Archaeological Institute of America

Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students
2024-04-13 14:00 - 14:45, 2024-04-12 14:00 - 14:45, 2024-04-07 14:00 - 14:45, 2024-04-06 14:00 - 14:45, 2024-04-05 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

DOUBLE-HEADER: The Serapeum at Saqqara & Moo-ving Along: Cattle Mummies in Ancient Egypt
2024-04-13 13:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
In-Person Lecture
Saturday, April 13 at 1:30 pm EST
Penn Museum, Classroom L2
Speakers: Dr. Aidan Dodson & Dr. Salima Ikram
Lecture Topics & Abstracts:
The Serapeum at Saqqara
This afternoon we will explore the history of the catacombs of the sacred Apis bull at Saqqara. We will trace its story from the first known burial under Amenhotep III to the end of the employment of the complex following the demise of Cleopatra VII.
Moo-ving Along: Cattle Mummies in Ancient Egypt
Cattle have been central to many cultures over the millennia, and this is also true for that of ancient Egypt. On a practical level they provide food, clothing, shelter, tools, jewellery, and are a measure of wealth; on a sacred level ,they are the focus of cultic activity, with many deities, both female and male, manifesting as cows and bulls. This lecture will briefly discuss the main cattle cults of ancient Egypt and then present the different types of cattle mummies that are known. Their purpose, mummification process, and histories will be featured.
Speaker Bios:
Dr. Aidan Dodson is honorary full Professor of Egyptology at the University of Bristol, UK, where he has taught for over 25 years. He studied at Durham, Liverpool and Cambridge Universities, and was Simpson Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo for the spring of 2013, and Chairman of the Egypt Exploration Society from 2011 to 2016. He is the author of some thirty books, most recently The Nubian Pharaohs of Egypt (American University in Cairo Press, 2023).
Dr. Salima Ikram is Distinguished University Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo and Professor Extraordinary at Stellenbosch University. She studied at Bryn Mawr College (AB) and Cambridge University (MPhil and PhD). She has worked throughout Egypt, and has directed the North Kharga Darb Ain Amur Survey, the Amenmesses Project KV10-KV63, and the Egyptian Museum Animal Mummy Project and has published extensively for both scholars and the general public.
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Lectures are FREE to ARCE Members, $10 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty, $7 for Students with ID, and $15 for the general public. Light refreshments served starting at 1:00pm.
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The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture, foster broader knowledge among the general public, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution. We host monthly events including scholarly lectures, Egyptian-themed workshops, social events, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries. For more information or to learn about the perks of membership, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.

New Hampshire SCRAP LAB Open House
2024-04-13 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | NH SCRAP Lab, 99 Airport Road, Concord, United States
SCRAP LAB Open House – in person
Join SCRAP and NHAS members for a tour of the SCRAP Archaeology Lab featuring the new NHAS space. This is an opportunity to see a working archeology lab and to view a variety of artifacts from sites in New Hampshire. You will also have a chance to meet the New Hampshire State Archaeologist Mark Doperalski.
LOCATION: SCRAP Lab 99 Airport Road, Concord NH

Crouching Tigers, Hidden Elephants
2024-04-13 12:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | Virginia Village Branch Library, 1500 S Dahlia St, Denver, CO, 80222, United States
Abstract:
While a global phenomenon, rock art has been a relatively recent subject of study in Southeast Asia with the number of known sites growing from a handful in the 1960s to over a thousand today. Research accelerated in the last 20 years with better recording and analytical techniques as evidenced by the increased number of papers on Southeast Asian rock art in international conferences and journals since the 2000s. The majority of sites are located from Indonesia and Thailand, where sustained episodes of research have been conducted. New dates from Indonesia challenge long-standing ideas about the ‘origin’ of art while other discoveries shed light on the movements and activities of peoples across this diverse landscape. This lecture presents a survey of rock art across Southeast Asia from the deep past to more modern times and shows how rock art can help us better understand the archaeology of Southeast Asia.
Short bibliography and/or website on lecture topic:
https://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/rock-art-of-southeast-asia/
(includes a bibliography and overview)
Bio:
Noel Hidalgo Tan is the Senior Specialist in Archaeology at the SEAMEO Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts in Bangkok, where he works to promote the archaeology of Southeast Asia by building capacity among regional archaeologists, finding ways to engage the public about archaeological and cultural heritage, and conducting archaeological research. His main research interest is in the rock art of Southeast Asia, where he spent his postgraduate work documenting sites in Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. His recent projects include rock art documentation in western Laos and southern Thailand; the protection of regional underwater cultural heritage; archaeology, tourism and the protection of Southeast Asian cultural heritage sites; and developing future capacity in regional archaeology education in Southeast Asia. He is the managing editor of the SPAFA Journal (www.spafajournal.org) and runs an online resource website on Southeast Asian Archaeology (www.SoutheastAsianArchaeology.com)

