Jessica Tilley is currently the Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at Centre College. Her research explores questions of postcolonialism and globalization theory in the ancient Mediterranean world through examination of cross-cultural funerary practices. She has excavated at sites across Italy\, Greece\, and the southeastern U.S. and is actively involved in cultural heritage public outreach. \nThe lecture will also be available in American Sign Language and we will also enable auto captioning on Zoom. Due to Zoom limitations on mobile devices and tablets\, participants interested in accessing ASL interpretation should log in using the desktop version of Zoom.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/society-sunday-2026-public-lecture/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4517701567776/WN_MQkKm7LIQWO2cF5hY_QMLA
ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Smith":MAILTO:ssmith@archaeological.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165732
CREATED:20251031T152923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251031T152923Z
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SUMMARY:The Origins of the Alphabet and How It Spread Across the World
DESCRIPTION:Public Lecture by Professor Wayne T. Pitard \nAbstract:\nEssentially all of the alphabetic scripts in the world descend from a single script invented probably during the 20th century BCE by a Canaanite in the southern Levant. This lecture will provide a tour of the extraordinary development of the alphabet from its beginnings to its eventual spread across the Mediterranean and the world. We will examine the script’s origin and how the signs were conceptualized by their creator(s). We will look at the alphabet’s extension\, first across the eastern Mediterranean where it developed into the distinctive Ugaritic\, Phoenician\, Hebrew\, and Aramaic scripts\, and then moved southward into the Arabian Peninsula\, where it evolved into the Arabic system. Then we will examine how the early alphabet\, which only expressed consonants\, was revolutionized by the Greeks\, who began using some of the letters as vowels. We will follow the development of the Greek alphabet into both the Latin and the Cyrillic alphabets that exist throughout Europe and much of northern Asia. Finally\, we will touch upon the spread of the Arabic alphabet across northern Africa and eastward into India\, and the Latin alphabet’s movement to the Americas and parts of southern Africa during the European colonial period of the 15th-20th centuries. All of this has made the alphabetic writing system the most widespread method of writing in the world.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/the-origins-of-the-alphabet-and-how-it-spread-across-the-world/
LOCATION:Knight Auditorium\, The Spurlock Museum(UIUC)\, 600 S.Gregory Street\, Urbana\, IL 61801\, Illinois\, 61801\, United States
CATEGORIES:AIA Lecture Program
ORGANIZER;CN="Jane Goldberg":MAILTO:jgoldber@illinois.edu
GEO:40.1076151;-88.2207767
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T170000
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SUMMARY:Bone by Bone: The Commingled Remains from the Tomb at Tell Abraq\, UAE (2200-2000 BC)
DESCRIPTION:Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship Time TBA
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/bone-by-bone-the-commingled-remains-from-the-tomb-at-tell-abraq-uae-2200-2000-bc/
LOCATION:Santa Rosa Junior College Campus\, Petaluma\, CA
CATEGORIES:AIA Lecture Program,Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Michelle Hughes-Markovics":MAILTO:mhughesMarkovics@santarosa.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T000000
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SUMMARY:Micromorphology at Olynthos
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Britt Hartenberger will discuss geoarchaeological approaches to life at the northern Greek city of Olynthos. Her research has included archaeological excavation and lithics and ceramics analysis at urban sites in Cyprus\, Greece\, Syria and Turkey. Her specialty is craft production and household organization in the Bronze and Iron Ages\, as attested by numerous published papers.\nHer current work at Olynthos (Greece) focuses on household analysis\, based on the study of microdebris (microscopic remains of human activity) and how these materials illuminate our understanding of domestic life in this vibrant ancient city.\nThis talk will take place on the GVSU Allendate campus. (room TBA)
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/micromorphology-at-olynthos/
LOCATION:WA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260224T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260224T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165732
CREATED:20250922T145953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T202647Z
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SUMMARY:Petra's Forgotten Past
DESCRIPTION:Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/petras-forgotten-past/
LOCATION:Buchanan A202\, Unversity of British Columbia\, 1866 Main Mall\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6T 1Z1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:AIA Lecture Program,Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="AIA":MAILTO:lectures@archaeological.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T183000
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CREATED:20250922T145954Z
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SUMMARY:The Elk Ridge Community in the Mimbres Pueblo World
DESCRIPTION:Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/the-elk-ridge-community-in-the-mimbres-pueblo-world/
LOCATION:University of Florida\, Smathers Library Room 100\, 1508 Union Rd\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32611\, United States
CATEGORIES:AIA Lecture Program,Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer McAninch":MAILTO:ArtzySmartzy@ufl.edu
GEO:29.6509391;-82.3417641
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260225T170000
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SUMMARY:AIA Archaeology Hour February 2026: Metropolitan Walls of the Ọyọ Empire
DESCRIPTION:Join the AIA for a virtual trip to West Africa as Akin Ogundiran delivers the February AIA Archaeology Hour talk “Metropolitan Walls of the Ọyọ Empire.” \nThis presentation will be given at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific. \n\nRegister here!
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/aia-archaeology-hour-february-2026-metropolitan-walls-of-the-oyo-empire/
LOCATION:WA
CATEGORIES:AIA Lecture Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165732
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SUMMARY:Monumental Ritual Texts in Ancient Egyptian Pyramids
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid Lecture\nMonumental Ritual Texts in Ancient Egyptian Pyramids\nWednesday\, February 25\, 6:00–7:00 pm ET\, Advance registration recommended for online and in-person attendance\nGeological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA \nSpeaker: Christelle Alvarez\, Assistant Professor of Egyptology\, Brown University \nThe earliest large-scale records of ancient Egyptian religious literature come from Saqqara\, an important royal cemetery from Egypt’s Old Kingdom period. For nearly two centuries\, the subterranean chambers beneath some of Saqqara’s pyramids were inscribed with hundreds of ritual texts carved in hieroglyphs. In this lecture\, Christelle Alvarez will discuss the final Old Kingdom pyramid to bear such inscriptions: the tomb of King Qakare Ibi. Smaller than its predecessors\, badly damaged\, and marked by architectural and textual idiosyncrasies\, this monument has often been dismissed as marginal to the main Pyramid Text tradition. Alvarez argues that Qakare Ibi’s pyramid actually provides a rare glimpse into the process of monumentalizing ritual texts\, revealing how this tradition was composed\, transmitted\, and continually reshaped over time. \nFree admission. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage starting at 5:00 pm. Presented by the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture. \nFragment photo by Christelle Alvarez
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/monumental-ritual-texts-in-ancient-egyptian-pyramids/
LOCATION:Geological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, Geological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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