Archaeological Institute of America

CFP: MULTI-PROXY APPROACHES TO KINSHIP IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD
2022-08-31 - 2022-09-03 | budapest, 4 Múzeum körút, Budapest, 1088, Hungary
Call for papers EAA 2022
KINSHIP IS A KEY ASPECT OF HUMAN LIFE, AS IT DEFINES PEOPLE’S SENSE OF IDENTITIES, THEIR SOCIAL TIES AND THEIR ACCESS TO RIGHTS AND RESOURCES. HOWEVER, CONCEPTUALIZING AND DEFINING KINSHIP IS CHALLENGING BECAUSE OF ITS COMPLEX AND FLUID CHARACTER AND THE VARIABLE FORMS IT TAKES IN DIFFERENT SOCIETIES. FURTHER PROBLEMS ARISE WHEN TRYING TO ASSESS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF KINSHIP IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD: WHICH DATA SHOULD WE USE, WHICH BIOCULTURAL ASPECTS SHOULD WE INCLUDE, AND HOW SHOULD WE ANALYZE THEM? IF WE STUDY HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, HOW SHOULD WE USE HISTORICAL, ICONOGRAPHIC, EPIGRAPHIC OR PAPYROLOGICAL EVIDENCE? WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL AND THE LIMITATIONS OF THESE DIFFERENT DATASETS, AND HOW SHOULD WE INTEGRATE THEM? IN THIS SESSION, WE WOULD LIKE TO APPLY THESE QUESTIONS TO THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD, WHICH OFFERS A WEALTH OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND TEXTUAL EVIDENCE. MOREOVER, RECENT ATTENTION TO SILENCED GROUPS – SUCH AS WOMEN, CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY OR ENSLAVED PEOPLE – SHIFTS THE TRADITIONAL FOCUS ON MALE CITIZENS OR THE ELITES, AND THEREBY ENABLES A MORE HOLISTIC DISCUSSION OF KINSHIP

Human Origins in South Africa
2022-09-04 | PA
Join paleoanthropologist William Harcourt-Smith on this diverse South African adventure featuring fascinating paleontological localities; evocative historical sites and modern cities; sublime mountain, veld, and coastal scenery; wildlife viewing and photography opportunities; delicious cuisine; and 4- and 5-star accommodations. Travel from the lovely Magaliesberg Mountains to early human sites in the “Cradle of Humankind,” such as Sterkfontein Caves, and as far afield as the Makapansgat Valley (joined by a guest paleoanthropologist) and West Coast Fossil Park (guided by a paleontologist). Visit Blombos Museum of Archaeology and Pinnacle Point Caves, with private tours of both by a curator and a guest archaeologist, respectively. Spend two nights at a luxurious camp to explore the Kapama Game Reserve, enjoying morning and afternoon game drives. Take guided tours of Johannesburg and Cape Town, meet with paleoanthropologist Lee Berger (schedule permitting), and tour the Cape Winelands, where you will sample some of South Africa’s most renowned wines. Dr. Harcourt-Smith and local guides will accompany you throughout, weaving together the threads of past and present that make up the rich tapestry of human evolution.

“Moral Zoning” and the Visibility of Prostitution at Pompeii
2022-09-07 19:00 (America/New_York) | Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, 44106, United States

Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World’s Most Contested City
2022-09-08 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | HIghsmith Union, UNC Asheville, One Carmichael Heights UNCA, Asheville, NC, 28804, United States
Award winning author and journalist Andrew Lawler will give a lecture on his most recent book Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World’s Most Contested City on September 8 at 7:30 pm in the Mountain View Suites in Highsmith Student Union. Lawler, who has won multiple journalism awards for his articles, is the author of two other books– The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke, a national bestseller, and Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?: The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization. Lawler has authored more than a thousand newspaper and magazine articles from more than two dozen countries and his writings includes publications in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Smithsonian, and many others. As a contributing writer for Science and contributing editor for Archaeology, Lawler’s work has appeared several times in The Best of Science and Nature Writing.
Please join us for his talk on ‘Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World’s Most Contested City’ on September 8 at 7:30 pm, Mountain View Suites in Highsmith student union.
Contact: Laurel Taylor, Department of Art and Art History,
President, Western North Carolina Archaeological Institute of America Chapter