20,000 Leagues Under the Wine-Dark Sea
2024-04-12 09:30 (America/New_York) | NC
Broneer lecture

Men and Women in the Wild West: The Production of a Red-Light District in Ouray, Colorado given by Prof. Mary Van Buren (Colorado State University)
2024-04-11 19:15 - 20:30 (America/Denver) | Eaton Humanities, 1610 Pleasant Street, Boulder, CO, 80309, United States
Since the 1980s studies of prostitution, a key component of red-light districts, have focused almost exclusively on female sex workers. While an important corrective to the omission of women from historical accounts of the West, the roles played by men in the construction, organization, and experiences offered by red-light districts have been largely ignored. This talk re-integrates men into the analysis of the Vanoli Block, an infamous part of the red-light district in late 19th and early 20th century Ouray. Multiple masculinities – including the middle and upper-class Victorian men who organized the construction and operation of the district, working class patrons, and Chinese laundry workers – as well as women engaged in the sex trade, are implicated in the creation of this distinctly Western venue.

Using 3D to Document and Share Vermont’s Past: The Vermont State University Digital Archaeology Project - Virtual
2024-04-11 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | NC
Using 3D to Document and Share Vermont’s Past: The Vermont State University Digital Archaeology Project – Virtual
Matthew D. Moriarty, PhD, Assistant Professor of Archaeology, Vermont State University
The Vermont State University Digital Archaeology Project was founded in 2019 to explore new avenues in archaeological research, digital curation, and educational outreach using 3D technologies. Over the last four years, VTSU faculty and students have utilized 3D imaging to document archaeological, museum, and private collections, and 3D printing to share those materials with the public. This presentation highlights some of the project’s early results and explores some of the methodological issues raised by 3D imaging and 3D printing of archaeological heritage.
LOCATION: Zoom
REGISTER: Zoom registration bit.ly/NHASregister

Crouching Tigers, Hidden Elephants
2024-04-11 19:00 (America/New_York) | DePaul University Levan Center, 2322 North Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, 60614, United States
Joukowsky lecture

Sacred Spectating in Late Antique Egypt: Monastic Painting as Spiritual Experience
2024-04-11 18:00 (America/New_York) | Jepson Hall, Room 109, 221 Richmond Way, Richmond, VA, 23173, United States
Lecture by Agnieszka Szymanska (University of Richmond). Free and open to the public.

Cultural Identity and Ritual Feasting: Exploring the Origin and Dispersal of Sino-Tibetan Populations
2024-04-11 18:00 (America/New_York) | NC

Tunisia: Phoenicians to Romans, Mosaics to Mosques
2024-04-11 - 2024-04-23 | NC
Travel and learn with Archaeologist Dr. Nejib Ben Lazreg as you explore mosaics and mosques along with many other exciting sites and enjoy the fascinating culture that Tunisia has to offer.
Highlights Include:
• Visit all seven of Tunisia’s cultural UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
• Explore fabled Carthage, including the Antonine Baths and the cisterns.
• Spend three full days in and around Tunis, including a visit to the Bardo Museum (pending its re-opening), featuring exquisite exhibits of Roman and Byzantine mosaics.
• See the beautiful Cape Bon coast and the Punic site of Kerkouane.
• Marvel at Bulla Regia, a well-preserved site featuring underground Roman villas, a museum, a Temple of Apollo, and a 2nd-century theater.
• Tour Dougga, established prior to the Romans, with its 3,500 seat theater; Temples of Saturn, Augustan Piety, and Mercury; and Capitol.
• Discover Kairouan, the fourth holiest city in the Muslim world, founded in A.D. 670, with its carpet, leather, brass, and spice vendors; and its Great Mosque with a three-tiered minaret.
• Visit El Djem, one of Tunisia’s most extraordinary sites, with a marvelous, 30,000-seat, ancient amphitheater and a museum that houses lovely mosaics.
• Visit the Roman city of Sbeitla (Sufetula), one of North Africa’s best-preserved Roman cities, including several stunning 2nd-century A.D. temples and mosaic-covered Byzantine baptisteries.
• Wander through Thuburbo Majus, a sprawling site occupied in turn by Berbers, Phoenicians, and Romans. The imperial remains include the Forum, Temple of Mercury, and sunken winter baths.

