The Bulgarian Underwater Archaeology field school provides a comprehensive training in underwater archaeological methods through participation in an ongoing research project: discovering the submerged heritage of ancient Mesambria, present-day Nessebar (UNESCO World Heritage Site) on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Today, significant parts of the ancient town are below sea level. Remains of fortification walls, towers, staircases, gates and other structures from Classical and Hellenistic period, Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages were traced in various sectors…
The main goal for this program to provide theoretical and hands-on training experience on pottery and glass conservation. It does so through the exposure of students to the conservation techniques and specifics of two different materials, enabling them to evaluate and appreciate similarities and differences in conservation problems, approaches, methods, technique, design and material choice applied on different types of artifacts. The pottery and the glass vessels for the workshop in Republic of N. Macedonia…
January 14, 2024 @ 11:30 am
a lecture by Dr. Megan Rhodes Victor One of my current research projects focuses on homosexuality and the 18th-century taverns which were known as molly houses in England and English Colonial North America. These molly houses served as clandestine locations for gay men and cross-dressers to interact, to socialize with others ‘like them’, to engage in more intimate relations, and to perform in elaborate gendered performances of marriage and birth. Taverns were largely male drinking…
International Summer School for Undergraduate and Graduate students in Sicily There are no strangers here, only friends you haven’t yet met. W.B. Yates Course code: AR200A/B Contact Hours: Session I: 60 hours Session III: 100 hours Program Highlights & Experiential Learning: Watch highlights in the Program Video from previous year Hands on excavation at the archaeological site guided by experts Take part in analysis of artefacts at the Archaeological Museum of Syracuse Join team work activities…
Founded in 987 CE by Æthelmaer the Stout on the site of an earlier Christian community, Cerne Abbey grew to become one of the most important monasteries in the Southwest of England. Shortly after its closure during the Dissolution in 1539, the site was comprehensively demolished save for a gatehouse, and the precise location of its buildings was lost until archaeological work started in 2022. The abbey sits at the feet of the famous chalk-cut…
The 2024 Aditu Archaeological Field School is a research project investigating the origins of the medieval ossuary and cemetery located at Roncesvalles (Northern Navarre, Spain) just a few miles from the French border. The purpose of the project is to investigate what is rumored to be the burial site of the rearguard of Charlemagne’s army, ambushed in the Battle of Roncesvalles and immortalized in the medieval French work “La Chanson de Roland.” In addition to…
October 12, 2024
Travel and learn with our engaging archaeologist and professor of ancient history Dr. Jenifer Neils on this fascinating tour to Sicily. Jennifer is an expert on the ancient Mediterranean. Recently she served as the first woman Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Previously she held the Elsie B. Smith Chair of Classics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and regularly taught courses on the art and archaeology of the ancient…
Battle Hill, Huntly named after a daring raid in 1307 during the Scottish Wars of Independence contains a variety of previously unmapped prehistoric and medieval sites including Neolithic and Bronze Age cairns and a newly discovered Iron Age to Pictish hillfort. Battle Hill preserves a prehistoric landscape built on higher more marginal ground at a time when the climate was warmer meaning it was possible to live here. As the climate worsened the structures were…
October 28, 2023 @ 9:00 am
Join the Denton County Historical Commission for the Denton Dig It! Texas Archaeology Month Fair! Discover the fascinating history buried beneath the Lone Star State at our Texas Archaeology Month Fair! This exciting event promises a day of fun and education for the whole family. Dive into the rich tapestry of Texas' history and explore the secrets of the past. Grab a trowel and get your hands dirty as you unearth ancient artifacts! Experience the…
October 20, 2023
Archaeological Excavations confirmed the location of the early 19th-century maroon community of Angola at the current site of Manatee Mineral Springs Park in Bradenton, Florida. The community-based archaeology led to the cultural heritage festival celebrating the survivors of the 1821 slave raid Angola who fled from Manatee Springs to Red Bays, The Bahamas; the descendants are returning for the fourth Back to Angola Festival. The Festival includes presentations by descendants, food, music, dancing, museum exhibits…
The King’s Park, Stirling, is the oldest and best preserved Royal Park in Scotland and surrounds Stirling Castle, the ancient capital of Scotland. In December 2017, path works within the castle identified a previously unrecorded late prehistoric defended fort, built on the highest point in the park and right next to a golf course! Stirling sits at the lowest crossing point of the River Forth and was the only way for armies to invade or…
May 5, 2024 @ 2:00 pm
5 May 2024, Sunday at 2 PM (Central Standard Time Zone). Lecture by Dr. Gail Owen-Crocker, Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester, "Animals of the Bayeux Tapestry" . Lecture location - Missouri History Museum, AT & T room. Join us in the museum cafe for lunch (dutch treat) at noon to chat with the speaker.
