New Light on King Herod’s Harbor (6:15pm start time)
2023-11-06 18:00 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
McCann/Taggart lecture
Note: This lecture’s start time is 6:15pm Eastern time.

The History of Scotland - As Revealed at its Eroding Coast
2023-11-06 19:30 (America/Chicago) | University of Alabama in Huntsville, Wilson Hall 168, 301 Sparkman Drive NW, Huntsville, AL, 35805, United States
Joukowsky lecture

The Forbidden Voyage
2023-11-07 19:00 (America/New_York) | Cohen Lounge, 1st floor Dickson Hall, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ, 07043, United States
McCann/Taggart lecture

All in the Name of Science: Academic Facilitation of the Trade in Asian Cultural Objects
2023-11-07 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Hopleaf (Andersonville), 5148 North Clark Street, Chicago
This talk by Dr. Emiline Smith (University of Glasgow) will examine the passive and active facilitative role that academics have played in the creation of taste and market demand for Asian cultural objects in the USA in the name of ‘science’ and ‘education’. Building on several case studies from across the USA, we will examine how academic expertise facilitates illicit trade in cultural objects. We will further examine how their exploitative knowledge creation processes continue to impact the way Asian cultural objects are displayed, published, owned, traded, and accessed today. Special attention is paid to the material and non-material lives of cultural objects, for example, the exploitation of their digitization in the name of ‘education’. Overall, this talk hopes the stimulate an open, reflexive, and critical conversation around how academics should address the exploitative and colonial foundations of the knowledge creation processes surrounding the objects they work with.

Saving Heritage from the Sea: The Communities Working to Rescue Scotland’s History
2023-11-08 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Nashville Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, 37203, United States

Agricultural Strategies and Environmental Change in Ancient Anatolia
2023-11-08 19:00 (America/Denver) | Eaton Humanities, Rm 250, CU Boulder Campus, 2055 Regent Dr, Boulder, CO, United States
Matson lecture

"New Light on King Herod's Harbor (Caesarea Maritima)"
2023-11-08 19:00 (America/New_York) | Room 1400 Marie Mount Hall, 7814 Regents Dr, College Park, MD, 20742, United States

"Otzi the Iceman": Forensic Science and Ancient Medicine in a Cold Case Murder
2023-11-09 18:00 (America/Denver) | Montana State University, Bozemon, MT, 59717, United States
Norton lecture

Saving Heritage From The Sea: The Communities Working To Rescue Scotland’s History
2023-11-09 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Newcomb Hall, room 18, Tulane University Uptown Campus, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States

Human-Animal-Divine Relationships in Cyprus: a Social Zooarchaeology of Sacrifice
2023-11-09 18:00 (America/New_York) | Jepson Hall 109, University of Richmond, 410 Westhampton Way, Richmond, 23173, United States
Kershaw lecture

Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students
2023-11-10 14:00 - 14:45, 2023-11-11 14:00 - 14:45, 2023-11-12 14:00 - 14:45, 2023-11-17 14:00 - 14:45, 2023-11-18 14:00 - 14:45, 2023-11-19 14:00 - 14:45 (America/New_York) | Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, 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. How do items come to the museum? Who accesses them and how do items return home?
Visitors may drop in at the scheduled times. No reservation is required. Tours meet in the lobby and last approximately 45 minutes.
Tours for groups of ten or more may be scheduled at these and other times, student schedules permitting.
Photo: EJSP Visual | Julieta Sarmiento