Crouching Tigers, Hidden Elephants
2024-04-10 19:00 (America/New_York) | Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, 44106, United States

Madison Society National Lecture Program lecture
2024-04-09 19:00 (America/Chicago) | TBA (Madison), Madison, WI, United States
Hanfmann Lecture

The Ancient Egyptian Prisoner Statues: Manifestations of Pharaoh’s Power
2024-04-09 19:00 (America/New_York) | Oberlin Public Library, 65 S. Main St, Oberlin, 44074, United States

Crouching Tigers, Hidden Elephants
2024-04-08 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 370 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley, South Dr, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States

"Solar Eclipse and Mississippian Culture" by Dr. Michael Fuller
2024-04-08 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Towosaghy State Historic Site, East Prairie, MO, 63845, United States
8 April 2024, Monday at 11 AM (Central Standard Time Zone). Field Trip Lecture: “Solar Eclipse and Mississippian Culture” by Dr. Michael Fuller (St. Louis Community College). Lecture location at Towosaghy State Historic Site in East Prairie, Missouri. Start of Partial Eclipse at 12:33. Start of Totality at 1:53. End of Totality at 2:02 pm CDT . Bring a sack lunch and 2 bottles of water!

Crouching Tigers, Hidden Elephants
2024-04-07 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Student Engagement And Success Center, Santa Rosa Junior College, Petaluma Campus, 680 Sonoma Mtn. Parkway, Petaluma, CA, 94954, United States

Amazing Archaeology Fair at Harvard
2024-04-07 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Venture on archaeological expeditions around the world in this annual event for all ages. Talk with archaeologists who study ancient Egyptian, Aztec, and Inca civilizations and more. Try ancient cuneiform writing and a new app that animates detailed wall art in Assyrian palaces. Peer beneath the ground with a virtual reality experience, and check out our “lab” to join students analyzing archaeological evidence. Discover these and other surprises during this popular Spring event.
Regular museum admission rates apply. Free event parking starting at 12:00 pm at the 52 Oxford Street Garage.
Presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.

Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students
2024-04-07 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

"Art and Ancestral Inspirations of Lance Foster" by Lance Foster
2024-04-06 14:00 (America/New_York) | Missouri History Museum, AT&T Room, 5700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63112, United States
6 April 2024, Saturday at 2 PM (Central Standard Time Zone).”Art and Ancestral Inspirations of Lance Foster” by Lance Foster, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer of the Ioway Nation. Lecture location – Missouri History Museum, AT & T room. Join us in the museum cafe for lunch (dutch treat) at noon to chat with the speaker.