France: The Reach of the Romans
2022-09-10 | PA
From Turin, Italy to Nice, France
Join archaeologist Patrick Hunt on this exciting new itinerary from Turin to Nice and discover how the ancient Gauls and Romans interacted with the landscapes and shaped the history and cultures of northern Italy and southern France. Together we will cross the Alps by high-speed train, from Turin to Lyon. Travel with award-winning archaeologist and author Patrick Hunt, who has been doing fieldwork in the Alps since 1994.
Visit several outstanding museums, including the Egyptian Museum in Turin, the only museum outside of Cairo solely dedicated to Egyptian art and culture; and the new Musée de l’Arles Antique, housing the world’s second finest collection of sarcophagi after the Vatican’s Marvel at six UNESCO World Heritage sites: the Roman and Romanesque monuments of Arles, the Roman theater and Arc de Triomphe of Orange, the Roman aqueduct at Pont du Gard, the historic center of Avignon, the historic city of Lyon, and the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy in Turin. Explore the archaeological site of Saint-Romain-en-Gal, also called “little Pompeii,” and take a guided tour of its museum with the curator in charge of the mosaic restoration. You will be accompanied by excellent local guides plus an expert tour manager who will handle all of the logistics so you can relax, enjoy, and learn to savor fine cuisine at carefully-chosen restaurants for included lunches and dinners, and enjoy the flexibility of independent meals as well. Your tour manager can assist you with restaurant recommendations and reservations.

Croatia: Prehistory to the Present
2022-09-11 | PA
This unique archaeological and cultural tour of Croatia begins in Zagreb, Croatia’s capital, with its strong Middle European personality, and ends in the lovely medieval, coastal town of Trogir. Along the way you will experience the varied scenery of this extraordinary country at the heart of southern Europe: rich meadowlands, impressive mountain ranges, and the dramatic Adriatic coast, surely among the most impressive in all of Europe. Throughout, our focus will be on the rich archaeological and historical legacy of Croatia—from Neanderthal caves, Neolithic and Bronze Age sites, imposing Roman ruins, charming medieval towns, 19th-century cities, to the modern day.

Funerary Papyri as Social Reflections of the Living and the Dead
2022-09-11 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | ARCE Egyptology Lectures Room 20 Social Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States
The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California Chapter, and the Near Eastern Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, invite you to attend a lecture by Dr. Marissa A. Stevens, UCLA:
Funerary Papyri as Social Reflections of the Living and the Dead
Sunday, September 11, 2022, 3 PM Pacific Time
Room 20 Social Sciences Building (formerly Barrows Hall)
UC Berkeley
Please note that no Zoom meeting is scheduled for this lecture.
Glenn Meyer
ARCE-NC Publicity Director
About the Lecture:
Twenty-first Dynasty funerary papyri – consisting of texts and images from the Book of the Dead, the many Underworld Books, and other cosmographic scenes – have always fascinated Egyptologists for what they reveal about Egyptian afterlife beliefs and their understanding and conceptualization of the underworld. But these documents are also social objects. The creation, ownership, and use of these papyri can shed much light about the deceased who reap the religious benefit of the texts and on the family of the deceased, who also benefit from these objects in social and ideological ways. Studying these papyri as objects of social life, we can learn about temple life, titles and rank, family structure, inheritance, and social status of the deceased and the families they left behind. Funerary papyri were therefore used as a form of social competition, and reveal much about the mindset of the elite priests of 21st Dynasty Thebes.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Marissa Stevens is the Assistant Director of the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World. Trained as an Egyptologist who studies the materiality, social history, and texts of the Third Intermediate Period and Late Period, she completed her Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Combining art historical and linguistic approaches, her research interests focus on how objects can solidify, maintain, and perpetuate social identity, especially in times of crisis when more traditional means of self-identification are absent.
About ARCE-NC:
For more information, please visit https://facebook.com/NorthernCaliforniaARCE/, https://arce-nc.org/, https://twitter.com/ARCENCPostings, or https://khentiamentiu.org. To join the chapter or renew your membership, please go to https://www.arce.org/general-membership and select “Berkeley, CA” as your chapter when you sign up.
Parking for the event is available in UC lots all day on weekends, for a fee. Ticket dispensing machines accept debit or credit cards. Parking is available in lots around the Social Sciences Building, and in lots along Bancroft. A map of the campus is available online at http://www.berkeley.edu/map/

