• GORDION AFTER KING MIDAS: ROMAN SOLDIERS, EASTERN WARS AND A GOTHIC INVASION

    Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    Dr. 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 […]

  • 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 States

    Dr. 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 […]