Archaeological Institute of America

Montaukett Indian Archaeology: The Fowler House in East Hampton, NY
2021-10-24 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY, 10580, United States
The Fowler House provides an extraordinary glimpse into the lives of Montaukett Indians on Long Island over a century ago. This storied house is a powerful reminder that Native American history is an integral part of American heritage locally, regionally, and nationally. The small vernacular saltbox house was once owned by George Fowler, a Montaukett Indian who was born at Indian Fields in Montauk, and whose family was among the last residents of the Indian Fields settlement at the time of their dispossession from the land in the 1870s. The Fowlers and other Montaukett families were pressured by Arthur W. Benson, a real estate developer who purchased Indian Fields at auction, to relocate to Freetown, north of East Hampton Village. The Fowler House now stands on one of these Freetown plots. To learn more about Montaukett history and culture in East Hampton, including the historical communities of Freetown and Indian Fields, see “Disrupting the Narrative: Labor and Survivance for the Montauketts of Eastern Long Island“, the Ph.D. dissertation of the speaker. It offers a rigorous in-depth study of oral traditions, archaeological research and architectural surveys, close analyses of historical records, and long-term ethnographic work with Long Island’s contemporary Montaukett community. Also, take look at “Created Communities: Segregation and the History of Plural Sites on Eastern Long Island, New York“, a recent academic journal article by Dr. McGovern and Dr. Christopher Matthews, which explores the complexities of identity and heritage in communities like Freetown.
Dr. Allison McGovern is an anthropological archaeologist in the greater New York City area whose work integrates archaeology with historical research methods, public engagement, planning, and historic preservation advocacy. She earned her MA in Anthropology from Syracuse University, and MPhil and PhD in Anthropology (Archaeology) from the CUNY Graduate Center. Her doctoral dissertation, entitled Disrupting the Narrative: Labor and Survivance for the Montauketts of Eastern Long Island critically addresses the way Native history is told through archaeology, material culture, and museum exhibition (to be published with University Press of Florida).
She is a professional archaeologist with Richard Grubb and Associates, a cultural resource management firm. Dr. McGovern is also active in archaeological service and outreach as a member of the Professional Archaeologists of New York City, an elected Board member of the New York Archaeological Council, a member of the Suffolk County Parks Historic Trust Committee, and a cultural partner with various local preservation and historical societies.
Dr. McGovern’s research in the Long Island area highlights the experiences of historically marginalized and underrepresented groups through archaeology, oral history, and ethnographic mapping. As a Public Archaeologist, she is interested in making her research available to general audiences, as well as other academic researchers. In 2018, she was awarded a Mark E. Mack Community Engagement Award (Third Place) from the Society of Historical Archaeology for her ongoing work with the Mapping Memories of Freetown project. She is also an inaugural recipient of the Robert D. L. Gardiner “Writing the History of Greater New York” Fellowship at the Gotham Center for New York City History for her forthcoming book Long Island Dirt. In addition to support from the Gardiner Foundation, her work has been supported by the CUNY Graduate Center, Farmingdale State College, the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, the Philips Fund for Native American research, the Mystic Seaport, and the National Endowment of the Humanities.

Wonderwerk Cave: Archaeology at the Edge of the Kalahari
2021-10-24 15:00 (America/New_York) | WEBINAR (Staten Island 1), Staten Island, NY
Joukowsky Lecture

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From the Mound to the Mantelpiece. The Movement of Early Bronze Age Pots from the Dead Sea Plain, Jordan
2021-10-24 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | WEBINAR (Winnipeg 1), Winnipeg, MB
Feinstone Lecture

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SASA's Halloween Bash
2021-10-25 - 2021-11-03, 2021-10-25, 2021-10-26, 2021-10-28, 2021-10-29, 2021-10-30, 2021-10-31, 2021-11-01 and 1 more date
FREE and open to the public, this celebration of SASA’s progress and call to action to support our mission is complete with a 10-day lineup of special events! From Mesopotamian ‘vampires’ and the underworld, to Pictish monsters, ‘Assassins Creed: Valhalla’ archaeogaming, and a feature on ‘Lovecraft’, join us to explore the history of Halloween and the related festivals and figures from the ancient world.
FREE Halloween Bash Event Lineup:
~Oct. 23 – 2pm EDT – SASA Book Club LIVE: ‘Murder Mystery in the Roman Republic’ by Dr. Emma Southton, hosted by Jack Chandler
~Oct. 25 – 2pm EDT – Art Contest Winners Reveal
~Oct. 26 – 2pm EDT – “Death, Dying, and the Dreary Underworld in Mesopotamia” led by Dr. Petra Creamer
~Oct. 28 – 1pm EDT – SASA Archaeogaming LIVE: “Rainbow Road to Asgard: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Discovery Tour” hosted by Kate Minniti and Jacob Coffey
~Oct. 29 – 12pm EDT – “The Gods and Myths of the Picts” led by Dr. Kelly Kilpatrick
~Oct. 30 – 2pm EDT -SASA Q&A LIVE: ‘Lovecraft’ w/ S. T. Joshi, hosted by Jackson Reinhardt
~Oct 31 – 1pm EDT – SASA Halloween Spooktacular Party
~Nov. 1 – 2pm EDT – ”Ancient ‘Monsters’ as seen in Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals of the Morgan Library Collection” led by Nicole Leist
~Nov. 3 – 11am EDT – “Lilith: not quite a ‘Babylonian vampire’, but…” led by Dr. Martin Worthington

Drink Your Hot Chocolate Like a Maya Ruler! Make Your Own Maya Drinking Cup (in English, until October 31st)
2021-10-25 09:00, 2021-10-28 09:00 (America/New_York)
Have fun learning about Maya ceramics for International Archaeology Day! This activity is a digital kit you can do any time on your own to explore the art and function of ancient Maya painted ceramics. Using various digital resources (including an online video tutorial) you will learn about some of the forms, designs, and functions of Maya ceramic vessels, with special attention to the Maya drinking cup. Complete our Maya drinking cup art activity to enjoy your favorite hot beverage!
Download our digital kit here: https://bit.ly/3oi390T
For an added bonus, if you email a photo of your completed drinking cup to mesoamericacenter@gmail.com by Sunday October 31, 2021 you will be eligible to win a gift box of Guatemalan hot drinking chocolate, ceramic drinking cup, and other small Guatemalan artisan crafts. Three winners will be selected from the submitted photo entries.

