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Central Pennsylvania (University Park)

Society Contact
Hannah Smagh
hms6164@psu.edu

Chartered in 1966

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Society Outreach Grant recipient – 2026
Golden Trowel Award winner – 2021

Upcoming Society Events:

Beyond Shipwrecks: Engaging the Past Across the Generations

October 15 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Past Society Events:

Replacing Empires. The Archaeology of Political Transformation and Spatial Dynamics in 1st Millennium BCE Mesopotamia

October 2, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

The Paracas Phenomenon in the Andes (First Millennium BCE): Social Materiality and the Perspective from the Chincha Valley, Peru

April 3, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

After 1177 B.C. The Survival of Civilizations: A Talk with Eric Cline

October 15, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

King Richard III: The Resolution Of A 500 Year Old Cold Case

September 27, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Where the beer flowed like wine: Beer and brewing in Bronze Age Mesopotamia

October 26, 2023 @ 6:00 pm

Not Black and White: Seeing and Naming Africans in Greek Art

November 1, 2022 @ 5:00 pm

CANCELLED - Working from Home: Assessing the Significance of Specialized Craft Production Based in Households in the Aegean Bronze Age

September 13, 2022 @ 5:00 pm

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