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Historical Fiction: An End-Product of Archaeology?

Online Lecture by Steven Saylor about his new book, Dominus, the long-awaited capstone to Saylor’s bestselling novels of Ancient Rome.  His books include the long running Roma Sub Rosa series featuring Gordianus the Finder, as well as the New York Times bestselling novel, Roma and its follow-up, Empire. He has appeared as an on-air expert on […]

Virtual Symposium: Underwater Archaeology

Nashville Parthenon 2500 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN, United States

Join the Nashville Parthenon Virtual Summer Symposia series! This is the last of three Symposia. All three support the new exhibition 'The Antikythera Mechanism' at the Nashville Parthenon through September 26. Dr. Anne Duray will introduce underwater archaeological practice that helps experts interpret our human past. Specifically, Dr. Duray will explain the training and methodology […]

Reports from the Field

UC Berkeley graduate students kick off the academic year at our annual Reports from the Field event, reporting on their summer research and excavation experiences at various sites across the globe. Alec Apodaca will be discussing a Native American archaeological site in the San Vicente Redwoods that was damaged during post-fire work related to the […]

Foreigners as Symbols in Ancient Egyptian Tombs (1550-1372 BCE)

Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

A lecture by Dr. Flora Brooks Anthony, Kennesaw State University AIA Central Carolinas Society 333 and Davidson College, Davidson, NC, welcome the public to join us for a free virtual lecture by Dr. Flora Brooks Anthony of Kennesaw State University, Georgia. THIS LECTURE WILL BE HELD ON ZOOM ONLY, not in person. https://go.davidson.edu/AIA-lecture Dr. Flora […]

Archaeology Abridged: The Secrets of an Ancient Indian City

Join us for this Archaeology Abridged talk by Monica Smith. The Indian subcontinent is home to a number of the world’s great civilizations and religious traditions. About two and a half thousand years ago, a tremendous synergy of urbanism, rulership, writing systems, and the advent of Buddhism and Jainism was expressed in hundreds of archaeological […]

“Feeding Cahokia”

Warren County History Museum 238 S. Sunny Lane, Monmouth, IL, United States

James Godde, Professor of Biology, Monmouth College (jgodde@monmouthcollege.edu) Every year, the Biology Department at Monmouth College teaches a half-semester course entitled Topics in the History of Biology. This past fall, the specific focus was “Feeding Cahokia: Agricultural Technology of Native Americans during the Mississippian Period". The class focused on a book written by Gayle J. […]