• Crafting and Trade: Stone Tool Production and Ancient Maya Economies

    Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    Join us for a lecture by Dr. Rachel Horowitz, "Crafting and Trade: Stone Tool Production and Ancient Maya Economies ". Abstract: Today, and in the past, economic activities are important […]

  • Egyptian Blue, humanity’s first inorganic pigment

    Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    Join us for a lecture by Professor John McCloy, Washington State University, who will present results of an investigation into the materials science and processing parameters to fabricate Egyptian blue […]

  • Early Peoples in the Plateau: Nimíipuu Knowledge and Landscape Adaptation in the Bitterroot Mountains

    Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    Join us for a lecture by WSU grad Student Jordan Thompson on early Northwest culture. Abstract: Mountain environments and resources have played a significant role in Indigenous cultural and subsistence lifeways and knowledge systems yet remain underrepresented in landscape research. Recent archaeological evidence points to the Southern Columbia Plateau as an early entry point for […]

  • Poggio Civitate’s Etruscan Workshop: A Cross-Craft Perspective

    Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    Dr. Nora Donoghue, Gonzaga University visiting professor, will present her research into Etruscan workshop crafting interrelationships at Poggio Civitate. Abstract: Craft production in the ancient world is frequently analyzed by specialists who concentrate on a specific material or class of artifact. This approach overlooks the strong probability that ancient production processes were interrelated through shared […]

  • A Deep Dive into Deep Time: Archaeology, Underwater

    Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    The phrase "underwater archaeology" conjures up notions of shipwrecks, ships lost at sea, and the dramatic catastrophes that sank them; however, archaeology underwater can also reveal details about ancient landscapes that contain a record of past human occupations. Many of these sites are on the earth's continental shelves where vast stretches of shallow, coastal land […]

  • Remembered Places, Significant Spaces: Room Closure Practices in the Pueblo Southwest

    Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Dr. Samantha Fladd, Washington State University., is an anthropological archaeologist who focuses on the Southwest United States, specifically the Ancestral Pueblos of the Four Corners region. Architectural spaces create and […]