Join us for a virtual symposium on October 1 at 6 PM Central (RSVP required). Giovanni Verri, Conservation Scientist at the Art Institute of Chicago, will present his recent investigations […]
This presentation discusses the community archaeology aspect of the Castles in Communities Archaeological Field School and Research Project (CIC), in Ballintubber, County Roscommon, Ireland. While the primary site of the […]
Leonardo López Luján, Director, Proyecto Templo Mayor; Senior Research Professor, National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico City The Proyecto Templo Mayor of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) was created in 1978 after the discovery of a huge monolith depicting Coyolxauhqui, the Aztec moon goddess. Since then, other impressive public monuments and […]
Lecture by Michael Clem (Virginia Department of Historic Resources), in celebration of Virginia Archaeology Month and International Archaeology Day.
The Arkansas Archeological Survey and Arkansas Archeological Society are co-hosting a new Virtual Lecture Series, called "Archeology in Pajamas," from Fall 2024 through Spring 2025. Have you been interested in […]
In-person lecture Saturday, October 12, 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom 2 Speaker: Dr. Camilla Di-Biase-Dyson Title: The Treaty of Ramesses II with Hattusili III: Peace-making in the Late Bronze […]
The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California chapter, and the UC Berkeley Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures invite you to attend a lecture by Dr. Kathleen Sheppard, […]
Lecture. Donna Seifert (Former president Society for Historical Archaeology). Case studies from various nineteenth-century sites where material culture reveals evidence of prostitution, including a brothel in Five Points—New York City’s most notorious neighborhood—and parlor houses a few blocks from the White House and Capitol Hill. Also Brothels in the American West are also looked at—in […]
Join us at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific as the AIA-Pittsburgh Society hosts the second installment of the 2024-2025 AIA Archaeology Hour series! Register or join now!
This October the Marquette Regional History Center is joining hundreds of organizations around the world to celebrate International Archaeology Day. For the 12th year, our fair will provide a look at archaeology in our region and world-wide. Hands-on learning for all ages. Multiple booths both indoors and outdoors feature various displays and activities. This year, […]
Lecture on the Viking Jupiter cruise ship while in harbor in Barcelona, Spain. Discussion of the archaeology and history of Spain from the Stone Age through the modern age. Lecture by the Secretary of the St. Louis Society of the AIA.
Join us for a free virtual talk on Sunday, October 20, at 10 AM Central. This Virtual Symposium is free and open to the public. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GwcLqYTgTc-3mWwwipI9yg#/registration ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM: In honor of International Archaeology Day, hear about the intersection of science, archaeology, and anthropolog
Dr. Steven Ellis from the University of Cincinnati will be discussing his research into the archaeology of everyday life in ancient Pompeii.
A lecture by Professor Matthew Notarian (Hiram College, OH) Abstract: The remarkable preservation of the Roman city of Pompeii provides unprecedented insight into an aqueduct-fed urban water system. Visitors often marvel at the city’s network of public street fountains, but few consider the practical consequences of the tedious but essential labor required to transport water […]
Between ca. 1650 and 2800, the Oyo Empire was the largest political formation in West Africa, south of the River Niger. Over the past twenty years, Akin Ogundiran has conducted archaeological research in the capital, colonies, and provinces of the empire to understand the strategies of Oyo expansion and the everyday lives of different segments […]
As Amelia Edwards and Kate Bradbury finished their lecture tour of the United States in 1891, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle wrote: “Miss Edwards’ visit will do a great deal of good in teaching the men of America how learned and how winning a woman of study can be and in teaching the women of America […]
María Teresa Uriarte Castañeda, Researcher, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Chichén Itzá—a World Heritage Site—is the most important archaeological record of the fusion between Maya […]
Over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the U.S. federal government engaged in a systematic project of conquest through civilization. A key facet of this imperial endeavor by the imposition of Western forms of architecture onto Indigenous landscapes, including day and boarding schools. These concrete structures were accompanied by assimilationist policies that […]
Over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the U.S. federal government engaged in a systematic project of conquest through civilization. A key facet of this imperial endeavor by the imposition of Western forms of architecture onto Indigenous landscapes, including day and boarding schools. These concrete structures were accompanied by assimilationist policies that […]
Ohio’s Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are enormous earthen enclosures, many in precise geometric shapes, that were built 2,000 years ago by Native Americans known today as the Hopewell. Their creators designed […]
While in the common imagination, Hercules might be most well known for his heroic deeds and feats of strength, across the ancient Mediterranean he was also a deity closely associated with fresh water. In one of his canonical labors in Greece, he dug canals to redirect the Alpheus and Peneus rivers to clean out the […]
Zoom options available Speakers will include: William Griswold, Ph.D., retired National Park Service (NPS) archeologist. Owner of Hadley Woods Archaeological Services, LLC in Nashua, NH.. Reconstructing the Beginning of the second Revolutionary War battle of Saratoga Mark Doperalski, NH State Archaeologist, Updates from SCRAP Work at Mollidgewock State Park Kimberly Kulesza, Behavioral & Social Science […]
