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SUMMARY:The Second Style at Saqqara during the Late Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period: Results of an Investigation and New Observations
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 15\n3:30 pm EST\nPenn Museum\, Anthro Classroom 345\nIn-person; no registration required \nSpeaker: Dr. Valentina Anselmi\, PhD\, UPenn \nTitle: The Second Style at Saqqara during the Late Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period: Results of an Investigation and New Observations \nAbstract:\nIn the late Old Kingdom\, an unusual corpus of artistic production\, royal and non-royal\, appeared on the scene. Funerary statuary and reliefs from that time display atypical proportions when depicting aspects of the human form: limbs appear longer\, eyes and heads seem larger. Overall\, these changes\, which appear to distort traditional canons\, exude pervasive dynamism and expressiveness. In the past\, art historians and Egyptologists dismissed the phenomenon as “bad art” resulting from political decentralization and cultural decline. Then two scholars in particular\, Edna Russmann and Edward Brovarski\, reevaluated these artistic productions\, assessing them as voluntary innovations. Such manner of representation has been called the “Second Style.” The research for my dissertation set out to review the phenomenon in theoretical terms and determined its existence\, assessing and verifying known occurrences of the style in statuary and relief at Saqqara\, as well as surveying the archaeological context for unreported occurrences. The finds revealed an early onset of the style with diffused use of its idiosyncratic elements during the Fifth Dynasty\, which seemingly emerged in the royal workshops as early as the reign of Raneferef\, per Prakash’s previous assessment of the phenomenon in the royal realm. During the Sixth Dynasty\, the style found favor with the courtiers\, with its employment in private statuary reaching its peak during the reign of Pepy II. The Second Style then continued to exert its influence on the production of statuary and relief of the Middle and Upper Egyptian sites\, in particular during the First Intermediate Period and well into the early Middle Kingdom\, when the artistic representations of the upcoming Theban dynasty show some of the style characteristics. This lecture will cover the finds of my research\, which has further extended to investigating female representation during the same time period\, as well as the appearance of nude statues that is also associated with the Late Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period. \nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. Valentina Anselmi is a recent PhD in the Graduate Program in Egyptology at the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Her dissertation\, An Investigation of the So-Called Second Style at Saqqara in the Later Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period\, examines shifts in artistic conventions during a critical time in ancient Egyptian history. With an M.Phil. in Egyptology from Penn and a B.A. from the American University in Cairo\, she has also received the Felix J. Korsyn Prize in Egyptology. Her teaching experience includes courses on Art and Architecture in Ancient Egypt and Coptic. Her research and public engagement work include fieldwork at Abydos\, a recently published article on a Ka-statue at the Glencairn Museum\, and ongoing museum experience at the Penn Museum. Her work has also explored the use of 3D imagining to better understand the nature of Egyptian art. \n******************\nLectures are FREE to ARCE Members\, $7 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty\, $5 for Students with ID\, and $10 for the general public.\nLight refreshments served starting at 3pm. \n******************\nThe American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private\, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture\, foster broader knowledge among the general public\, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution. We host monthly events including scholarly lectures\, Egyptian-themed workshops\, social events\, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries. For more information or to learn about the perks of membership\, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org\, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/a-monumental-undertaking-conservation-for-the-penn-museums-new-ancient-egypt-and-nubia-galleries-2/
LOCATION:1061 Boston Post Road\, Rye\, New York\, 10580\, United States
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SUMMARY:Michigan Archaeology Day
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be an archaeologist? Attend Michigan Archaeology Day on Saturday\, October 18\, 2025\, for your chance to talk with archaeologists about investigations and artifacts that tell the story of 14\,000 years of Michigan history! Archaeologists and experts in related fields will be stationed throughout the first and second floors of the Michigan History Museum where they will tell you about their research\, show you some artifacts they have found and answer your questions. \nPlus\, there will be many hands-on activities\, including:\nMake a clay pinch pot\nWatch a flintknapper make stone tools\nTry throwing a spear using an atlatl\nWatch archaeologists demonstrate new survey technologies\nJoin a scavenger hunt\nShow an artifact to our Archaeology Roadshow experts\nSee a special presentation about the Edmund Fitzgerald in the Forum Auditorium\nPick up a free archaeology poster \nThis all-ages annual event is free\, and parking is too! \nMichigan Archaeology Day is brought to you by the Michigan History Center-DNR\, Michigan State Historic Preservation Office and Mackinac State Historic Parks.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/michigan-archaeology-day-2/
