Join Caitlin Clerkin for a closer look at ancient objects in the exhibition A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection, as well as insights into the exhibition process. On view through May 7, 2023, A World Within Reach examines issues of power, desire, and wonder in antiquity and today by […]
We’re now accepting abstracts for an opportunity to present at our Lightning Round Research Presentations which will take place as a hybrid event in Iowa City and virtually via Zoom. This lightning round is open to undergraduate and graduate students from Iowa colleges and universities. We welcome abstracts from anthropology, archaeology, art history, classics, history, […]
Dunwalke Lecture
Eisenpreis Lecture
Stone Lecture
White Mountain National Forest Archaeology: An Evening With Heritage Staff - NHAS Sarah Jordan, Heritage Program Manager and Forest Archaeologist, Claire Sleeman, Assistant Forest Archaeologist, Genevieve Everett, Archaeological Technician, White Mountain National Forest The White Mountain National Forest (WMNF) comprises 800,000 acres of federally managed land in three New Hampshire counties, Grafton, Carroll, and Coos, […]
Virtual lecture which is part of the AIA Archaeology Abridged Series.
A virtual lecture given by Dr. Emilia Oddo, Assistant Professor of Greek Archaeology, Department of Classical Studies, Tulane University
Abstract: West African figurines are a notable part of the world heritage. Both legally and illegally, they were (and continue to be) collected and exhibited in museums and collections all over the world. Studies of these impressive 3D representations of humans, animals, and hybrid beings have focused mainly on formal, iconographic and stylistic aspects of […]
The earliest cities in the world arose in a dynamic wetland environment at the intersection of the Tigris-Euphrates delta and the shore of the Persian Gulf during the 4th- and 3rd-millennia BCE. Recent work at the site of Lagash, led by the Penn Museum, in collaboration with the University of Pisa and Cambridge University, focuses […]
