This lecture by Dr. Eric Jones (CU Boulder) discusses the development of commercial farming in the mid-19th century was a critical component of industrialization in the United States. It examines […]
Kershaw lecture
Metcalf lecture
Stone lecture
The 1901 shipwreck of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s SS City of Rio de Janeiro was the deadliest ever at the Golden Gate. Maritime archaeologist and historian James Delgado will […]
Kershaw Lecture
Lecture in Prachenske Museum in Písek, Bohemia. Royal town of Písek was founded in 13th century AD on the commercial crossroads. Archaeological findings from the last decades also shed new light on the lifestyle of the inhabitants of the town of Písek in the 16th and the first half of the 17th centuries. The Renaissance, […]
Kershaw lecture
Borowski lecture Ancient tropical societies dealt with the same issues we face today—climate instability, growing populations, overuse of resources, and so on. One of the major issues at present is growing concern about providing adequate supplies of clean drinking water. We can learn from past tropical societies, including the ancestral Maya of Central America, whose […]