LOCATION:1061 Boston Post Road\, Rye\, New York\, 10580\, United States
CATEGORIES:Archaeology Fair,International Archaeology Day
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SUMMARY:11th Century Turkey Management in the Mimbres Valley
DESCRIPTION:Lecture. Sean Dolan (Los Alamos Laboratories). For nearly two millennia\, people in the US Southwest and Mexican Northwest have maintained a significant relationship with turkeys\, a bird they domesticated for their feathers\, meat\, and other resources. Recent archaeological studies reveal diverse regional and temporal patterns in turkey management\, but how and why did people in the Mimbres Valley of southwestern New Mexico from CE 1000-1130 manage and interact with these birds? In this presentation\, Sean Dolan incorporates Mimbres pottery iconography\, bone isotope analysis\, and ancient DNA to explore the role and treatment of turkeys in this region.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/11th-century-turkey-management-in-the-mimbres-valley/
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SUMMARY:Daily Lives in an Age of Empires: Local Economic Life during the Late Bronze Age (1600-1200 BCE\, Turkey)
DESCRIPTION:The Late Bronze Age (1600-1200 BCE) in the Eastern Mediterranean stands out in the history of the ancient world as a time of political and economic consolidation\, with multiple great powers – Mycenae\, Babylonia\, Egypt\, the Hittites – exerting their military power in the region and engaging in an unprecedented degree of international trade and diplomacy. The archaeological and historical records from this period offer a treasure trove of evidence including monumental architecture\, kingly correspondence\, and luxury goods from far-off locales. \nAs a result\, research on the Late Bronze Age has often focused on elite lives and histories\, but the daily lives of non-elite individuals have remained largely unexamined. What was life like for those living outside of imperial capitals and other major centers? How were local practices of day-to-day life shaped by imperial aims? How deeply were rural settlements embedded in the political and economic structures of empire? \nIn this lecture\, I address these questions using evidence from the site of Çadır Höyük\, a rural center in the provinces of one of the major political players of the Late Bronze Age\, the Hittite empire (modern-day Turkey). In particular\, I use the ancient animal remains from Çadır Höyük to reconstruct the organization of day-to-day economic activities at the settlement. I consider the choices Çadırans made about which animals to raise (e.g.\, more cattle? fewer goats? lots of pigs?) and what products to focus on (e.g. meat? wool/fiber? dairy? a combination?). I then discuss how these choices relate to the settlement’s place within the broader economic system of the Hittite empire and how they can help us characterize what life was really like at Çadır during the Late Bronze Age. \nSarah Adcock is a Visiting Assistant Professor at NYU’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. She received her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago (2020) and her BA in Archaeology and English Literature from Baylor University (2008). Her current work focuses on the Late Bronze Age collapse in the Eastern Mediterranean region around 1200 BCE. \nFor her dissertation research\, she examined local responses to the Hittite collapse in central Turkey at the end of the Late Bronze Age through the analysis of animal remains from the Hittite capital Hattuşa and from Çadır Höyük\, a Hittite provincial center. By comparing her results from these sites\, she considered the specific impacts empire’s collapse had on animal management systems and the economic organization of food production both at the Hittite capital and in the empire’s provinces. \nHer current work expands the focus of her research from the collapse of the Hittite empire to the Late Bronze Age collapse in the Eastern Mediterranean region more broadly. The Late Bronze Age collapse in the Eastern Mediterranean is one of the largest and best known collapse events in human history\, and it affected multiple polities across the region\, presenting an opportunity for exploring differing responses to the processes associated with societal collapse. This project\, “Everyday Lives at the End of the World?: Post-Collapse Animal Economies in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean” works to develop a macro-level understanding of changes and continuities in animal management and foodways that accompanied the Late Bronze Age collapse in the Eastern Mediterranean. The goal of this work is to offer a new perspective from which to examine the massive political\, economic\, and social changes that occurred at the end of the Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean and to critically examine the historical narratives and theoretical frameworks that create our conceptions of collapse and “dark age.”
