• Cleopatra and the Queens of Meroë

    Whitman College Maxey Hall 207 173 Stanton St., Walla Walla, WA, United States

    This lecture will focus on the many sole-ruling kandakas ('queens') of the ancient kingdom of Meroë (Kush/Nubia), including those who ruled contemporaneously with Cleopatra and with Roman aggressions and occupation along the Nile valley. We will learn about the Nubian warrior queens who led troops in battle (and to victory) against Rome, and deconstruct the […]

  • Archaeology-Hour Screening: Beer in Mesopotamia

    Whitman College Maxey Hall 207 173 Stanton St., Walla Walla, WA, United States

    Please join us for an in-person screening and informal discussion of the Archaeology Hour talk by Tate Paulette (North Carolina State University). The inhabitants of the "land between rivers" (Mesopotamia) […]

  • Archaeology-Hour Screening: Shipping Stone for Justinian’s Empire(?)

    Whitman College Maxey Hall 207 173 Stanton St., Walla Walla, WA, United States

    Please join us for an in-person screening and informal discussion of the Archaeology Hour talk by Justin Leidwanger (Stanford University). The Marzamemi “church wreck” (as it has been labeled) — […]

  • Archaeology-Hour Screening: The People’s Arena

    Whitman College Maxey Hall 207 173 Stanton St., Walla Walla, WA, United States

    Please join us for an in-person screening and informal discussion of the Archaeology Hour talk by Alison Futrell (University of Arizona). In ancient-Roman ‘arenas’ — structures and spaces like the Colosseum in Rome — mass events were staged that exaggerated, aestheticized, and then normalized extreme and shocking forms of violence, deploying a twisted, voyeuristic ‘pleasure’ […]

  • Archaeology-Hour Screening: NAGPRA as a Path to Healing and Reciprocity

    Whitman College Maxey Hall 207 173 Stanton St., Walla Walla, WA, United States

    Please join us for an in-person screening and informal discussion of the Archaeology Hour talk by Danyelle Means (Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Santa Fe). Have you noticed empty […]

  • Archaeology-Hour Screening: Metropolitan Walls of the Ọyọ Empire

    Whitman College Maxey Hall 207 173 Stanton St., Walla Walla, WA, United States

    Please join us for an in-person screening and informal discussion of the Archaeology Hour talk by Akin Ogundiran (Northwestern University). Enclosures and perimeter walls, built of lateritic clay and stones, […]

  • Archaeology-Hour Screening: Dating Australia’s Oldest Rock Art

    Whitman College Maxey Hall 207 173 Stanton St., Walla Walla, WA, United States

    Please join us for an in-person screening and informal discussion of the Archaeology Hour talk by Helen Green (University of Melbourne). Australia hosts the world’s oldest continuing culture, and Aboriginal […]

  • Archaeology-Hour Screening: Ecology and Slavery in St. Croix

    Please join us for an in-person screening and informal discussion of the Archaeology Hour talk by Justin Dunnavant (UCLA). The development of plantation slavery radically transformed societies and environments in […]

  • Film Screening: La Chimera

    Whitman College, Kimball Theatre 324 Boyer Ave, Walla Walla, WA, United States

    Please join the local chapter of the AIA (Archaeological Institute of America) for a screening of the award-winning film, La Chimera (2023). A masterpiece of magical realism, this independent-film (written […]