The Spokane Society will have a table at Spokane Archeology Day, along with other local organizations and the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. We will talk with visitors, advertise the AIA, promote the field of archaeology, and the like.
Ashley Morton (independent scholar) This lecture will discuss the results of recent archaeological surveys conducted in the Gondola Meadow and the Looff Carrousel areas before the new recreational rink and carrousel buildings were completed. It will examine ongoing historical research into what is today Spokane's iconic public centerpiece, Riverfront Park, as the area transitioned from […]
Dr. David Saunders, Getty Museum Over the last decade, the Antiquities department of the J. Paul Getty Museum has developed a fruitful and enduring partnership with the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. In addition to generous loans for special exhibitions, we have undertaken a series of collaborative conservation projects that have returned individual objects to […]
Dr. Regina Gee (Montana State University - Bozeman) This lecture explores the ancient history and modern re-emergence of two ancient Roman sites of the seaside town of Oplontis: Villa A (Villa Oplontis), a sprawling luxury villa with over one hundred surviving rooms, and “Oplontis B,” a commercial complex that contained apartments and an extensive wine […]
The Association for Washington Archaeology invites you to travel back in time and immerse yourself in the history and culture of the Columbia Plateau’s native people during Spokane Archaeology Day on the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC) grounds. This interactive event celebrating historic preservation will feature something for everyone – including demonstrations, exhibits and Native American […]
Dr. Brendan Burke: Life and Death at Ancient Eleon: Ongoing Research The Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project (EBAP) has been excavating at the site of ancient Eleon in the village of Arma since 2011. This project is a synergasia between the CIG and Ephorate of Antiquities of Boeotia, under the direction of Dr. Alexandra Charami (Ephorate […]
Dr. Laura Tedesco, Cultural Heritage Program Manager, U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs The deculturization of Afghanistan, best known in our time from the Taliban’s devastation to the Buddhas of Bamiyan, has continued uninterrupted since 2001 through a sophisticated network of illegal excavations, the lucrative traffic in antiquities, urban development, […]
Jennifer Tobin, Associate Professor of History and Classics, University of Illinois-Chicago Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Persian Empire in the latter half of the 4th century BCE resulted in an unprecedented Greco-Macedonian investigation of Africa, Central Asia and India. During the following centuries narratives created by explorers, traders and conquerors, reported on the wonders, […]