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/daily-lives-in-an-age-of-empires-local-economic-life-during-the-late-bronze-age-1600-1200-bce-turkey/
LOCATION:1061 Boston Post Road\, Rye\, New York\, 10580\, United States
CATEGORIES:AIA Lecture Program
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SUMMARY:Unearthing A Slave Community
DESCRIPTION:Over the next several years\, we will be examining a number of different archaeological sites. What makes Montpelier a wonderful property for surveys and excavations is its relative undisturbed condition. All of the sites we excavate have never been plowed–and most were abandoned in the 1840s\, leaving the archaeological features in pristine condition. \nThis season we will be excavating the Blacksmith Shop complex at the Madison plantation. All of our current projects are part of a larger effort to interpret and reconstruct the lives of the enslaved community so it can be accessed by visitors. \nThe LEARN Archaeology Expedition program has been operating at Montpelier for a decade-and-a-half\, with many of the same volunteers returning year after year. We are\, however\, keen to add new faces to the program. All of the scheduled programs are designed to give participants actual excavation experience on an archaeological site working side-by-side with trained professional archaeologists. We have a staff of six archaeologists who work with participants both in the lab and in the field\, which means you have personal interaction with archaeological staff and this allows you to work on sensitive features\, artifacts\, and deposits that normally one would not get to handle. You are treated as a member of the research team and we step you through the entire excavation process. While you are here at Montpelier\, you will be engaged in lectures\, and take tours of various archaeological sites on the property. \nYou can learn about all of our LEARN Archaeology Expeditions at the following link. \nWe also host a month-long university archaeology field school. For more information on this\, please see our field school web page. \nFor more information contact Melissa Kerrat dig@montpelier.org
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/unearthing-a-slave-community/
LOCATION:1061 Boston Post Road\, Rye\, New York\, 10580\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Careers in Archaeology: Networking Event and Social Hour
DESCRIPTION:Join members and guests of the Archaeological Institute of America’s Iowa Society for a virtual conversation via Zoom about how to land a job in or related to archaeology. We will discuss different specializations as well as the types of preparation each typically requires. Hop around to different breakout rooms to meet with specialists and archaeologists. Topics include:\n— Iowa archaeology and cultural resource management (with State Archaeologist\, Dr. John Doershuk!)\n— Grad schools in archaeology: getting in and surviving\n— Alternative careers associated with archaeology\n— Publishing your first article and other early career advice\n— Finding a dig/project\nIf you already have a career in the field and would be interested in hosting a breakout room or lending your professional advice\, we strongly encourage you to attend! Those interested in hosting a room can contact the society president (debra-trusty@uiowa.edu).\nIf you aren’t interested in a career in archaeology but just love the topic\, we have a special room for you filled with trivia questions about world archaeology!\nPlease register in advance: https://uiowa.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwoc-qspzotGNWPR2Jq0__ev7jfzLfjVqOa
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/careers-in-archaeology-networking-event-and-social-hour/
LOCATION:1061 Boston Post Road\, Rye\, New York\, 10580\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Event
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SUMMARY:Continuity and change in Etruscan religion under Roman hegemony
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Kevin Dicus (University of Oregon) \nRoman imperial ambitions began with the occupation of Italy. The Etruscans\, once the dominant civilization\, experienced great cultural and political upheavals. Foreign traditions\, goods\, and belief systems entered their territories\, challenging and changing their ways of being. Scholars have referred to the process as “Romanization”: conquered peoples adopt Roman customs\, recognizing their obvious appeal and ultimately identifying as Roman. More recently\, the Romanization paradigm has been contested\, and this talk continues to critique it. The talk examines Etruscan religion before and during Roman expansion to measure Roman influence on it. In particular\, it introduces a widespread ritual in which people dedicated terracotta body parts at Roman and Etruscan sanctuaries from the 4th to the 1st centuries BC. That the Etruscans readily participated in a ritual with Greco-Roman roots has been seen to mark an end of Etruscan orthodoxy. Close examination\, however\, reveals that Etruscans did not adopt the anatomical votive tradition to replace their own established practices; instead\, they retained the agency to adapt the ritual\, changing it in ways that made it more meaningful to their experiences and gave people greater control than before in their personal relationship with the gods.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/continuity-and-change-in-etruscan-religion-under-roman-hegemony/
LOCATION:1061 Boston Post Road\, Rye\, New York\, 10580\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:“How Humans Negotiated Environments in the Past”
DESCRIPTION:It’s a new year and a great new slate of lectures! This winter\, our lectures will be online using Microsoft Teams. We’re very excited to present Dr. Michelle Cameron\, from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. Her lecture\, “How Humans Negotiated Environments in the Past\,” will take place on Sunday\, February 6th at 3:00 pm. The lecture is free and open to the the public. Pre-reregistration through this link is required: https://forms.office.com/r/y33WAK0k07. Please mark your calendars; we’ll look forward to seeing you soon!
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/how-humans-negotiated-environments-in-the-past/
LOCATION:1061 Boston Post Road\, Rye\, New York\, 10580\, United States
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SUMMARY:Archaeology Abridged with Dr. Kate Liszka "Operation Amethyst: How Egyptian Kings and Queens got their Bling 4\,000 years ago"
DESCRIPTION: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 more perils and problems than Nile Valley craftsmen experienced.  As the Director of the Wadi el-Hudi Expedition to the Eastern Desert\, Liszka leads a team that has studied the remains of these ancient desert expeditions and a team who has firsthand experience of many of the perils that the ancient explorers would have fought as well.  This talk examines the extremes and dangers that thousands of Ancient Egyptians went to in order to acquire these beautiful purple stones for the Pharaoh’s jewels.  By investigating the archaeology\, art\, and inscriptions from Wadi el-Hudi in the Egyptian Eastern Desert\, we navigate through the whole process of amethyst acquisition: from finding\, to mining\, and surviving in the dangers of the desert. \nThis lecture will also be available in American Sign Language. ASL interpretation will be provided by Trail Blazing Interpreters. Due to Zoom limitations on mobile devices and tablets\, participants interested in accessing ASL interpretation should log in using the desktop version of Zoom. \nDr. Kate Liszka is the Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology and Associate Professor of History at California State University San Bernardino. She earned her doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania and from 2012 to 2015 was a Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer at Princeton University.  Her areas of specialization include Nubians in Egypt\, the Medjay\, ethnicity and identity in Antiquity\, multicultural Interactions in frontier regions\, the Pangrave Archaeological Culture\, and large-scale mining expeditions in Antiquity.  Dr. Liszka is the Director of the Wadi el-Hudi Expedition in the Egyptian Eastern Desert.