Dressing for Death: How to make and wear ancient Egyptian flint bangles
2023-11-11 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
In-Person Lecture
Saturday, November 11 at 3:30pm
Penn Museum, Classroom L2
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Hart, Lithic Specialist, University of Vienna Middle Egypt Project; Kom el-Hisn Provincialism Project
Lecture Topic: Dressing for Death: How to make and wear ancient Egyptian flint bangles
Abstract:
Ancient Egyptian flint bangles are practically unique in the world, and they are significant for being an undeniable example of flaked-stone items made for symbolic uses. This paper explores how these bangles were made, and their use as jewelry. Drawing on observations of ten examples from the Metropolitan Museum, new data from the flint-mining site of Wadi el-Sheikh, and an inventory of published examples, this talk will consider their chronology, how they were made, and possible meanings of the bangles. Outlining the steps of bangle production highlights the skill of ancient Egyptian craftsmen. Furthermore, an analysis of the find contexts and properties of the bangles forms the basis on an argument that the bangles were made specifically for the afterlife. Context data also provides insight into how they were worn, and who wore them in terms of sex, age, and status. Finally, this study suggests possible meanings of these delicate items that are a testament to the creativity and skill of Early Dynastic flaked-stone craftsmen.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Elizabeth Hart’s research focuses on understanding ancient economies. Looking beyond the grand temples and tombs of Ancient Egypt, she became especially interested in settlement sites, and what they can tell us about how ordinary ancient Egyptians lived their lives. She studies stone tools because they are particularly good at answering these questions about daily life along with broad questions about ancient economic change. Dr. Hart earned her PhD in Anthropological archaeology from the University of Virginia in 2017. She is the lithic specialist for a number of ongoing field projects in Egypt and has worked as an archaeologist in Egypt yearly since 2004, at sites including Giza, Abydos, and the Valley of the Kings. Her research has been supported by grants from the University of Virginia, the American Research Center in Egypt, and the National Science Foundation. She has shared Egypt’s cultural heritage by teaching courses on Ancient Egypt at the University of Virginia and University of Michigan, as a research fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as a Research Affiliate at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, by working for the non-profit organization the American Research Center in Egypt, and through talks and publications for both academic and general audiences.
Lectures are FREE for ARCE members. For non-ARCE members admission is as follows: $10 general admissions; $7 for Penn Museum members, Faculty & Staff; $5 for Students with ID (12 and under FREE).

Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students
2023-11-12 11:00 - 11:45, 2023-11-19 11:00 - 11:45 (America/New_York) | Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Sundays at 11:00 am October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. Free museum admission for Massachusetts residents every Sunday morning (year-round) from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Proof of residency required. Free museum admission is not available to commercial groups.
*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. How do items come to the museum? Who accesses them and how do items return home?
Visitors may drop in at the scheduled times. No reservation is required. Tours meet in the lobby and last approximately 45 minutes.
Tours for groups of ten or more may be scheduled at these and other times.
Photo: EJSP Visual | Julieta Sarmiento

AIA-Nashville Society Book Club
2023-11-13 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | The Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, 37203, United States
AIA-Nashville Society Book Club
Join us for the fourth meeting of our free book club on Monday, November 13, at 6 PM. This event is free and open to the public, with RSVP. Mention “Book Club” at the Ticket Counter, receive free admission, and proceed to the Treasury on Level 2 for the friendly, informal discussion.
RSVP required: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084aa8af2ea5f58-aianashville#
THIS QUARTER’S BOOK SELECTION:
We will be discussing The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. Reserve your spot with a free RSVP: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084aa8af2ea5f58-aianashville#
Looking to purchase the book? It is now available in the Museum Store! Or, head over to Parnassus Books and mention the Archaeological Institute of America-Nashville Society book club at the Parthenon for a 10% discount.
ABOUT THE BOOK: The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Description from Nashville Public Library:
Margaret Atwood returns with a shrewd, funny, and insightful retelling of the myth of Odysseus from the point of view of Penelope. Describing her own remarkable vision, the author writes in the foreword, “I’ve chosen to give the telling of the story to Penelope and to the twelve hanged maids. The maids form a chanting and singing Chorus, which focuses on two questions that must pose themselves after any close reading of the Odyssey : What led to the hanging of the maids, and what was Penelope really up to? The story as told in the Odyssey doesn’t hold water: there are too many inconsistencies. I’ve always been haunted by the hanged maids and, in The Penelopiad , so is Penelope herself.” One of the high points of literary fiction in 2005, this critically acclaimed story found a vast audience and is finally available in paperback.
2024 BOOK CLUB DATES:
RSVP: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084aa8af2ea5f58-aianashville#
Monday, February 5, 2024
Monday, May 6, 2024
Monday, August 5, 2024
Monday, November 4, 2024
Stay tuned for details!
BOOK CLUB SPONSOR: AIA-Nashville Society
The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) promotes archaeological inquiry and public understanding of the material record of the human past to foster an appreciation of diverse cultures and our shared humanity. The AIA supports archaeologists, their research and its dissemination, and the ethical practice of archaeology. The AIA educates people of all ages about the significance of archaeological discovery and advocates for the preservation of the world’s archaeological heritage. Learn more.
ADDITIONAL BOOK CLUB SPONSORS: Centennial Park Conservancy, Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation
PREVIOUS AIA-NASHVILLE SOCIETY BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS:
Circe by Madeline Miller discussed February 22, 2023
Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker discussed May 8, 2023
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips discussed August 21, 2023