Auburn Valley State Park Archaeological Excavations
2022-09-12 10:00 - 15:00, 2022-09-13 10:00 - 15:00, 2022-09-14 10:00 - 15:00, 2022-09-15 10:00 - 15:00, 2022-09-16 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Auburn Valley State Park, 3000 Creek Road, Yorklyn, DE, 19736, United States
Auburn Valley State Park Archaeological Excavations
To prepare for an upcoming project which will switch the buildings at the Auburn Valley Marshall Mansion complex from septic to sewer, we will be excavating ~3 test units in order to determine the level of previous disturbances in the area. While most of the yard surrounding the mansion has little potential for intact archaeological remains, due to previous disturbances from old and modern construction and landscaping, part of the yard area on the west side of the property closer to Benge Road has the potential for intact deposits relating to the Insulite Mill or earlier deposits relating to a worker’s housing unit that used to be located in the area before the Insulite Mill was built.
Previous archaeological experience is preferred but not necessary for this project, as this excavation should not be as physically intensive as some of our other ones, and is easily accessible and close to buildings with air conditioning and toilets. We will provide any tools you will require for the project, but be sure to bring your own water and a bag lunch if you plan to stay for the day!
SIGN UP HERE: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a044daca82aa20-auburn3
Additional info about location, etc. will be sent out closer to the event after you register

Sicily: Archaeology, Art & Cuisine
2022-09-13 | PA
Travel with our engaging AIA lecturer and host, archaeologist Gerry Schaus. Discover and learn about many of the most impressive archaeological monuments found anywhere in the Mediterranean, such as Agrigento, Selinunte, Segesta, and Syracuse. Admire spectacular, sunlit landscapes of undulating vineyards and Mediterranean Sea vistas. See two of the finest examples of Norman architecture: Monreale Cathedral and the Royal Palace of Palermo (Palazzo dei Normanni). View extensive archaeological collections at several excellent museums. Savor fine cuisine, with wine included at group dinners. Feel pampered with three nights at a 5-star hotel and eight nights at four-star hotels, all chosen for their generous comfort and prime locations.

Sicily: Archaeology, Art & Cuisine with optional post-tour extension to Malta
2022-09-13 - 2022-09-25 | PA
Travel with our engaging AIA lecturer and host, archaeologist Gerry Schaus. Discover and learn about many of the most impressive archaeological monuments found anywhere in the Mediterranean, such as Agrigento, Selinunte, Segesta, and Syracuse. Admire spectacular, sunlit landscapes of undulating vineyards and the Mediterranean Sea vistas. See two of the finest examples of Norman architecture: Monreale Cathedral and the Royal Palace of Palermo (Palazzo dei Normanni). View extensive archaeological collections at several excellent museums. Savor fine cuisine, with wine included at group dinners. Feel pampered with three nights at a 5-star hotel and eight nights at four-star hotels, all chosen for their generous comfort and prime locations. Relax and enjoy traveling with a maximum of just 16 guests plus your expert lecturer, trip manager, and local guides.

CANCELLED - Working from Home: Assessing the Significance of Specialized Craft Production Based in Households in the Aegean Bronze Age
2022-09-13 17:00 (America/New_York) | PA
This lecture has been cancelled.

Donald P. Ryan: “In the Footsteps of Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings”
2022-09-15 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver) | Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, 2316 West 1st Avenue, Spokane, WA, 99201, United States
The archaeological exploration of ancient Egypt’s royal New Kingdom cemetery,
the Valley of the Kings, offers a rich history of fascinating discoveries made by determined
and often eccentric individuals including Howard Carter, who was well involved in the
Valley decades before he encountered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. In this lecture,
Don Ryan will describe some of his own work in the Valley of the Kings during which he
literally followed in the footsteps of Carter, including the re-excavation of three tombs
discovered by the famed archaeologist early in his career. One tomb is especially
controversial with its occupant identified by some as the female ruler, Hatshepsut, after its
rediscovery by Ryan.