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SUMMARY:Female Benefactors in the Roman Empire (Dr. Rachel Meyers)
DESCRIPTION:The Iowa Society of the Archaeological Institute of America presents: “Female Benefactors in the Roman Empire” by Dr. Rachel Meyers (Iowa State University) \nEvidence for the Roman practice of public generosity comes from ancient texts\, inscriptions\, and archaeological remains. This philanthropic activity\, including endowments\, bequests\, construction projects\, and entertainment\, was a common way for the wealthy to show off their resources\, promote their family’s standing\, and position themselves for public office. Until recently\, however\, most female benefactors were pushed to the margins of scholarly inquiry or omitted entirely. While Roman women could not hold civic offices or military commands\, they could acquire substantial wealth and engage in public life through priesthoods and public benefaction. This presentation features a large corpus of inscriptions from the Roman West that gives evidence for the numerous ways in which women used their financial resources for civic munificence. The data reveal geographical and chronological differences that help us gain a new understanding of women’s autonomy in the Roman Empire. \nThis is a virtual talk only. Please register ahead of time by clicking the button below.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/female-benefactors-in-the-roman-empire-dr-rachel-meyers/
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Gospels: Creating a Visual Identity for the Virgin Mary in Late Antique Egypt
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Sabrina Higgins (Simon Fraser University\, B.C.) \nThe Virgin Mary is an enigmatic Biblical figure\, one who rises from relative unimportance in the canonical gospels to become one of the most prominent figures in Christianity. The theological discourse that culminated with the declaration of Mary as Theotokos (‘God bearer’) at the Council of Ephesus in 431\, is mirrored by a similar fragmented development in Marian iconography. Prior to the Council of Ephesus\, Mary is scarcely depicted in early Christian art\, appearing only in renderings of the Biblical events at which she is present (i.e. The Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes)\, but as her role within the developing Christology is expounded in the 5th century\, there is a greater interest in rendering the Virgin within Christianity’s visual culture. This concern is mitigated\, however\, by Mary’s limited role within the canonical gospels\, ultimately urging artists to turn to apocryphal gospels and long-standing traditions of mother goddesses for visual inspiration. This paper explores the intersection of these materials in the early development of the visual culture of the cult of Mary. It uses Egypt as a case study to highlight the role of the apocrypha within the Marian iconography that develops after the fifth century\, ultimately highlighting the artists’ use of these extra-biblical texts to fill-in the perceived bibliographical gaps related to her life within the canonical gospels.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/beyond-the-gospels-creating-a-visual-identity-for-the-virgin-mary-in-late-antique-egypt/
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SUMMARY:Archaeology and Ale with Dr. James Osborne
DESCRIPTION:Fieldwork and COVID at Turkey’s ‘Newest’ Iron Age Capital:\nResults from Türkmen-Karahöyük (Dr. James Osborne\, Oriental Institute\, University of Chicago)\nIn 2019\, researchers with the Türkmen-Karahöyük Intensive Survey Project (TISP) identified the site to be one of the very largest Bronze and Iron Age cities in ancient Turkey\, despite the fact that it had never been identified before by archaeologists. The chance find of a hieroglyphic inscription authored by a “Great King Hartapu” — one of Archaeology magazine’s Top 10 Discoveries of that year — proved the site must have been a local capital city during the Iron Age\, and likely during earlier periods as well. Following a hiatus in 2020 due to COVID\, TISP returned to the field in 2021 — only to have COVID remain a logistical and practical hurdle in many ways. This talk will present the background of the site\, discuss some of the ways that COVID altered our fieldwork practices\, and conclude with showing what we documented despite these challenges: a magnetometry map that shows us what buildings lie just under the surface\, ready to be revealed by excavation. \nRegister at Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link in your confirmation email by clicking the button below.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/archaeology-and-ale-with-dr-james-osborne/
LOCATION:1061 Boston Post Road\, Rye\, New York\, 10580\, United States
CATEGORIES:International Archaeology Day
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