Archaeological Institute of America

New Hampshire Archeological Society Spring Meeting - NHAS
2023-04-01 09:50 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Manchester Community College – Student Union, 1066 Front St, Manchester, NH, 03102, United States
Registration opens at 9 am with sessions starting at 10 am. Registration: $10 at the door. Complimentary with Student ID. All times below are approximate.
9:00 am – Registration opens. Morning refreshments.
9:50 am – Welcome and opening remarks.
10:00 am The Place before the Park: An Archaeological Perspective on our Recreational Treasures.
Mark Doperalski, NH State Archaeologist
A presentation focusing on archaeological research conducted by the NH State Conservation and Rescue Archaeology Program (SCRAP) on the banks of the Suncook River in Bear Brook State Park. Data from the research has not only shed light on Native American life on the banks of the Suncook River but is also helping the State Parks protect and interpret the archaeological resources for future generations.
10:30 am High Above the River: Points, Pottery and a Pithouse in Manchester
Jacob Tumelaire, Shannon Mascarenhas, and Roxanne Pendleton, Independent Archaeological Consulting, LLC
IAC conducted Phase IB testing that identified previously undocumented components of the Amoskeag West Bank site (27-HB-079) in Manchester. A subsequent Targeted Data Recovery confirmed the presence of numerous Pre-Contact Native American cultural features, including a pit house rare in the local archaeological record. Diagnostic artifacts and datable organic material indicate occupation during both the Archaic and Woodland periods, along with a potential Paleoindian component. This presentation offers a summary of our preliminary results, highlighting the most significant findings from the 2022 archaeological surveys.
11:15 am Recent Research at Coastal Sites in Downeast Maine
Dr. Gabe Hrynick, University of New Brunswick
In the 1950s, Ted Stoddard of the Robert S. Peabody Museum’s Northeastern Archaeology Survey identified dozens of archaeological sites in coastal Downeast Maine. Since 2013, colleagues and I have revisited many of these sites, examined the curated collections from them, and conducted targeted excavations. Our goals are to better understand what has been lost to coastal erosion and use that information to get a better understanding of hunter-gatherer settlement and subsistence in Downeast Maine. In this talk, I review recent field and museum research from the project.
1:00 pm ‘Upside Down’ the Peopling of Latin America: a Summary and On-going Research
Dr. Bruce Bradley, Emeritus Professor, University of Exeter, UK.
ZOOM presentation.
This presentation summarizes the current evidence of the early human presence in Latin America from northern Mexico (Chiquihuite Cave) to the southern tip of South America (Fell Cave). It will focus on recent and on-going archaeological research with an emphasis on my own collaborative work, specifically in Brazil and Uruguay. Implications for the peopling of North America will also be briefly discussed. While genetic evidence is important, it is beyond the scope of this presentation other than a cautionary comment.
LOCATION: Manchester Community College, 1066 Front St, Manchester, NH
Also available via Zoom. Register at bit.ly/2023NHASevent

High Above the River: Points, Pottery and a Pithouse in Manchester
2023-04-01 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Manchester Community College – Student Union, 1066 Front St, Manchester, NH, 03102, United States
High Above the River: Points, Pottery and a Pithouse in Manchester
Jacob Tumelaire, Shannon Mascarenhas, and Roxanne Pendleton, Independent Archaeological Consulting, LLC
IAC conducted Phase IB testing that identified previously undocumented components of the Amoskeag West Bank site (27-HB-079) in Manchester. A subsequent Targeted Data Recovery confirmed the presence of numerous Pre-Contact Native American cultural features, including a pit house rare in the local archaeological record. Diagnostic artifacts and datable organic material indicate occupation during both the Archaic and Woodland periods, along with a potential Paleoindian component. This presentation offers a summary of our preliminary results, highlighting the most significant findings from the 2022 archaeological surveys.

Archaeology, Museums, and War
2023-04-01 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Graham Hall, Smith College, 22 Elm St., Northampton, MA, 01060, United States
30th Annual Phyllis Williams Lehmann Lecture
Lecture by C. Brian Rose, the James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania and a Past President of the Archaeological Institute of America.
The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria during the last two decades have profoundly influenced scholars and how they deal with the art and material culture of antiquity. In this lecture, archaeologist C. Brian Rose draws on his own experiences with museums, foreign wars, and archaeology to discuss the ways in which the past now dominates the present. He gives an overview of cultural heritage destruction and preservation programs in conflict zones and considers the subject of museums and repatriation requests in an age of increasing nationalism.

Recent Research at Coastal Sites in Downeast Maine
2023-04-01 11:15 - 11:45 (America/New_York) | Manchester Community College – Student Union, 1066 Front St, Manchester, NH, 03102, United States
Recent Research at Coastal Sites in Downeast Maine
Dr. Gabe Hrynick, University of New Brunswick
In the 1950s, Ted Stoddard of the Robert S. Peabody Museum’s Northeastern Archaeology Survey identified dozens of archaeological sites in coastal Downeast Maine. Since 2013, colleagues and I have revisited many of these sites, examined the curated collections from them, and conducted targeted excavations. Our goals are to better understand what has been lost to coastal erosion and use that information to get a better understanding of hunter-gatherer settlement and subsistence in Downeast Maine. In this talk, I review recent field and museum research from the project.

‘Upside Down’ the Peopling of Latin America: a Summary and On-going Research Dr. Bruce Bradley
2023-04-01 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Manchester Community College – Student Union, 1066 Front St, Manchester, NH, 03102, United States
‘Upside Down’ the Peopling of Latin America: a Summary and On-going Research
Dr. Bruce Bradley, Emeritus Professor, University of Exeter, UK.
ZOOM presentation.
This presentation summarizes the current evidence of the early human presence in Latin America from northern Mexico (Chiquihuite Cave) to the southern tip of South America (Fell Cave). It will focus on recent and on-going archaeological research with an emphasis on my own collaborative work, specifically in Brazil and Uruguay. Implications for the peopling of North America will also be briefly discussed. While genetic evidence is important, it is beyond the scope of this presentation other than a cautionary comment.

Open Archaeology and Anthropology Day
2023-04-03 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Piscataqua Room Memorial Union Building, 83 Main Street, Durham, NH, 03824, United States
University of New Hampshire – Open Archaeology and Anthropology Day – featuring NH Archeological Society members
Experiment with flint knapping, atlatl throwing, and excavation! Learn about anthropology and experience cultural diversity!
Location: Piscataqua Room, Memorial Union Building, 83 Main St, Durham, NH 03824, USA.
For more information contact Ashley Schubert ashley.schubert@unh.edu or AnneTorres annetorres@unh.edu

Stymphalos: A Planned City of Ancient Arcadia, Lecture by Hector Williams (U. British Columbia)
2023-04-03 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | CA
AIA Rodney S. Young Memorial Lecture
Excavations at ancient Stymphalos, a small Arcadian late classical city set 2000 feet up in the mountains of the northern Peloponnese, have uncovered fifteen areas of the city within its sturdy fortification walls. Famously as the site of Herakles’ sixth labour, killing the Stymphalian birds, the city also produced two Olympic victors and mercenary forces that served from Carthage to the Middle East. The talk will look at the well built houses of the town, its theatre and wrestling school, its sanctuaries and their hundreds of oﬀerings, the sophisticated city defences, and temples that included some with marble roof tiles (rare in Greece). It will also present four early Christian cemeteries and their burials, which throw light on local inhabitants. We also pioneered the use of geophysical exploration in Greece, revealing an orthogonally planned city of the 4th c. BC.

The People of Angkor
2023-04-04 19:00 (America/Denver) | CU Museum of Natural History, 15th and Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80309

Gallery Talk—A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection
2023-04-05 15:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Join graduate student intern Sammi Richter for a closer look at ancient objects in the exhibition A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection, as well as insights into the exhibition process. On view through May 7, 2023, A World Within Reach examines issues of power, desire, and wonder in antiquity and today by delving into small-scale ancient Greek and Roman art.

Sex and Other Things Sell: Athenian Potters and their Foreign Consumers
2023-04-05 18:00 (America/New_York) | Rittenberg Room, 2nd floor of Mather Hall, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, 06106, United States
Norton Lecture

Trading with the Enemy: Greek Pottery in the Persian World
2023-04-06 16:30 (America/New_York) | CA

Shopping for artists’ materials in ancient Rome: pigment shops, pigments, and product choice
2023-04-06 17:30 (America/Chicago) | Agricultural Communication and Education Building, Room 00102, Texas Tech University, 2810 15th St, Lubbock, TX, 79409

Miners, Martyrs, Shepherds, and Sowers: Shifting Landscapes of Faynan, Southern Jordan over the Last 2,000 Years
2023-04-06 18:00 (America/Denver) | Hager Auditorium, the Museum of the Rockies, 600 W. Kagy Blvd., Bozeman, MT, 59717
Kershaw Lecture

Not Black and White: Seeing and Naming Africans in Greek Art
2023-04-06 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Nashville Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, 37203, United States

Stones of the Butterfly: Archaeological Investigation of Yap's Famous Stone Money
2023-04-06 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Whitman College, Olin Hall, 345 Boyer Ave, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States

AIA-Central and Western Michigan Society
2023-04-07 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | McDonel Hall room C-103, East Lansing, MI, 48824, United States
Northern Realms of the Mongol Empire: Salvage Archaeology and Science in Mongolia
Dr. Alicia R. Ventresca-Miller (Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan)
Communities in northern Mongolia lived between two imperial powers during the politically tumultuous Mongol period (around ~1200 CE). Northern communities were poised to influence Silk Road routes traversing the region, yet while trade into the heart of Mongolia is discussed in historical sources, it is uncertain how peripheral groups took part in these networks. Our salvage work on looted cemeteries in the Darkhad Depression have resulted in the recovery of silk robes, equestrian tack, shoes, and personal adornments. Finds preserved in the permafrost include dairy and tallow in ceramic vessels, birchbark hats, and clothing. We anticipate that continued excavations will reveal additional remarkably preserved textiles and foodstuffs. To understand how peripheral herders became cosmopolitan elites, we brought together an interdisciplinary team using novel techniques (isotopes, proteomics) to explore the cuisines of local communities and provide insight into the lives of elites and commoners. In this talk I will highlight our ongoing excavations and proteomic results.

From sea to Mountain: Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Lebanon
2023-04-07 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | CA
Please join the AIA Baltimore Society for the 2023 Gladys Callahan Vocci Justice Lecture. Dr. Jennie Bradbury (Bryn Mawr College) will speak on “From sea to mountain: archaeology and cultural heritage in Lebanon.” This lecture will be held on Zoom. Free and open to the public. Zoom link: https://towson-edu.zoom.us/j/98825554469?pwd=[REDACTED]

Trading with the Enemy: Greek Pottery in the Persian World
2023-04-11 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Room L140, Elvehjem Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 750 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706

NCPH 2023
2023-04-12 08:00 - 2023-04-15 17:00 (America/New_York) | Hyatt Regency Downtown Atlanta, 265 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
The National Council on Public History requests session, working group, and workshop proposals for our 2023 annual meeting, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, April 12-15, 2023. Final proposals are due July 15; proposers may submit an optional topic proposal by June 15 to seek feedback and co-presenters.
The conference theme is “To Be Determined.” The abbreviation TBD—meaning “to be determined”—is a device that holds space for unknown futures. It indicates that the process of knowing and planning is still actively unfolding. But “to be determined” has other meanings, too, signaling resolve, commitment, and intention. The 2023 National Council on Public History Annual Meeting, as NCPH reconvenes in person for the first time in four years, will explore and embrace these dual ways we can interpret and apply TBD.

Great Lecture: North American Mounds as World Heritage
2023-04-12 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
A millennium ago, Native people constructed over 120 earthen mounds at the site of Cahokia, a World Heritage site in Illinois. Built entirely by hand, the largest of these constructions towered 100 feet over a city that was more densely populated than the contemporary medieval city of London. Over two thousand years before Cahokia’s construction, Native people in Louisiana built Poverty Point, another World Heritage site, and one of the only earthwork complexes that rivals Cahokia’s size and complexity–and they did so without agriculture or permanent settlements. These sites highlight the incredible engineering ability of ancient Americans, and remind us that we don’t need a passport to visit sites of outstanding universal value.
Speaker: Megan C. Kassabaum, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, UPenn

Myth-ing Sound: Exploring Markers of Music in Athenian Vase Paintings
2023-04-12 18:30 (America/Chicago) | CA
Manton Lecture
Please contact Phil Stinson and William Bruce for the Zoom link.

Convergence of Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science in Archaeology
2023-04-12 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | CA
Convergence of Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science in Archaeology- NHAS
Paul Pouliot, Sag8mo & Denise Pouliot, Sag8moskwa – Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook-Abenaki People
Exploring the integration of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives into archaeological field practices and analysis. REGISTER: bit.ly/2023NHASevent

Decorated Caves of the Pyrenees & the Rhone Valley
2023-04-13 - 2023-04-24 | CA
Discover a collection of magnificent but largely unheralded examples of Ice Age art while in the company of acclaimed paleoanthropologist and popular trip leader Ian Tattersall. Admire unusual, elegant bas-relief animal images in Basque caves, a profusion of hand prints at Gargas, and the famous panels of line-drawn and subtly shaded bison, horse, and ibex at Niaux. The trip concludes with a visit to the spectacular Chauvet cave replica at Vallon-Pontd’Arc, which expertly re-creates the earliest, and perhaps most impressive, of the many masterpieces of Ice Age art dated to some 35,000 years ago. Enjoy fine food and delightful accommodations while an expert tour manager handles all the logistics.

1177 BC Revisited: Updating the Late Bronze Age Collapse
2023-04-13 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Jepson Hall 118, 211 Richmond Way, Richmond, VA, 23173, United States
Lecture by Eric H. Cline, Professor of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at George Washington University. Co-sponsored by the University of Richmond Department of Classical Studies and the Richmond Society of the AIA.

Where's the Beach?: A Decade of surveying Minong's Relict Nipissing Shoreline
2023-04-13 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | CA
Where’s the Beach?: A Decade of surveying Minong’s Relict Nipissing Shoreline – NHAS
Seth DePasquale, Cultural Resource Manager, Isle Royale National Park (Minong)
Since 2012, the cultural resource program at Isle Royale National Park has conducted focused archaeological survey work on the island’s Nipissing beach, a relict Lake Superior shoreline dating to approximately 5,000 BP. The 2022 field season celebrated 10 years of this annual research project, which has yielded many interesting results. To date, at least 150 relict beach locations have been surveyed island wide. Among them, 40 new Archaic period sites have been identified. One of these sites is a previously undiscovered precontact mining district comprised of mining pits and at least five occupation locales. The boundaries of this district are still being delineated, but we do know that features are spread across a 2.3 km distance. If nothing else, the totality of our work showcases that the Archaic period on Minong was as active as any other, perhaps even more so with respect to precontact copper mining activities. This presentation will discuss the methodologies and related findings associated with the Relict Shoreline Survey Project. REGISTER: bit.ly/2023NHASevent

"New Views on an Old Temple: The Parthenon and Its Decoration"
2023-04-13 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | CA
2023 Richard Hubbard Howland Lecture, Washington, DC Society; by Professor Jenifer Neils, Professor Emerita, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
The Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis is perhaps the most readily recognizable building in the world, and during the past two millennia our understanding of it and its sculptural decoration has continued to evolve. This lecture will examine some of these changing interpretations and how they are – or are not – related to the cultural, social and political context of 5th-century BCE Athens. Primarily a lavish marble temple dedicated to the patron goddess of Athens, the Parthenon is also a civic monument celebrating the democratic state’s victories in war, the valor of its heroes, the beauty of its citizenry, and even the status of its women.

Magellan’s Pacific Crossing: New Discoveries in One of the World’s Greatest Voyages
2023-04-13 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | John C Paulus Lecture Hall, Willamette University, 245 Winter Street SE, Salem, OR, 97301, United States
Archaeology of Portugal Lecture

Finding Lost, Stolen, and Kidnapped Children in Indian Boarding School Cemeteries Using Multi-Instrument Geophysical Survey: Chemawa Indian Boarding School
2023-04-15 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 final presentation in the Archaeological Institute of America’s Dayton Society 2022-2023 Lecture Series presented by Northern Cheyenne Tribe citizen Marsha Small, M.A. from Montana State University and Dr. Jarrod Burks from Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc.
Since 2016 Marsha Small and Jarrod Burks have been conducting geophysical investigations to identify the locations of over 200 unmarked burials at the Chemawa Boarding School in Salem, OR. The school originally opened in 1880 and today is one of four remaining off-reservation boarding schools funded and operated by the federal Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). From the 1880s to about 1940 students who died at the school were buried in the school cemetery. Disturbances in the cemetery had by 1960 removed any grave markers that were there and since then new markers were placed to create a memorial garden, though those markers did not mark actual grave locations.
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 info on UD’s guidance on face coverings here: https://udayton.edu/coronavirus/frequently_asked_questions.php#face_coverings
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.

Diet and Cuisine at Pompeii
2023-04-15 13:00 (America/Chicago) | CA
ZOOM Lecture entitled “Diet and Cuisine at Pompeii” by Dr. Scott Stull ( SUNY – Cortland). Room opens at 12:45 and lecture promptly starts at 1 PM. Sign in at 12:45, please…
More Zoom events are listed here on the St. Louis Society webpage.