“Barbarians” and Bronzes: The Origins of Civilization in Ancient Vietnam
2022-09-15 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Alumni Hall 302 (“Trustees Room’), Knox College, Galesburg, IL, 61401, United States
Joukowsky Lecture

Plumbing the Depths: Exploring Violence and Warfare in Humanity’s Past
2022-09-16 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Knight Auditorium, The Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign, 1 W. Green St, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States

Musical Performance and Talk on the Rock Gongs of Sudan
2022-09-18 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | PA
Percussionist Jesse Stewart will give us a live demonstration on his lithograph as well as a talk on early instruments and music. This will be followed by a lecture on the rock gongs of Sudan by Yahia Fadl Tahir, who sends the following abstract:
Rock gongs are naturally situated rock that resonate when struck and show evidence of use as an idiophone. Rock gongs are mostly found in Africa, but also in other contexts. Rock gongs are common features in Sudan e.g., in the north, 3rd cataract region.
To investigate the rock gongs in our region, their archaeological contexts, surviving traditions, and ritual practice in the vicinity of these rocks were studied.
In the archaeological context, it is observed that 46% of rock gong sites are associated with Neolithic occupations, 62% with Kerma occupations, 23% with Christian cross drawings, 15% near churches (KBD 019 and MAS 031) and 69% of rock gongs are associated with rock drawings of animals.
Many traditions, ceremonies, and rituals were practiced on rocks from different parts of the Third Cataract Region along the Nile. Ritual practices and ceremonies performed are wind-making, protection from the devil, marriage ceremonies, and circumcision ceremonies.

Virtual Symposium: Pandora & Polychromy on the Base of Athena
2022-09-19 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | The Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, 37203, United States
Join us for a free virtual talk on Monday, September 19, at 6 PM Central. This Virtual Symposium is free and open to the public.
ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM:
The ancient writer Pausanias said that the base of the statue of Athena inside the Parthenon was a scene of Pandora. But what exactly did it look like? Maria Sellers will share her research into Pandora on the base of Athena and show her project to provide a clear visual description of the famous Pandora scene. Through her color restoration we will see what an Acropolis visitor might have seen 2,500 years ago!
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Maria Sellers is a graduate student at George Washington University. She conducted her senior thesis at Vanderbilt University with Dr. Betsey A. Robinson and has presented her research and findings at the Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meetings.

The World’s Oldest Profession: Examining Prostitution in Pompeii’s Brothel
2022-09-20 17:00 (America/New_York) | Collins Cinema at Wellesley College, 106 Central St, Wellesley Hills, MA, 02481

New Approaches to the Archaeology of Disease: Climate, Imperialism and Malaria in the Indian Ocean
2022-09-20 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar, Webinar, London, UK, London, Sonoma County, 5201, United Kingdom
Virtual lecture which is part of the AIA Archaeology Hour series.

New Approaches to the Archaeology of Disease — Climate, Imperialism, & Malaria in the Indian Ocean
2022-09-20 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Whitman College, Olin Hall 129, 920 E Isaacs, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Lecturer: Krish Seetah (Stanford University)
Come join us for a watch party of Professor Seetah’s live-streamed lecture. There will be a drawing for a surprise gift and discussion of the lecture afterwards.

Ancient Wonders of the Turkish Coast
2022-09-21 | PA
I invite you to join Archaeological Institute of America lecturer and host C. Brian Rose to visit extraordinary ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman sites. Brian Rose is a supremely engaging lecturer who has been excavating in Turkey for decades and is former co-director of the excavations of Troy.
Your journey begins with one hotel night in Istanbul and visits to some of the city’s highlights; followed by an eight-night cruise aboard the lovely, 59-cabin, all-suite Island Sky. Cruise along the Aegean coast of Turkey toward Cyprus, calling en route at Troy, of Iliad fame; and the fabulous archaeological sites of Pergamon, Ephesus, Didyma, Priene, and Miletus. Along Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, explore the Lycian Peninsula sites of Xanthos and Patara, and the spectacular Roman theater at Aspendos.
Also available is a two-night, pre-trip extension in Istanbul, the incredible city that bridges the Eastern and Western worlds and was an imperial capital for nearly 1,600 years; and a two-night, post-trip extension in Cyprus, including time in Limassol and Larnaca.