New Hampshire Archeological Society Spring Meeting
2024-04-06 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | NC
Co-hosted by the Dartmouth College Department of Anthropology, the Dartmouth Archaeology Working Group (DAWG) and the New Hampshire Archaeological Society.
Speakers include:
Alex Garcia-Putnam, PhD, Co-Director of the Forensic Anthropology Identification and Recovery (F.A.I.R.) Lab, UNH
The Brentwood Poor Farm: Bioarchaeological Insights on Poverty and Marginalization in Historic New Hampshire.
This work explores the lives and deaths of inmates of the Brentwood Poor Farm, Brentwood, NH (1841-1868). The hardships these individuals faced—poverty, otherness, forced labor— were embodied in their skeletal remains, manifesting as osteoarthritis, tooth loss due to dental disease, and other signs of physiological stress. The present study finds that this sample, while small, is illustrative of the marginalization faced by impoverished individuals who died at poor farms across the United States during this time period.
Karlee Feinen- Senior Cultural and Historic Preservation Major, Salve Regina University
The Stratigraphy of Weirs Beach
Located on Lake Winnipesaukee in the town of Laconia, Weirs Beach is among the most important archaeological sites in New Hampshire. However, instances of stratigraphic disturbances have moved the cultural deposits at the site. My research analyzes recent excavations by Dr. Nathaniel Kitchel and what can be learned from the stratigraphic disturbances at the site.
Jon Apperstein Phd candidate Dartmouth College
A Kernel of Truth: On the Possibilities of Extensive Maize Agriculture in the Archaeological Northeast
Our understanding of the regional archaeological landscape has been relatively stable for the past few decades. The main archaeological questions continue to be centered on the great maize debate and its intersection with Woodland settlements—specifically, the absence of large sedentary Woodland villages and minimal evidence of widespread agriculture. Due to a combination of poor preservation, long histories of colonization and methodological failures the archaeobotanical remains of maize are relatively thin especially compared to other maize cultivating communities elsewhere in North America. This talk aims to review the evidence of maize agriculture prior to extensive European colonization, the impact of maize agriculture on settlement, and finally, explain novel ways to locate new evidence that challenges and expands our understanding of the Archaeological Northeast.
Jesse Cassana Phd, Dartmouth College,Professor
Digging Dartmouth: Archaeological Investigations in Hanover and the Upper Valley
All times below are approximate.
9:00 am – Registration opens. Morning refreshments
9:50 am – Welcome and opening remarks
10:00 am – Two Speakers and break
11:45 am – Lunch on your own (Class of 1953 Commons, Cafeteria)
1:00 pm – Two Speakers
Registration opens at 9 am with sessions starting at 10 am. Registration: $10 at the door, Complimentary with Student ID. No pre registration required.
Virtual Zoom registration bit.ly/NHASregister
LOCATION: Steele Hall, Room 006, Dartmouth College. PARKING: All campus parking lots that are permit-only during the week are free on the day of the meeting and open to anyone. Handicapped-accessible or Reserved parking spaces are not open to meeting attendees WITHOUT PROPER PERMITS. The two lots closest to Steele Hall are the Maynard Lot and the Dana Lot.

Wrecking in the Florida Keys
2024-04-05 18:30 (America/New_York) | Palm Beach Museum of Natural History, the Mall at Wellington Green, 10300 Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington, FL, 33414, United States
Robert Feeney is a Ph.D. student in Comparative Studies at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. He received his MA in history there is 2016 and currently works in the FAU library as a Manuscript and Archives Special Collections Assistant. Robert is also a member of the City of Plantation Historic Preservation Board. His specialty is 19th century US material culture focusing on early telegraph and railroad equipment. He has been a popular guest speaker for a number of local organizations, often dressing in period costume and bringing along a display of pertinent artifacts.
During the 1800s, the wrecking industry made Key West one of the wealthiest cities in the US. Hear stories of ships and sailors hopelessly wrecked on Florida’s reef system and how they provided a livelihood for intrepid individuals willing to risk their lives to save crews and cargoes from perilous storms. See navigation tools, learn about shipboard trades, and see actual artifacts related to the practice of “wrecking.”
This is both an in-person and on-line event. For those coming to the Museum, there will be light refreshments. The on-line presentation will be available via Zoom at:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86833990236?pwd=[REDACTED]
For additional information call (561) 729-4246

University of New Hampshire – Open Archaeology and Anthropology Day – featuring NH Archeological Society members
2024-04-05 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | NC
Experiment with flint knapping, atlatl throwing, and excavation! Learn about anthropology and experience cultural diversity! Squamscott Room in Holloway Commons, 75 Main St.Durham, NH 03824,

Society Against the State in Prehistoric Cyprus
2024-04-04 19:00 (America/New_York) | Harbor Walk West Room 217, 360 Concord Street, Charleston, SC, 29401, United States
Kershaw lecture

When Gods and Heroes Retreat: The Death of Myth on Roman Sarcophagi
2024-04-03 17:30 (America/New_York) | University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Richards Hall 15, 1410 Q Street, Lincoln, NE, 68588

The Representation of Ramses II's Enemies in the Battle of Kadesh Reliefs
2024-04-03 17:00 (America/New_York) | Leigh Hall 208, University of Akron, Akron, 44325, United States
Matson lecture
Lecture begins at 5:15pm
