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San Francisco’s “Titanic”: The Loss of SS City of Rio de Janeiro

San Francisco Maritime Museum 900 Beach St, San Francisco, CA, United States

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 […]

The Enduring Lifestyle of the Ancestral Maya

Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Building, University of Illinois 707 S Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL, United States

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 […]

What the Heck is Archaeology?

Monroe County Public Library - Islamorada Branch 81830 Overseas Highway, Islamorada, FL, United States

"Join us for a quick and dirty intro to archaeology! This talk covers a broad overview of Florida’s history, and how archaeological research can uncover new knowledge about the past, confirm what we know, or challenge what we think we know. We’ll also be learning about how different subfields of archaeology work, and what it […]

Stone Vaulting in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean

Sara Galletti, “Stone Vaulting in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean” THIS LECTURE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. If you're interested in archaeology, please join us! About the lecture: This talk will explore the history of a stone vaulting technique called stereotomy from a transnational, longue durée perspective across the Mediterranean from the third century BCE—when […]