Prehistoric Cave Art of Spain & France
2022-09-21 | PA
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 the original that is often called the “Sistine Chapel of Prehistoric Art;” Atapuerca, the most significant early human site in western Europe; Las Monedas Cave and Cueva del Castillo, where 180 animal likenesses were painted some 12,000-14,000 years ago; Cougnac, which features paintings of extinct megaloceros and mammoth; Pech Merle, known for its “negative handprints;” and others.
Travel with world-renowned archaeological author Paul Bahn, a gifted and popular lecturer who regularly leads tours to study the prehistory of Spain and France, including this program. Dr. Bahn will enhance your understanding of the sites with lectures and informal discussions.
Tour archaeological and ethnographic museums with superb exhibits of prehistoric artifacts, including the Museum of Human Evolution in Burgos, Altamira Museum, Museum of Les Eyzies, and the Museé d’Aquitaine; plus the modern art collections of Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum.
Explore charming villages and cities, including Santillana del Mar and San Sebastian.
Enjoy excellent accommodations in fine hotels and charming inns, as well as fine wine and cuisine.

The People of Angkor
2022-09-21 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Eliot Hall Chapel, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR, 97202
Matson Lecture

New Approaches to the Archaeology of Disease: Climate, Imperialism, and Malaria in the Indian Ocean
2022-09-21 19:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar, Webinar, London, UK, London, Sonoma County, 5201, United Kingdom

Ancient Cypriote Sculpture in New York: Cesnola, the Metropolitan Museum and 19th Century Spectacle
2022-09-22 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Phoenix) | PA
Dr. Ann-Marie Knoblauch
Associate Professor, Art History
Virginia Tech
In the 1870s, two massive shipments of ancient Cypriote art arrived in New York, forming the foundational collection for the city’s new universal museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The collection had been acquired from Luigi Palma di Cesnola, the notorious antiquities collector working on Cyprus. The material led to public controversy fairly quickly. While most welcomed with enthusiasm the large collection of original ancient Mediterranean objects, New Yorkers familiar with the Greco-Roman past had a hard time making sense of the Cypriote material and its perceived “otherness.” Furthermore, a scandal (and eventual public trial) about alleged improper restorations to some of the Cypriote sculpture by Cesnola (by now the director of the Met) raised questions about archaeological ethics and authenticity.
In this presentation Dr. Knoblauch explores the public reception of (and reaction to) the ancient Cypriote material in 1880s New York. Unintentionally, Cesnola caused a spectacle for the newly-opened museum, and cynical New Yorkers–familiar with the antics of P.T. Barnum when it came to creating spectacles—enjoyed poking fun at the large and bewildering Cypriot collection and the arrogant Cesnola.
For questions about the event or registration, please email the program coordinator, Casey Gipson, at casey.gipson@asu.edu.

The Archaeology of Dreams and What It Tells Us about Climate Change
2022-09-24 13:00 (America/Chicago) | PA
ZOOM Lecture: “The Archaeology of Dreams and What It Tells Us About Climate Change” by Dr. David S. Whitley, Adjunct Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences at Arizona State University. Zoom room opens at 12:45 and lecture promptly starts at 1 PM. Sign in at 12:45, please…
More Zoom events are listed here on the St. Louis Society webpage.

Mes Aynak and the Continued Threat to Archaeology and Archaeologists
2022-09-24 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | PA
September Denver Society Lecture: Saturday September 24, 2022 @ 1:00 PM, Online Webinar
Mes Aynak and the Continued Threat to Archaeology and Archaeologists
Presented by Erik DeMarche, MA, International Archaeology Consultant & President of the Denver Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
Abstract: The archaeology site of Mes Aynak consists of a one-thousand-year-old Buddhist copper mining city likely on top of a bronze age and older settlements and the second largest copper deposit in the world in the heart of a pro-Taliban province. After a Chinese state-owned mining company acquired the mineral rights to the copper, an international rescue excavation began. These efforts were hindered by mix of government corruption and the Taliban harassment. One year after the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, Mes Aynak remains in danger as do many of the Afghan archaeologists who worked there. This lecture will cover a brief history of Mes Aynak, a history of the archaeology work done here, and the contemporary and ongoing surrounding controversies.
Biography: Erik DeMarche is an international archaeology consultant specializing in archaeology in areas of conflict and is the current president of the Denver Society of the Archaeological Institute of America.
