Thinking about 19th Century Household Collections on Long Island: Residence and Economic Choice at Rock Hall, Lawrence, NY
Start Date:
Sunday, December 4, 2016 - 2:00pm
Location:
Room 109 CV Starr Hall, South Campus, Hofstra University
1000 Fulton Ave
Hempstead, NY 11549
United States
Event Type (you may select more than one):
lecture
Lecture by Jenna Coplin, Ph.D. candidate with the Graduate Center, CUNY. This presentation explores new avenues of research regarding Long Islanf households in the new economy.
In Search of the HMS Sylph and Other Shipwrecks in the Waters off of Long Islang
Start Date:
Sunday, November 6, 2016 - 2:00pm
Location:
Room 105, Breslin Hall, Hofstra University
1000 Fulton Ave
Hempstead, NY 11549
United States
Event Type (you may select more than one):
lecture
Lecture by Brian Frank, Director of Social Studies and Business, Connetquot School District, describing the search for the HMS Sylph, a British warship that sank off Southhold, and other historical shipwrecks off the coast of Long Island.
The Relationship Between Small Tool Technologies and Human Behavior in Stone Age Southern Africa
Start Date:
Sunday, February 21, 2016 - 2:00pm
Location:
Hofstra University, Room 105 in Breslin Hall
Hempstead, NY 11549
United States
Event Type (you may select more than one):
lecture
Lecture by Justin Pageter, Doctoral Candidate, Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, Stony Brook University
How miniature stone tool technology in Southern Africa played an important role in documenting the evolution of human behavior during the late Stone Age will be described.
The Use of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology in the Renewed Search, Recovery, and Identification Efforts Related to the 9/11 Attacks of the World Trade Center
Start Date:
Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 2:00pm
Location:
Hofstra University, Room 105 in Breslin Hall
Hempstead, NY 11549
United States
Event Type (you may select more than one):
lecture
Lecture by Dr. Kristen Hartnett, Professor of Anthropology, Hofstra University, Forensic Anthropologist, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Large scale archaeological excavations and new analysis of human remains have made it possible to identify 60% of the victims of the World Trade Center disaster.
Greeks, Barbarians, and the Early Greek Colonization of the Northern Black Sea: Recent Archaeological Investigations at Pantikapaion, the Capital of the Bosporan Kingdom
Start Date:
Sunday, October 18, 2015 - 2:00pm
Location:
Hofstra University, Room 105 in Breslin Hall
Hempstead, NY 11549
United States
Event Type (you may select more than one):
nad
lecture
Lecture by Dr. Maya Muratov, Professor of Art History, Adelphi University
The speaker will describe the staggering discoveries of dwellings, defensive walls and ritual killing with elements of magic that has led to a new understanding of early Greek colonization on the Black Sea.
Wrath of the Gods: Deceased and Diseased in the Ancient World
Start Date:
Sunday, February 22, 2015 - 2:00pm
Location:
Room 105 Breslin Hall, Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
United States
Event Type (you may select more than one):
lecture
Dr. Angélique Corthals, Professor and Scientific Director of the BioBank, Department of Pathology,Stony Brook University School of Medicine, will speak on how new forensic examination and DNA analysis helps us understand how 500-year-old Argentinean mummies died.
3rd Millennium B.C. Irrigation Management in Southern Mesopotamia
Start Date:
Sunday, January 11, 2015 - 2:00pm
Location:
Room 105 Breslin Hall, Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
United States
Event Type (you may select more than one):
lecture
Stephanie Rost, Ph.D. Candidate, Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences at Stony Brook University, will speak on her research of the cuneiform documents, highlighting the importance of efficient irrigation systems and political power 2112-2004 B.C.
Representing Alalakh: Excavation and Curation Amid Modern Conflict at Bronze Age Tell Atchana, Turkey
Start Date:
Sunday, December 14, 2014 - 2:00pm
Location:
Room 105 Breslin Hall, Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
United States
Event Type (you may select more than one):
lecture
Professor Mara Horowitz, of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Fordham University will describe the archaeological excavation and the new museum at the important Bronze Age city of Alalakh, Turkey
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