Get ready for a great interactive experience related to the study of archeology and anthropology! The Social Science program will host its second archeology/anthropology expo on Wednesday, March 29th from […]
Join us for a free night at two of the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. Enjoy handcrafted mocktails by CraftHouse Bartending and desserts in the galleries. Take some snaps […]
Lawrence Bradley, Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography/Geology, University of Nebraska-Omaha The continental interior of the United States—home to many Native American communities—is a region rich in fossils. Since the nineteenth […]
Feinstone Lecture
Calling all kids and families! Have you ever wanted to explore the museum galleries after dark? Join us during Up Late with the Sphinx for an evening filled with games and gallery activities. Drop into a hands-on workshop and make something special to take home, then finish your evening with a flashlight tour through the […]
Registration opens at 9 am with sessions starting at 10 am. Registration: $10 at the door. Complimentary with Student ID. All times below are approximate. 9:00 am - Registration opens. Morning refreshments. 9:50 am - Welcome and opening remarks. 10:00 am The Place before the Park: An Archaeological Perspective on our Recreational Treasures. Mark Doperalski, […]
High Above the River: Points, Pottery and a Pithouse in Manchester Jacob Tumelaire, Shannon Mascarenhas, and Roxanne Pendleton, Independent Archaeological Consulting, LLC IAC conducted Phase IB testing that identified previously undocumented components of the Amoskeag West Bank site (27-HB-079) in Manchester. A subsequent Targeted Data Recovery confirmed the presence of numerous Pre-Contact Native American cultural […]
30th Annual Phyllis Williams Lehmann Lecture Lecture by C. Brian Rose, the James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania and a Past President of the Archaeological Institute of America. The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria during the last two decades have profoundly influenced scholars and how they deal with the […]
Recent Research at Coastal Sites in Downeast Maine Dr. Gabe Hrynick, University of New Brunswick In the 1950s, Ted Stoddard of the Robert S. Peabody Museum’s Northeastern Archaeology Survey identified dozens of archaeological sites in coastal Downeast Maine. Since 2013, colleagues and I have revisited many of these sites, examined the curated collections from them, […]
‘Upside Down’ the Peopling of Latin America: a Summary and On-going Research Dr. Bruce Bradley, Emeritus Professor, University of Exeter, UK. ZOOM presentation. This presentation summarizes the current evidence of the early human presence in Latin America from northern Mexico (Chiquihuite Cave) to the southern tip of South America (Fell Cave). It will focus on […]
