Grab your Kelsey Passport Book and join us on a journey through time as we explore trade in the ancient Mediterranean. Discover the routes traders took, over land and sea. Explore a Graeco-Roman marketplace and learn how money was used in the ancient world. There will be plenty of hands-on activities for kids of all […]
Join us at McClung Museum for "Can You Dig It?" 2022! The event invites professional archaeologists at the University of Tennessee and their students to host activity stations for families. Join us for a fun afternoon of learning and exploration!
Monday, October 17, 6-7:30pm $ = Free Family friendly Dr. Diana Greenlee, Station Archaeologist at Poverty Point World Heritage Site, will give a presentation at 6:30pm entitled "What Lies Beneath the Surface: Current Research at Poverty Point WHS" in the History Center Meeting Room. To register, visit: https://www.bossierlibrary.org/event/poverty-point-world-heritage-site-dr-diana-greenlee
Trivia w/ Keez at Crying Eagle Brewing Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm $ = Free Family friendly Crying Eagle Brewing has weekly trivia every Tuesday with Keez, but you can join every week in October for a special round of Louisiana Archaeology questions! Trivia is 4 rounds of 10 questions with prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. […]
Tuesday, October 18, 3-6:30pm $ = Free Wayne Abercrombie, retired contract archaeologist, will be available from 3-5pm to look at artifacts that people bring in for identification. At 5pm Wayne will present a lecture on his archeological work in Crete. Hosted by the Archaeology Research Center at the Union Museum of History and Art. For […]
Lecture by Dr. Shayla Monroe, UC, Santa Barbara; DC Society Annual African Archaeology Lecture, hosted by Howard University In honor of 2022 International Archaeology Day
Wednesdays, 7-9pm $ = Free Family and Dog Friendly Oak St Brewery has weekly trivia every Wednesday, but you can join every week in October for a special round of Louisiana Archaeology questions! Trivia includes 7 rounds, 10 questions each including 1 picture round and 1 audio round. $50, $35, and $25 brewery gift cards […]
Richard M. Leventhal, Professor, Department of Anthropology and Executive Director, Penn Cultural Heritage Center, Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania The story of Maya culture as a once-great civilization that built towering pyramids in the jungles of Central America was developed and popularized by national governments, anthropologists, and archaeologists. Previously unable to control the story of […]
Friday, October 21, 4-5pm $ = Free Family friendly Join us at Carnegie Memorial Library to celebrate Louisiana Archaeology Month! Children will learn local history as they create Poverty Point Objects, which archaeologists believe Poverty Point people used as cooking stones. For more information, visit: https://calcasieulibrary.org/
On October 22, 2022, the Archaeological Institute of America-Nashville Society and the Nashville Parthenon are teaming up to join hundreds of archaeological organizations around the world to celebrate International Archaeology Day and the Tennessee STEAM Festival. Stop by activity stations from 9 AM - 12 PM and join free Exterior Architecture Tours at 10 AM […]