The Bioarchaeology of the Distinctive Burials of the Phaleron Cemetery, Archaic Greece
2023-11-14 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Davidson College, 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, 28036, United States
Aviva Cormier, “The Bioarchaeology of the Distinctive Burials of the Phaleron Cemetery, Archaic Greece”
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. If you’re interested in archaeology, please join us!
About the lecture:
The world’s attention has been captured by the 7th century BCE finds that emerged from the coastal sands of Faliro, the ancient Port of Athens. Most often discussed are the seventy-nine young men who had been violently executed and interred in three trenches. They lived and died during the political upheavals that culminated in the foundational democracy of Classical Athens. These, however, are but a fraction (<10%) of those excavated between 2012 and 2017 at the site of Phaleron. Most of the 1000+ individuals buried nearby fall within an expected range of burial forms, including pits, cists, and jars. In this talk, I focus on those that fall outside of that range, individuals with mortuary contexts that suggest distinctive experiences in life and death. These distinctive burials include those who were interred collectively in mass graves or buried prone or tightly flexed in single graves, with some bound at the wrists and/or ankles. I present osteobiographies of these individuals- contextualized life histories from their skeletal remains- and emphasize how their potentially violent life and death experiences may have impacted their identity construction, physical wellbeing, and resulting mortuary treatment.
About the speaker:
Dr. Aviva Cormier, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Anthropology Department at Davidson College, is a bioarchaeologist who studies human culture, behavior, and society through human skeletal remains and their archaeological or historical contexts. She focuses on potentially marginalized individuals, those whose bodies or mortuary contexts fall outside of what is expected. She studies individuals with physical differences—those whose bodies do not conform to notions of a normal body or to the normal of the society being studied. She pays particular attention to the lived experiences of these individuals, how they might have navigated their physical and social environments, and how they might have self-identified or been identified by their community. Currently, she is a bioarchaeologist with the Phaleron Bioarchaeology Project.
Our lectures are sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, with funding from the Davidson College Public Lectures Committee, the Dean Rusk Program, and the departments of Africana Studies, Anthropology, Art, Classics, Educational Studies, History, and Latin American Studies.
Please support us by joining the Archaeological Institute of America for $50 (students $25), which includes a subscription to Archaeology magazine. Be sure to join Society 333, Central Carolinas!
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Caring for Navajo Culture: In Museums and Beyond
2023-11-15 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Stephanie Mach (Diné), Curator of North American Collections, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University
Cynthia Wilson (Diné), Native and Indigenous Rights Fellow, Religion and Public Life Program, Harvard Divinity School
Wade Campbell (Diné), Assistant Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology, Boston University
Join Stephanie Mach (Diné), Peabody Museum Curator of North American Collections and Diné (Navajo) guests for a panel conversation about the ways they each care for Navajo cultural heritage within their various areas of work and interest. This event provides an opportunity to hear from Navajo scholars who will share their experiences protecting and stewarding cultural heritage in museums and in community.
Following the panel conversation, attendees are encouraged to visit the Hall of the North American Indian at the Peabody Museum—from 7:15 to 8:00 pm—where Harvard students will be available to share information about key cultural items on display.
Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage.
Presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture in collaboration with the Center for the Study of World Religions and the Religion and Public Life Program, Harvard Divinity School; the Harvard University Native American Program; and The Constellation Project of the Planetary Health Alliance.
Image: Wedding basket. Gift of Mrs. William Whitman, 1930. Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University, 30-9-10/98459

