Archaeological Institute of America

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
Joukowsky lecture

"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

Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students
2024-04-07 14:00 - 14:45, 2024-04-06 14:00 - 14:45, 2024-04-05 14:00 - 14:45, 2024-03-31 14:00 - 14:45, 2024-03-30 14:00 - 14:45, 2024-03-29 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

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, 2024-03-31 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) | county of nairobi
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) | county of nairobi
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

Death and Rebirth: Religious Change and Reincarnation in the Copper Age
2024-04-02 19:30 (America/Vancouver) | TBA (Vancouver), Vancouver, British Columbia

Creating Permanent Memories? Tomb Violation and Collective Memory in Pre-Roman Apulia
2024-04-02 18:00 (America/New_York) | McClung Museum Auditorium, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1327 Circle Park Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996, United States

Imperialism, Colonialism, Reparations, and the “Universal” Museum
2024-04-02 18:00 (America/New_York) | Randolph College, Leggett 537, 2900 Rivermont Ave, Lynchburg, VA, 24503, United States
Norton lecture

Manchester Community College -Sifting through Time
2024-04-02 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Manchester Community College – Student Union, 1066 Front St, Manchester, NH, 03102, United States
Featuring NH Archeological Society members.
The Social Science program will host its second archeology/anthropology expo. Professors Kurt Springs and Kimberly Kulesza will be joined by members of the New Hampshire Archeological Society in presenting an interactive experience for participants. Activities may include – demonstrations of flint knapping (making of stone tools), basketry, and geophysical projection. Also, displays of stone tools, pottery and ancient hunting implements, and a discussion of maps in archeology. Stop by and try making a stone blade, or see if you could hunt a Mastodon! Open to the public.

Where the Beer Flowed Like Wine: Beer and Brewing in Bronze Age Mesopotamia
2024-03-30 12:00 (America/New_York) | University of North Florida, 1 University of North Florida Drive, Jacksonville, FL, United States

New Field Work from Olynthos, Greece: Towards an Archaeology of Identity
2024-03-28 19:00 (America/New_York) | Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14607, United States

Socii & Sociability: Shopping for Status in a Roman Shop with Dr. Rhodora Vennarucci
2024-03-28 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Phoenix) | county of nairobi
Socii & Sociability: Shopping for Status in a Roman Shop
Matson Lecture
Rhodora Vennarucci, PhD
Assistant Professor of Classical Studies & Art History
University of Arkansas
Work in Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) has underscored that shopping is meaningful behavior. It is still new, however, to ask how shopping behavior was meaningful for people in the Roman world in part because consumption studies in archaeology have overlooked consumer agency and the social act of consumption. This talk applies a CCT and phenomenological approach to The Felt Shop of Verecundus (IX.7.5-7) from Pompeii, which sold fine footwear (e.g. socci, soft-soled felted slippers) and high-status textile products (e.g. toga praetexta) to explore how ancient consumers self-fashioned through public acts of consumption in the shop. An interactive 3D model of the shop in VR, reconstructed using the architectural remains and archival data from the shop’s excavation, facilitated this investigation, which contributes to the Virtual Roman Retail project.
Socci were a luxury item worn indoors and at dinner parties that only the more affluent in society could afford. Shopping for slippers then on the via dell’Abondanza, Pompeii’s most heavily trafficked thoroughfare, was a social act that involved the public performance of (aspirational?) power and status displayed for a larger and more diverse street audience than a private triclinium, where the slippers were ultimately meant to be worn, could offer. This lecture discusses how shopping behavior, traditionally viewed as a common.

AIA Archaeology Hour with Kisha Supernant
2024-03-27 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | county of nairobi
Join the AIA for a fascinating evening as Kisha Supernant (University of Alberta) presents Finding the Children: Using Archaeology to Search for Unmarked Graves at Indian Residential School Sites in Canada.
This presentation will be given at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific.
In May 2021, the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc First Nation in British Columbia, Canada, announced that 215 potential unmarked graves were located near the Kamloops Indian Residential School using ground-penetrating radar conducted by archaeologists. While this was not the first announcement of unmarked graves associated with Indian Residential Schools, it garnered national and international attention. The subsequent months saw significant commitments of funding from the government to support Indigenous communities who wanted to conduct their own searches. Many Indigenous communities turned to archaeologists to assist them in designing an approach to finding potential unmarked graves of their relatives. In this talk, Supernant provides an overview of how archaeologists have been working with Indigenous communities in Canada to locate potential grave sites and discuss the opportunities and challenges in this highly sensitive, deeply emotional work.

When Women Ruled the World
2024-03-27 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Wagner College, Foundation Hall, Manzulli Board Room, 1 Campus Rd, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Lecture and Reception at Wagner College
A woman’s power in the ancient world (and perhaps even today) was always compromised from the outset, and this lecture will address the root causes of this social inequality. Given this social reality in the ancient world, how then did women negotiate their limited leadership roles? Were they able to rule “behind the throne” so to speak? How are we to find a woman’s power when it was so habitually cloaked by a man’s dominance? This lecture will address those questions and ask how much of this ancient reality still touches us today.
Kara Cooney is a professor of Egyptology at UCLA and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Specializing in social history, gender studies, and economies in the ancient world, she received her Ph.D. in Egyptology from Johns Hopkins University. Her popular books include The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt, When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt, and The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World. Her latest books include Ancient Egyptian Society: Challenging Assumptions, Exploring Approaches (Routledge, 2023) and Recycling for Death: Coffin Reuse in Ancient Egypt and the Theban Royal Caches (The American University in Cairo Press, forthcoming 2024).
