Northern Realms of the Mongol Empire: Salvage Archaeology and Science in Mongolia Dr. Alicia R. Ventresca-Miller (Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan) Communities in northern Mongolia lived between two imperial powers during the politically tumultuous Mongol period (around ~1200 CE). Northern communities were poised to influence Silk Road routes traversing the region, yet while trade […]
Please join the AIA Baltimore Society for the 2023 Gladys Callahan Vocci Justice Lecture. Dr. Jennie Bradbury (Bryn Mawr College) will speak on "From sea to mountain: archaeology and cultural heritage in Lebanon." This lecture will be held on Zoom. Free and open to the public. Zoom link: https://towson-edu.zoom.us/j/98825554469?pwd=bGpsWXFuemQvRVcrL1VQaU10WWlqZz09.
Norton Lecture
Norton Lecture
The National Council on Public History requests session, working group, and workshop proposals for our 2023 annual meeting, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, April 12-15, 2023. Final proposals are due July 15; proposers may submit an optional topic proposal by June 15 to seek feedback and co-presenters. The conference theme is "To Be Determined." […]
A millennium ago, Native people constructed over 120 earthen mounds at the site of Cahokia, a World Heritage site in Illinois. Built entirely by hand, the largest of these constructions towered 100 feet over a city that was more densely populated than the contemporary medieval city of London. Over two thousand years before Cahokia’s construction, […]
Manton Lecture Please contact Phil Stinson and William Bruce for the Zoom link.
Convergence of Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science in Archaeology- NHAS Paul Pouliot, Sag8mo & Denise Pouliot, Sag8moskwa - Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook-Abenaki People Exploring the integration of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives into archaeological field practices and analysis. REGISTER: bit.ly/2023NHASevent
Discover a collection of magnificent but largely unheralded examples of Ice Age art while in the company of acclaimed paleoanthropologist and popular trip leader Ian Tattersall. Admire unusual, elegant bas-relief animal images in Basque caves, a profusion of hand prints at Gargas, and the famous panels of line-drawn and subtly shaded bison, horse, and ibex […]
