Tuesday, October 18, 3-6:30pm $ = Free Wayne Abercrombie, retired contract archaeologist, will be available from 3-5pm to look at artifacts that people bring in for identification. At 5pm Wayne will present a lecture on his archeological work in Crete. Hosted by the Archaeology Research Center at the Union Museum of History and Art. For […]
Lecture by Dr. Shayla Monroe, UC, Santa Barbara; DC Society Annual African Archaeology Lecture, hosted by Howard University In honor of 2022 International Archaeology Day
Virtual lecture which is part of the AIA Archaeology Hour series.
Virtual lecture which is part of the AIA Archaeology Hour series.
Wednesdays, 7-9pm $ = Free Family and Dog Friendly Oak St Brewery has weekly trivia every Wednesday, but you can join every week in October for a special round of Louisiana Archaeology questions! Trivia includes 7 rounds, 10 questions each including 1 picture round and 1 audio round. $50, $35, and $25 brewery gift cards […]
Richard M. Leventhal, Professor, Department of Anthropology and Executive Director, Penn Cultural Heritage Center, Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania The story of Maya culture as a once-great civilization that built towering pyramids in the jungles of Central America was developed and popularized by national governments, anthropologists, and archaeologists. Previously unable to control the story of […]
The Galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos left the Philippine Islands for the Port of Acapulco in New Spain (Mexico) in July 1693, loaded with Asian luxury goods of silk, fine cottons, porcelain, spices, art, and beeswax, in large blocks and candles. The ship, undermanned and with an inexperienced captain, somehow went hundreds of miles off […]
Dr. Waterman (Associate Professor of Biology, Mt. Mercy University) is the 2020 recipient of the AIA Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship and is excited to present her research to our society. Please join us as she enlightens us about the Portuguese Estremadura’s Late Neolithic through Early Bronze Age (c.3500-1500 BCE) periods. Large fortified coastal and interior […]
To celebrate International Archaeology Day, the Save Cultural Heritage Group has decided to launch the new format ArchTalk to bring together people from various fields and disciplines related to archaeology and cultural heritage, and to have them share insights in their research as well as their work experience. Theme 1: Post-Pandemic Archaeology? This theme will […]
Friday, October 21, 4-5pm $ = Free Family friendly Join us at Carnegie Memorial Library to celebrate Louisiana Archaeology Month! Children will learn local history as they create Poverty Point Objects, which archaeologists believe Poverty Point people used as cooking stones. For more information, visit: https://calcasieulibrary.org/
