Dr. Jo Anne Van Tilburg Director, UCLA Rock Art Archive Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA Easter Island, more correctly known as Rapa Nui, is a small, remote island in the Southeast Pacific discovered and settled by Polynesian mariners ca. AD 1000. It was rediscovered by the Dutch in 1722 and, since then, has captured the […]
Join us for a free AIA-Nashville Society Book Club meeting at the Nashville Parthenon on Monday, November 4, 2024, at 6 PM. This event is free and open to the public, with RSVP required. All are welcome. Mention “Book Club” at the Ticket Counter, receive free admission, and proceed to the Treasury on Level 2 […]
The Frederick R. and Margaret B. Matson Lectureship for Near Eastern Archaeology and Archaeological Technology
Sensory studies of embodiment have gained traction in recent years as unparalleled tools for examining the vicissitudes of ancient lived experience. When used in conjunction with cognitive studies, it becomes possible to tease out the links between (over)stimulation, deprivation, and religious transformation. Kinesthetics, in particular, can facilitate a nuanced embodied account of approach, (in)accessibility, and […]
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships
Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
Democracy most often ends not with a violent spasm, but with a vote. Oligarchic challengers leverage their small numbers to coordinate dis-informing campaigns, hoping that enough citizens will withhold their support for democratic rule. Already in the fifth- and fourth-centuries BCE, Greek democracies experimented with strategies to overcome these problems, such as the Solonian law […]
The Frederick R. and Margaret B. Matson Lectureship for Near Eastern Archaeology and Archaeological Technology
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
The George F. Bass Lectures