Berry site "Dig Day"
2021-10-26 10:00 - 2021-10-30 14:00, 2021-10-30 10:00 - 2021-11-03 14:00 (America/New_York) | Berry site, Henderson Mill Road, Morganton, NC, 28680, United States
Volunteers are invited to join in the excavation of the Berry site, located outside of Morganton, North Carolina. Berry is the location of the Native town of Joara and the Spanish Fort San Juan which was built in January 1567 and destroyed in 1568. Fort San Juan, occupied by 30 Spanish soldiers, constitutes the earliest European colonial settlement in the interior of the United States.

Gendered Ads in Antiquity: Targeted Advertising for Women in Athenian Vase Painting
2021-10-26 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | WEBINAR (Vancouver 1), Vancouver, BC
Scranton Lecture

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The Body Poetic: How identity is formed, negotiated, and renegotiated through interaction between the living and the dead
2021-10-27 14:00 (America/New_York) | WEBINAR (Niagara Peninsula 1), St. Catharines, ON

Shrouded in Mystery: Reconstructing the Cultural Contexts of Funerary Shrouds from Roman Egypt
2021-10-27 18:00 (America/New_York) | WEBINAR (Central/West Michigan 1), Lansing, MI

Urban Borehole Surveys And The Origins Of The Roman Forum
2021-10-28 17:00 - 18:15 (America/Chicago) | 101 Swallow Hall, 507 S. Ninth St., Columbia, MO, 65201, United States
A lecture by Prof. Nicola Terrenato (University of Michigan) presenting the results of a recent borehole survey carried out in the monumental core of Rome, and discussing the main implications for our understanding of both the city’s original environmental setting and the creation of the earliest urban infrastructure.

Bird/Egg, Pen/Hand, Torch/Deer? Pairs of Ordinary Objects on Roman Coins
2021-10-28 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Webinar, Webinar, London, UK, London, Sonoma County, 5201, United Kingdom
Metcalf Lecture

Ten fingers and ten toes: disability and infanticide in ancient Greece
2021-10-28 18:00 (America/Phoenix) | WEBINAR (Central Arizona 1), Phoenix, AZ
Young Lecture

Torches, Fireflies, and Moonlight: The Brilliance of Classic Maya Lightscapes
2021-10-28 19:30 (America/New_York) | WEBINAR (Rochester1), Rochester, NY
Borowski Lecture

Boomtown Blues: Archaeologies of Expansion and Collapse in Amazonia
2021-10-29 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Room 106, Psychology Building, 4111 Pictor Lane, Orlando, FL, 32816, United States
Stone Lecture
You can attend the lecture either in-person or via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent out to all registered attendees on the day of the lecture. Register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boomtown-blues-archaeologies-of-expansion-and-collapse-in-amazonia-tickets-185960060547

Shipwrecks and the Transport of Luxury in the Roman Mediterranean
2021-10-29 19:30 (America/Halifax) | WEBINAR (New Brunswick 1), Fredericton, NB
Steffy Lecture

International Archaeology Day: Tour of Oak Woods Cemetery
2021-10-30 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
Come enjoy a beautiful fall day with an informal tour of Chicago’s oldest chartered rural garden cemetery- Oak Woods. Dr. Jane Baxter will provide some insights to the cemetery, and show us not only the final resting places of some of Chicago’s (and America’s) past luminaries, but also how using tools of archaeology to examine the headstones and landscapes can offer insights into Chicago’s past. The tour will include some formal presentation in a relatively concise area of the cemetery, and the opportunity to explore further afield on your own- so the tour is suitable for varying levels of fitness and interest. (This will be a completely outdoors event, but please bring a mask, for example, in case you wish to explore indoor spaces at the cemetery) Parking is not available in the cemetery itself.
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Celebration of International Archaeology Day (IAD): Archaeology Book Club
2021-10-30 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Ashley Morton will be leading us in a discussion of Sarah Moss’ novel, Ghost Wall (“a taut, gripping tale of a young woman and an Iron Age reenactment trip that unearths frightening behavior…”). Come celebrate International Archaeology Day with us!
This event will be hosted online, via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Please use the following link to register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlcuGtpz8vHtJaAHpwig6ngkQ87yhwH1wu.

The Power of the Ancestors at Pylos
2021-11-02 17:00 (America/New_York) | Andrews Hall, Room 101, College of William & Mary, 605 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, VA, 23187, United States
Howland Lecture

Awash in Innuendo at the Baths of Caracalla
2021-11-02 17:00 (America/New_York) | WEBINAR (New Haven 1), New Haven, CT
a remote ZOOM lecture by Maryl Gensheimer, University of Maryland
Archaeological Institute of America, New Haven Society
November 2 2021, from 5-6 pm
Zoom link: https://yale.zoom.us/j/93935437567

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Topic: AIA Fall 2021
Time: Nov 2, 2021 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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The Spirit of Repatriation Under NAGPRA
2021-11-03 17:00 (America/New_York) | WEBINAR (Boston 2), Boston, MA
