• Anna Agbe-Davies, “The Mis-Education of Pauli Murray”

    Tuesday, February 22, 2022 7:30 p.m. ET Join Zoom Meeting https://davidson.zoom.us/j/99143304841 Meeting ID: 991 4330 4841 Anna Agbe-Davies, “The Mis-Education of Pauli Murray” About the lecture: This presentation considers education, womanhood, and signs as refracted through the life of human rights pioneer Pauli Murray, prompted by the archaeological investigation of her childhood home in Durham, […]

  • “Operation Amythyst: How the Ancient Egyptions Got Their Bling 4000 Years Ago”

    Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

    About the lecture: Some of the most stunning jewelry from Ancient Egypt is made of amethyst. Its craftsmanship, opulence, and design epitomize quality in the ancient world. Yet the skill in making this jewelry started long before the cutting and buffing of the raw stone. Procuring amethyst in the Eastern Desert is fraught with many […]

  • “The Archaeology of an Underwater Battlefield: The WWII Battle for Saipan”

    Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

    Jennifer McKinnon Flyer 2About the lecture: From shipwrecks to aircraft wrecks to amphibious vehicles, Saipan’s waters in the Mariana Islands contain sunken sites that together tell the story of a […]

  • Student Reports from the Field

    To kick off our AIA Central Carolinas Society 333 archaeology lecture series this year, students from Davidson College, UNC–Charlotte, and Winthrop University will report on their experiences working in the field. One or more worked in Cyprus, Israel, Sicily, the Blue Ridge mountains, Guatemala, and Ecuador. Come and learn about these aspiring archaeologists' dig adventures! […]

  • Stone Vaulting in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean

    Sara Galletti, “Stone Vaulting in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean” THIS LECTURE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. If you're interested in archaeology, please join us! About the lecture: This talk […]

  • The Bioarchaeology of the Distinctive Burials of the Phaleron Cemetery, Archaic Greece

    Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

    Aviva Cormier, “The Bioarchaeology of the Distinctive Burials of the Phaleron Cemetery, Archaic Greece” THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. If you're interested in archaeology, please join […]

  • The reception of ancient Egypt in the medieval Muslim world

    Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

    The Ann Santen Endowed Lecture Okasha El Daly, “The reception of ancient Egypt in the medieval Muslim world” Tuesday, September 17 7:30 - 9:00 PM Davidson College Visual Arts Center […]

  • Forgotten Past? Bridging Beaver Dam’s Past to the Present (and into the Future)

    Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

    October 16, 2024 7:30 p.m. ET Davidson College Belk Visual Arts Center 117 Free and open to the public Martha Gimson, “Forgotten Past? Bridging Beaver Dam’s Past to the Present […]

  • Emily Egan, “20,000 Leagues Under the Wine-Dark Sea”

    Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

    “20,000 Leagues Under the Wine-Dark Sea” Dr. Emily C. Egan, Assistant Professor of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Art and Archaeology, Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland February 18, […]