AIA Archaeology Hour with Katherine L. Chiou
2023-11-15 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Join the AIA for a fascinating evening as Katherine L. Chiou (University of Alabama) presents Cuisine and Crisis: An Edible History of the Moche of Ancient Peru.
This presentation will be given at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific.
Imagine stepping into the shoes of an ancient Peruvian, tasting the flavors and savoring the meals of a time long past. In this talk, we’ll journey into the rich culinary history of the Moche people, who thrived along the desertic northern Peruvian coast from AD 100-800.
But it’s not just about what was on the plate; it’s about what those meals can tell us about the lives, struggles, and joys of two very different parts of Moche society. By exploring both a grand feast preparation area and a humble commoner’s home, we’ll dig into what food reveals about wealth, status, and daily life during a turbulent time marked by drought and political tension.
How did food contribute to social unrest? Were the rich and poor eating the same meals or were there stark differences? What does a simple dish tell us about a person’s identity? These questions and more will be served up in this delicious journey into the past, blending archaeology, technology, and a good pinch of culinary intrigue. Whether you’re a foodie, history buff, or simply curious about how meals connect us to our ancestors, this talk is a feast for the mind you won’t want to miss.

“Discoveries at Cooper’s Ferry Increase our Knowledge of Early PNW Peoples” by Loren G. Davis PhD, Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University
2023-11-16 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver) | Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC), 2316 West 1st Avenue, Spokane, Washington, 99201, United States
Archaeological excavations at the Cooper’s Ferry site reveal a long record of repeated human occupation beginning sometime before 15,785 cal BP and extending to ~2,000 years ago. This site, which is the location of an ancient village known to the Nez Perce Indian Tribe as Nipéhe, bears the earliest well-dated evidence of people in the Pacific Northwest and is one of the best lines of proof about early peoples in the Americas. In this presentation, we will review the basis for how the age of the site has been established and how the archaeological record there informs our understanding of what the early period of human presence looks like and where else such evidence might be found in the Pacific Northwest.
The lecture will broadcast in realtime via Zoom.
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Second International Symposium on the ARCHAEOLOGY OF WESTERN ANATOLIA
2023-11-17 08:00 - 2023-11-18 17:00 (America/New_York) | Faculty of Letters of the Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Buca, Izmir, DEÜ Edebiyat Fakültesi Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi Adatepe Mah. Doğuş Cad. No: 207/M 35390 Buca/İZMİR/TÜRKİYE, Izmir, 1297984856, Turkey
We are glad to inform you that an international symposium on Archaeology and history of the Cayster (Küçük Menderes) Valley in south-eastern inland part of Izmir, Turkey will take place on November 17-18, 2023 on Zoom. Küçük Menderes (“Little Meander”), Cayster River or Kaystros River (Ancient Greek: Κάϋστρος, French: Caÿstre) or Caystrus River is a river south of İzmir, Turkey. It flows westward between the ranges of Mount Tmolos and Mount Messogis through “wide, thickly settled and productive” plains (Strabo 13.4.13). Cayster (Küçük Menderes) Valley had an economy based on agriculture in ancient and medieval times as well as today. Although the settlement history of the Cayster (Küçük Menderes) Valley begins with prehistoric times, it can be said with the help of archaeological data that the urbanization extends to the Hellenistic Period. Intended to bring together scholars of Greek, Roman and Byzantine archaeology to discuss a range of issues concerning Cayster (Küçük Menderes) Valley, this electronic conference is an excellent opportunity to increase our knowledge about this region. Papers engageging the following themes and topics are invited:
– Cayster (Küçük Menderes) Valley during the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
– Archaeological field projects in Cayster (Küçük Menderes) Valley,
– Ancient Greek, Latin and Byzantine authors and other textual as well as cartographic sources,
– Miscellanea.
On all themes and questions, all approaches and methods susceptible to bring some progress to our current knowledge are of course welcome: archaeology, ancient history, historical geography, epigraphy, numismatic, history of art, cultural anthropology etc. The symposium will take place virtually on Zoom. All the readings and discussions in our e-conference will be in English, and recorded for later viewing on YouTube. The proceedings of the symposium will be published in 2025. The symposium is free of charge.
We would be delighted, if you could consider contributing to our symposium and contact us with the required information below before September 9, 2023. Our e-mail address is: ergun.lafli@deu.edu.tr
The organizers seek to widen participation at this symposium, and would like to encourage colleagues from all parts of the world to attend. We kindly request that you alert any interested researches, colleagues and students within your research community who would be interested in participating at this e-conference, either by forwarding our first circular and poster through Academia, Researchgate, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or other similar social media, or by printing them and displaying in your institution. Please share them also on your ListServs. We hope that you will be able to join us on Zoom, and look forward to seeing you!

