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Street Theater: A Pompeian Neighborhood in Five Acts
CU Boulder ECCR 265 2055 Regent Dr, BoulderRussell Lecture
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Street Theater: A Pompeian Neighborhood in Five Acts by Dr. Jeremy Hartnett
When we think of Roman cities, it is tempting to conjure images of temples, baths, and amphitheaters. This talk storms into the narrow streets of Pompeii to make the case that, for most Romans, the real action happened on the neighborhood level. As told through five different stories, we will see how ancient historians repopulate […]
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Bronze Age Monkeys and the Case for Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration
Memorial Art Gallery 500 University Avenue, Rochester, NY, United StatesEisenpreis Lecture
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The Wakefield Rail Yard – NH Archeology Month
Victoria Bunker, Principal Archeologist, Victoria Bunker Inc, Recipient of the NHAS Chester Price Award 2022 Archeological survey conducted for the Wakefield Heritage Commission resulted in the definition of the Turntable Park Archeological Site, an important cultural resource within the Sanbornville Historic Area. Features and components corresponding to the nineteenth-twentieth century rail yard were recorded through […]
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Listing the Potter Paleo Indian Site on the National Register of Historic Places – NH Archeology Month
Richard Boisvert, New Hampshire Archeological Society Presentation of the process of placing the Potter site on the National Register of Historic Places. This involves integrating the summary of the field work, laboratory work and the large amount of research analysis performed by many different individuals over nearly two decades into a suitable format. The process […]
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The Lost Valley of the Crescent Moon: 30 years of research in Petra, Jordan
TBA (Austin) Austin, TX, United StatesJoukowsky Lecture
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Geographic Information Systems in Archaeology – NH Archeology Month
Heather Rockwell, Assistant Professor, Salve Regina University Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has become the industry standard for recording site locations and building statewide databases. It has also helped us to explore the relationships between sites in new ways. This talk will discuss what GIS is and what it can do and show a few examples […]
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Mexican Red: The Perfect Color that Changed the World (Free Virtual Event) / Rojo Mexicano: El Color Perfecto que Cambió el Mundo (Conferencia Virtual Gratuita)
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United StatesGabriela Soto Laveaga, Professor of the History of Science and Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico, Harvard University Cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) is a small insect that produces a brilliant red pigment. Found in textiles, paintings, cosmetics, and many other objects that span the globe, cochineal is an integral part of world history. Cochineal […]
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Decorated Caves of the Pyrenees & the Rhone Valley
Discover a collection of magnificent but largely unheralded examples of Ice Age art while in the company of acclaimed paleoanthropologist and popular trip leader Ian Tattersall. Admire unusual, elegant bas-relief animal images in Basque caves, a profusion of handprints at Gargas, and the famous panels of line-drawn and subtly shaded bison, horse, and ibex at […]
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The Power of Antiquity in the Making of Modern Egypt (Free Virtual Lecture)
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United StatesWendy Doyon, Historian of Archaeology and Modern Egypt Ancient Egypt conjures images of pharaonic temples, tombs, and pyramids, and perhaps, even the familiar illustrations from children’s books and magazines showing kilted workers on the Nile toiling away on their kings’ great monuments. But what is the relationship between these images—along with the deep history they […]