THE LEPERS IN THE LAB: HUMAN SKELETONS FROM AN EARLY CHRISTIAN CEMETERY IN THEBES, GREECE with Maria A. Liston This webinar presents evidence for the late Roman/early Byzantine leprosy epidemic that affected Thebes, and probably a much wider area of Greece. It also will look at individuals who were buried in two mass graves, suggesting […]
BLOGGING ARCHAEOLOGY with Dr. Smiti Nathan An archaeologist's daily life is quite different than the images portrayed in popular movies and media. However, there is still plenty of discovery, adventure, and personality. Blogging has offered archaeologists the opportunity to communicate both their work and their lives in a personalized and ongoing way that departs from […]
Kershaw Lecture
In celebration of International Archaeology Day, Her Excellency Ambassador Ms. Vanessa Frazier, the Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations, discusses the archipelago’s prehistoric megalithic monuments. During this virtual tour, Ambassador Frazier will be accompanied by Dr. Josef Caruana, curator, Heritage Malta. The Tarxien Temples archaeological complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site whose four […]
In an engaged and critical discussion of ethics in the field Dr. Chip Colwell and Chief Gordon Yellowman answer questions about Colwell’s book, “Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America’s Culture,” (2017) and provide insider perspectives on the complex process of repatriation between museums and Indigenous communities. The author is […]
In an engaged and critical discussion of ethics in the field Dr. Chip Colwell and Chief Gordon Yellowman answer questions about Colwell’s book, “Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America’s Culture,” (2017) and provide insider perspectives on the complex process of repatriation between museums and Indigenous communities. The author is […]
DIGGING DEEPER: HOW ARCHAEOLOGY WORKS with Professor Eric Cline An internationally renowned archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience, Prof. Eric H. Cline has conducted fieldwork from Greece and Crete to Egypt, Israel, and Jordan. Drawing on his forthcoming book, Digging Deeper, Cline will answer questions that archaeologists are most frequently asked: How […]
Galen University's Anthropology Club, Heritage Education Network Belize and the Belize Institute of Archaeology will host a TV show (also streamed on Facebook page) on the material culture of Belize and the importance of heritage education and stewardship.
Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the 14th edition of the international conference ArcheoFOSS Open Software, hardware, processes, data and formats in archaeological research will be held online on October, 15th - 17th 2020. The Conference will address a range of important topics and themes relating to data sharing, open tools, processes and formats […]
MILLENNIUM ON THE MERIDIAN: TRACKING THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT SOUTHWEST with Steve Lekson "Twenty years ago, I suggested that three sequential capitals of the US Southwest -- Chaco, Aztec Ruins, and Casas Grandes -- were deliberately aligned north-south of each other, more-or-less on a meridian. Two decades of new data largely support this reconstruction, […]
