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The Becoming of Mesoamerican Pigments: The Olmec presented by Dr. Gerardo Gutierrez (CU Boulder)

CU Museum of Natural History Broadway, Boulder, CO, United States

This lecture presents a new study of pigments and coloring materials that offers a unique window into the development of indigenous science, ideology, and learning processes to innovate knowledge. The color palettes of Juxtlahuaca, Cauadzidziqui and Oxtotitlan caves, all located in the state Guerrero, Mexico, will be compared and evaluated and I will propose how […]

“Reconceiving the nomad: tropes, archaeological reality, and why it matters!” By Tekla Schmaus PhD, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh

Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC) 2316 West 1st Avenue, Spokane, WA, United States

"Reconceiving the nomad: tropes, archaeological reality, and why it matters!" By Tekla Schmaus PhD, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh Abstract coming soon. About Dr. Tekla Schmaus: Tekla Schmaus received her PhD from Indiana University in 2015. She is an archaeologist working in Central Eurasia whose research focuses on human-environment interactions, prehistoric economy and diet, […]

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Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 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. […]

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Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 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. […]

The Last Human

Geological Lecture Hall 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

WINNER OF THE NORDIC:DOX AWARD 2022 Denmark, Greenland / 2022 Our most basic understanding of the origins of life was recently turned upside down when Greenlandic scientist Minik Rosing discovered the first traces of life on Earth in a small fjord near Isua, Greenland. His discovery predated all previous evidence by over 300 million years. […]

“The View from “Harvard Camp:” George Reisner and the Giza Pyramids then and now

Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, United States

ANNUAL KORSYN LECTURE In-Person Lecture Saturday, March 23 at 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom L2 Speaker: Dr. Peter Der Manuelian Lecture Topic: “The View from “Harvard Camp:” George Reisner and the Giza Pyramids then and now” Abstract: Leading the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, George Reisner (1867–1942) put American Egyptology on the […]