King Richard III: The Resolution of a 500 Year-Old Cold Case
Hybrid Event
Dr. Turi King will share the Grey Friars project, aimed at finding and validating the remains of Richard III.
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GORDION AFTER KING MIDAS: ROMAN SOLDIERS, EASTERN WARS AND A GOTHIC INVASION
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesDr. Andrew Goldman, Gonzaga University, will present Gordion After King Midas. Cities of the ancient world are often occupied for thousands of years, and the passing of the millennia can bring dramatic changes to their character and function. Ancient Gordion, located in central Turkey, is one such settlement. It is best known as the Iron […]
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Cultural Continuity and Persistence in Upland Environments: Insights from an Archaeology Field School in the Homeland of the Okanogan
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesDr. Tiffany Fulkerson will discuss her work on PNW studies. Home to the sʔukʷnaʔqín (Okanogan) people, the Okanogan Highlands of northern Washington is a region characterized by mountainous terrain with diverse habitats ranging from forests to desert shrub-steppe. While oral traditions and archaeological and ethnographic data speak to a long history of cultural use of […]
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“Training on Archaeological Practice: How we find archaeology, and why we do so” with Dr Brian Buchanan, Eastern Washington University
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesHybrid EventDr. Buchanan will share current methods relating to practical archaeological fieldwork.
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“Roman Libarna, an early colonial city of Rome”, with Dr Katherine Huntley, Boise State University
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesHybrid EventTBD
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Remembered Places, Significant Spaces: Room Closure Practices in the Pueblo Southwest
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesHybrid EventDr. Samantha Fladd, Washington State University., is an anthropological archaeologist who focuses on the Southwest United States, specifically the Ancestral Pueblos of the Four Corners region. Architectural spaces create and are created by the social practices of and relationships among the people who occupy and interact within them. Just as spaces become places, people become […]
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Dr Eleanor Breen, “Buried Beneath the Waterfront: The Ships That Built Alexandria”
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesHybrid EventDr Eleanor Breen, Alexandria Archaeology Founded in 1749, Alexandria, Virginia, is a vibrant city just seven miles south of Washington, D.C. In recent years, the City of Alexandria has embarked on a major revitalization of its historic waterfront, integrating new development with park and infrastructure improvements. With a nearly 50-year-old Alexandria Archaeology program and a […]
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A Deep Dive into Deep Time: Archaeology, Underwater
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesThe phrase "underwater archaeology" conjures up notions of shipwrecks, ships lost at sea, and the dramatic catastrophes that sank them; however, archaeology underwater can also reveal details about ancient landscapes that contain a record of past human occupations. Many of these sites are on the earth's continental shelves where vast stretches of shallow, coastal land […]
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Matrilineal Kinship in Aegean Prehistory: Settlements, Figurines, and the Absence of Men
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesDr. Sabina Cveček Were communities in prehistoric Greece matriarchal, matrilineal, or simply centered around women? This question has fascinated archaeologists for decades. Early on, figurines of women were often seen as “Mother Goddesses,” meaning female deities often representing motherhood, fertility, and creation, but feminist scholars later cautioned against such broad interpretations. Still, the idea that […]
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Poggio Civitate’s Etruscan Workshop: A Cross-Craft Perspective
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesDr. Nora Donoghue, Gonzaga University visiting professor, will present her research into Etruscan workshop crafting interrelationships at Poggio Civitate. Abstract: Craft production in the ancient world is frequently analyzed by specialists who concentrate on a specific material or class of artifact. This approach overlooks the strong probability that ancient production processes were interrelated through shared […]