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All in the Name of Science: Academic Facilitation of the Trade in Asian Cultural Objects

Hopleaf (Andersonville) 5148 North Clark Street, Chicago

This talk by Dr. Emiline Smith (University of Glasgow) will examine the passive and active facilitative role that academics have played in the creation of taste and market demand for Asian cultural objects in the USA in the name of ‘science’ and ‘education’. Building on several case studies from across the USA, we will examine […]

Bones, Stones & Genes – Seven Million Years of Human Evolution with Geoffrey Clark, PhD

Arizona State University Tempe, Design North Buidling, Room CDN 60 810 NS Forest Mall, Tempe, AZ, United States

Bones, Stones, & Genes: Seven Million Years of Human Evolution Geoffrey A. Clark, Ph.D. Regents' Emeritus Professor Arizona State University School of Human Evolution & Social Change Institute of Human Origins Perhaps the greatest story ever told is how we became the last and sole surviving member of our lineage, the hominins – modern humans, […]

Everything but a Bath?: The Small Bath at Antiochia ad Cragum

Zoom Virtual

"Everything but a Bath?: The Small Bath at Antiochia ad Cragum" with Dr. Leticia R. Rodriguez, UC Berkeley, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Excavations at the Small Bath at Antiochia ad Cragum began in 2018. With now five seasons completed, our efforts have not only provided insight into the general structure and use of this […]

Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World – exhibit opening

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States

Much like today, ancient “consumers” were connected to distant markets. Both basic and precious goods from faraway lands “shipped” to royal palaces, elite estates—sometimes even rural households—and technological advances in craftsmanship and commerce transcended boundaries of language, religion, or culture to spread rapidly. Mediterranean Marketplaces explores how the movement of goods, peoples, and ideas around […]

Ancient Greek Magic with Dr. Jessica Lamont

Ancient Greek Magic Jessica L. Lamont, PhD Assistant Professor of Classics & History Yale University Department of Classics This talk explores different types of archaeological and material evidence for the practice of magic in the ancient Greek world, from binding spells to curse tablets to incantations. Zoom Registrations Link: https://asu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcOyhpjIjHdKS0QhImhdu_R_d9QkeH7A7

New Hampshire Archeological Society Spring Meeting

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 […]

Crouching Tigers, Hidden Elephants

Virginia Village Branch Library 1500 S Dahlia St, Denver, CO, 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 […]