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  • Archaeology-Hour Livestream: Uzma Rizvi. “Caring for MohenjoDaro”

    Walla Walla University, Admin Bldg 117 204 S College Ave, College Place, WA, United States

    How do we understand care in the ancient world? This talk will focus on current archaeological research conducted in the city of MohenjoDaro (a World Heritage Site) located in contemporary Pakistan (Sindh Province). Archaeological excavations at Mohenjo-Daro document hundreds of dwelling-houses and large buildings built along streets and lanes oriented towards cardinal points, which index […]

  • Archaeology-Hour Livestream: Deborah Carlson. “Excavating a Shipwrecked Marble Column Destined for the Temple of Apollo at Claros”

    Walla Walla University, Admin Bldg 117 204 S College Ave, College Place, WA, United States

    This talk will share the latest research on underwater excavations of an ancient (1st century BCE) cargo-ship, which was carrying architectural marble when it sank off the Aegean coast of Turkey at Kizilburun. We will go behind-the-scenes to look at how the cargo's intended destination was identified. Please join us for this livestream presentation.

  • Rhodora Vennarucci. “Socci and Sociability: Shopping for Status in a Roman Shop”

    Walla Walla University, Admin Bldg 117 204 S College Ave, College Place, WA, United States

    Father Edward A. Bader, CSB Lecture in Mediterranean Archaeology This talk applies a Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) and phenomenological approach to the Felt Shop of Verecundus (IX.7.5-7) from Pompeii. This shop sold fine footwear (socci, or soft-soled felted slippers) and other high-status textile products. We will explore how ancient consumers self-fashioned through public acts of […]