April 8, 2024 @ 11:00 am
8 April 2024, Monday at 11 AM (Central Standard Time Zone). Field Trip Lecture: "Solar Eclipse and Mississippian Culture" by Dr. Michael Fuller (St. Louis Community College). Lecture location at Towosaghy State Historic Site in East Prairie, Missouri. Start of Partial Eclipse at 12:33. Start of Totality at 1:53. End of Totality at 2:02 pm CDT . Bring a sack lunch and 2 bottles of water!
April 6, 2024 @ 2:00 pm
6 April 2024, Saturday at 2 PM (Central Standard Time Zone)."Art and Ancestral Inspirations of Lance Foster" by Lance Foster, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer of the Ioway Nation. Lecture location - Missouri History Museum, AT & T room. Join us in the museum cafe for lunch (dutch treat) at noon to chat with the speaker.
February 10, 2024 @ 2:00 pm
11 February 2024, Sunday at 2 PM (Central Standard Time Zone). Lecture: "Rewriting Human Origins" by Dr. Shara Bailey, Professor of Biological Anthropology at New ork University. Lecture location - Missouri History Museum, AT & T room. Join us in the museum cafe for lunch (dutch treat) at noon to chat with the speaker.
January 27, 2024 @ 2:00 pm
20 January 2024, Saturday at 2 PM (Central Standard Time Zone). " Cahokia Mounds - new research" by Dr. Mary Vermilion, Associate Professor of Anthropology at St. Louis University. Lecture location to be arranged on SLU campus.
October 21, 2023 @ 10:00 am
Michigan's first internal improvement project dates back to 1837--a proposed canal that ran straight from Lake St. Clair to Lake Michigan, cutting across the Lower Peninsula. Retrace its route from MT. Clemens to Rochester--as far as it got--see remains of one of the locks and learn the history of this manmade waterway that endured as a millrace long after its use for transportation ended. Bring a bag lunch, water, and dress for the weather. Participants…
September 10, 2023 @ 2:00 pm
MesoAmerican Mirror Conjurors - the view from the Maya City Waka" by Dr. David Freidel, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Washington University. Lecture location will be held in the A T & T room in the lower level of the Missouri History Museum. Members are invited to join us in a lunch (dutch treat) in the Museum cafeteria at noon. - Magic mirror conjuring dates back to the first milllennium BC in MesoAmerica. The teotihuacan…
September 28, 2023 @ 6:30 pm
"700 Generations of the Spokane Tribe" Warren Seyler’s talk will review what it was like for the Spokane ancestors when they lived as a semi-nomadic river people upon the Plateau. Oral traditional stories will be shared telling how this land was formed and how the first Spokane arrived at the location known today as the Spokane Falls. Seyler will delve into the life of the Spokane ancestors which was filled with song, ceremony and tradition…
November 16, 2023 @ 6:30 pm
Archaeological excavations at the Cooper’s Ferry site reveal a long record of repeated human occupation beginning sometime before 15,785 cal BP and extending to ~2,000 years ago. This site, which is the location of an ancient village known to the Nez Perce Indian Tribe as Nipéhe, bears the earliest well-dated evidence of people in the Pacific Northwest and is one of the best lines of proof about early peoples in the Americas. In this presentation,…