Archaeology and Conservation: The Tombs at Rio Azul, a Treasure in Guatemala
2023-11-17 15:00 (America/New_York) | WEBINAR (Albany), Albany, NY

Ancient Roman Concrete: Let's build an Empire!
2023-11-17 19:30 (America/Halifax) | Provincial Archives Building, UNB Campus, 23 Dineen Drive, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 5H1, Canada

The Ever Changing Face of Indigenous People
2023-11-18 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Science Center Auditorium (SC 114) at The University of Dayton., 450 East Stewart St, Dayton, OH, 45409, United States
The second presentation in the Archaeological Institute of America’s Dayton Society 2023-2024 Lecture Series presented by Guy Jones, President of the Miami Valley Council for Native Americans..
The Ever Changing Face of Indigenous People
The identity of Indigenous people has and will probably change again and again as new discoveries come to light. As the relationship of Native and Non-Native develops various perceptions become a part of the cultural, historic and spiritual identity. The advancement of science has also impacted the narrative and validated traditional stories. As time moves on the various perceptions influence the narrative especially the experience of academics, traditional values, stories and the experience of all Natives.
This lecture is currently scheduled to take place in person in the Science Center Auditorium (SC 114) at The University of Dayton.
For those planning to attend in person please see UD’s COVID-19 Protocols page: https://udayton.edu/studev/ud-families/covid-19_protocols.php?fbclid=IwAR3v0CWid_X_ht37mjKItwIviUdVEL48hIeF_9cEfrb1BeS2uP9I7cjLiRY
For a campus map with building and parking information visit https://udayton.edu/map/
Thanks to the Archaeological Institute of America’s Lecture Program and its Dayton Society members this lecture is free and open to the public.

Art expressions of the intimate life in Pompeii, the Lupanare Grande" by Cyril Dumas (Curator at the Musee Yves Brayer Baux de Provence)
2023-11-18 14:00 (America/Chicago) | WEBINAR (St. Louis), St. Louis, MO
18 November 2023, Saturday at 2 PM (Central Standard Time Zone). ZOOM lecture: “Art expressions of the intimate life in Pompeii, the Lupanare Grande” by Cyril Dumas (Curator at the Musee Yves Brayer Baux de Provence). Zoom room opens at 1:45 and lecture promptly starts at 2 PM. Sign in at 1:45, please…

Rome "Urbs Pensilis": A Hanging City and its Hanging Gardens
2023-11-19 14:00 (America/New_York) | Carleton University 303 Paterson, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada
