Archaeological Institute of America

Otzi The Iceman: Forensic Science and Ancient Medicine in a Cold Case Murder
2023-02-26 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Bowers Museum, 2002 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA, 92706
Norton Lecture

Hannibal's Secret Weapon
2023-02-27 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Humanities and Social Sciences Building (HSSB) 6020, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106

Excavations at Ancient Phoenix
2023-02-28 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
The first excavations at ancient Phoenix (in southwestern Turkey), beginning in 2022, have yielded extensive evidence for the existence of an Apollo Sanctuary at the site, which was in use from the early Hellenistic period. The archaeological data have shown that the Doric temple transformed into a basilica in late antiquity, serving as a church until the late Byzantine Period. This lecture focuses on the material culture that witnessed the ritual activities, dedications, and architectural transformation of the Apollo Sanctuary.

Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire
2023-02-28 18:30 (America/New_York) | White Hall Rm 102, Emory University, 210 Briarcliff Road, Atlanta, GA, 30303
Joukowsky Lecture

Operation Demeter: What Italy's largest antiquities bust reveals about archaeological looting today
2023-03-01 18:00 (America/New_York) | 537 Leggett, Randolph College, 2500 Rivermont Ave, Lynchburg, VA, 24503

Ancestral Maya Pilgrimage at the Sacred Pools of Cara Blanca, Belize
2023-03-01 18:00 (America/Chicago) | WEBINAR (Central Texas), Austin, TX

Great Lectures: Teotihuacan: Rome of the Ancient Americas
2023-03-01 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
Around 100 CE, a huge metropolis began to emerge in the Basin of Mexico, one the Aztecs would later call Teotihuacan, or “Birthplace of the Gods.” It quickly came to dominate the region, and, with its completely new urban grid-plan, contained as many as 150,000 people. Its two gigantic buildings, the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, were surrounded by smaller temples, plazas, and a thousand or more apartment compounds. They were all once richly painted in dazzling colors and complex designs depicting twisting feathered serpents, prowling jaguars, storm gods and water goddesses, priests, warriors, and lords. But its history has long been a mystery, and we are only now beginning to understand its importance and impact on ancient Mesoamerica.
Speaker: Simon Martin, Associate Curator and Keeper in the American Section, Penn Museum and Adjunct Associate Professor Anthropology, UPenn

Exploring the Technologies and Realities of Roman Toilets: Not a lot to Go on
2023-03-01 18:30 (America/New_York) | WEBINAR (Columbus), Columbus, OH

Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga
2023-03-01 19:00 (America/New_York) | The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10040, United States

Gold Victories: The Gold of Coinage of Alexander the Great
2023-03-01 19:00 (America/New_York) | Heritage Hall (inside of Father O’Connell Hall), Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave NE, Washington, DC, 20064
Metcalf Lecture

Treasure troves. How to Study a Greek Coin Hoard
2023-03-02 17:00 (America/New_York) | Campbell Hall 160, University of Virginia, 110 Bayly Dr, Charlottesville, VA, 22903

Display, Dietary Practice, and Disgusting Meals: Assessing Performative Dining in Monastic Contexts
2023-03-02 17:30 - 18:45 (America/New_York) | AGED Building , Room 00102, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
Dr. Andrew Donnelly, assistant professor of history at Texas A&M University-Commerce, will share his research on dining in monastic contexts.

When Evolution Hurts (Free Hybrid Lecture)
2023-03-02 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Terence D. Capellini, Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Being able to walk upright on two feet is a physical trait that distinguishes modern humans from our early ancestors. While the evolution of bipedalism has contributed to our success as a species, it has also limited the evolution of other features and increased our risk for certain diseases. Capellini will discuss the genetic research that is helping scientists better understand the relationship between bipedalism and our risk of developing knee osteoarthritis—a degenerative disease that afflicts at least 250 million people worldwide. By understanding the evolutionary history and genetics of this condition, preventive screenings and potential treatments may be developed.
Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage.
Presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, the Harvard Museum of Natural History, and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Image credit: Tasha McAbee, Department of Orthopedics at Boston Children’s Hospital

Sex Workers at Pompeii
2023-03-02 19:00 (America/Denver) | Tory Breezeway 1, University of Alberta, 6-5 Humanities Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E5, Canada

Community Engagement in the Archaeology and Heritage of Pakistan: New Work at MohenjoDaro
2023-03-02 19:00 (America/New_York) | Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave, Rochester, NY, 14607

Environment and Economy in Early Medieval Antwerp: the Zooarchaeological Evidence
2023-03-02 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Valparaiso University Center for the Arts (VUCA), 1709 Chapel Dr, Valparaiso, IN, 46383

Industry, Commerce, and Revolution: Ayla, Humayma, and the Southernmost Levant during the Early Islamic Period
2023-03-02 19:00 (America/Chicago) | University of Texas at San Antonio downtown campus, Room TBA, 501 W César E Chávez Blvd, San Antonio, TX, 78207, United States
Kershaw Lecture

Exploring the Technologies and Realities of Roman Toilets: Not a lot to Go on
2023-03-03 17:00 (America/New_York) | WEBINAR (Baltimore), Baltimore, MD

Rise and Fall of Classic Maya Kings
2023-03-04 13:00 (America/Chicago) | WEBINAR (St. Louis), St. Louis, MO

Goddesses, Whores, Vampyres and Archaeologists: uncovering ancient Mytilene
2023-03-05 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LA Society, 1201 9th St., Manhattan Beach, CA, 90266
Bass Lecture

Chinese Export Pottery: A Business Model for Athenian Vase Production?
2023-03-07 20:00 (America/New_York) | Florida State University, hall TBA, 600 W College Ave, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, United States

Domestic Material Culture and the Archaeology of Value: Beyond “Religion” vs. “Decoration"
2023-03-08 17:00 (America/New_York) | Goetz Library, Department of Classics, University at Buffalo, 320 Academic Center, 12 Capen Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States

Perspectives on the future of technology and the humanities from an archaeologist in Silicon Valley
2023-03-08 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Texas Tech Student Union Building – Escondido Theater, 15th St & Akron Avenue, Lubbock, 79409, United States
How might the research and pedagogy of the academy, and especially disciplines in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, connect fruitfully with dynamic agendas in technology development, change management in business, and the challenges of a complex world of runaway crises? How might we address this question of transdisciplinary reach while cherishing the specialized expertise of orthodox disciplines? This talk will present a pragmatist case for managing creative knowledge building in research and learning. Four interconnected case studies will be described: in university education (Stanford Humanities Lab and design programs, project-based learning in Denmark); in science and technology studies (histories of design); in corporate design-based strategic planning (projects with the automotive industry over 25 years); and in critical theory developed in the archaeology of prehistoric Europe and classical antiquity. These case studies illustrate the enduring value of tried-and-tested toolkits drawn from design practice and rhetoric and applied in synthetic fields that can be called design foresight, creative pragmatics, and futures literacy (after the UNESCO initiative). This synthesis of mindset, methods, and concepts that will be familiar to many could be called an argument for a revitalized liberal arts that brings creative design skills (rhetoric) to STEM education, research and development.

Iron in the Sky: Meteorites in Ancient Egypt
2023-03-09 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Victoria Almansa-Villatoro, Junior Research Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows
In ancient Egypt, iron harvested from meteorites was used to create ritual objects associated with royalty and power. An iron dagger from the tomb of King Tutankhamun is one of the oldest Egyptian objects verified to be of meteoritic origin. In this lecture, Almansa-Villatoro will discuss Egyptian texts, iconography, and religious writings that associate iron with the sky and stars, indicating that ancient Egyptians were aware that meteorites came from space. This knowledge—most likely shared with other ancient civilizations that connected iron and sky in their texts—was lost in modern times, as it was only until the eighteenth century that meteorites were confirmed to be of extraterrestrial origin.
Free event parking at 52 Oxford Street Garage.

RESCHEDULED - Beer, A Global Journey Through the Past and Present
2023-03-09 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Dedham Life Sciences 131, SMU, 6501 Airline Road, Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
This lecture is no longer happening in September, a new date will be scheduled for the spring.

Israel: Treasures of the Holy Land
2023-03-10 - 2023-03-20 | CA
Tour Highlights include:
• Iconic ancient and religious sites, including five that are inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list: the spectacular, tragic fortress of King Herod at Masada; the Biblical Tel (settlement mound) of Megiddo; a view of Haifa’s Bahá’í Gardens from Mt. Carmel; the Jewish necropolis of Beit Shearim; and Bethlehem, with its 4th-century Church of the Nativity.
• Five nights based in Jerusalem, exploring in-depth its archaeological sites, outstanding museums, and major Christian, Jewish, and Islamic holy places.
• The impressive ancient trading port of Caesarea Maritima; and Qumran, overlooking the Dead Sea, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden for nearly 2,000 years.
• Limited to a maximum of just 16 guests!

Ariadne’s Threads: The Magnificent Costumes of the Minoans and Mycenaeans
2023-03-11 00:00 (America/New_York) | The Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States

Culture Fest! Celebrate Woman Artists and Creatives
2023-03-11 11:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
This full-day festival celebrates women and femme artists from around the world, featuring art and performances from some of the region’s best female artists and creatives. Honor the power and diversity of feminine creativity with a day of activities the whole family can enjoy, like live performances, hands-on workshops, storytelling, and an artist marketplace.

Cultural Heritage and Imaginaries: The Politics and Practices of Archaeology
2023-03-11 13:00 (America/Denver) | Denver Public Library Ross-University Hills Branch, 4310 E Amherst Ave, Denver, CO, 80222, United States
