Tuesday, February 22, 2022 7:30 p.m. ET Join Zoom Meeting https://davidson.zoom.us/j/99143304841 Meeting ID: 991 4330 4841 Anna Agbe-Davies, “The Mis-Education of Pauli Murray” About the lecture: This presentation considers education, womanhood, and signs as refracted through the life of human rights pioneer Pauli Murray, prompted by the archaeological investigation of her childhood home in Durham, […]
About the lecture: Some of the most stunning jewelry from Ancient Egypt is made of amethyst. Its craftsmanship, opulence, and design epitomize quality in the ancient world. Yet the skill in making this jewelry started long before the cutting and buffing of the raw stone. Procuring amethyst in the Eastern Desert is fraught with many […]
Jennifer McKinnon Flyer 2About the lecture: From shipwrecks to aircraft wrecks to amphibious vehicles, Saipan’s waters in the Mariana Islands contain sunken sites that together tell the story of a critical battle in the WWII Pacific War between US and Japanese forces in June and July of 1944. This lecture will provide a brief overview […]
To kick off our AIA Central Carolinas Society 333 archaeology lecture series this year, students from Davidson College, UNC–Charlotte, and Winthrop University will report on their experiences working in the […]
Sara Galletti, “Stone Vaulting in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean” THIS LECTURE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. If you're interested in archaeology, please join us! About the lecture: This talk will explore the history of a stone vaulting technique called stereotomy from a transnational, longue durée perspective across the Mediterranean from the third century BCE—when […]
Aviva Cormier, “The Bioarchaeology of the Distinctive Burials of the Phaleron Cemetery, Archaic Greece” THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. If you're interested in archaeology, please join us! About the lecture: The world’s attention has been captured by the 7th century BCE finds that emerged from the coastal sands of Faliro, the […]
Kelly Goldberg, University of South Carolina “Connecting the Diaspora: Archaeology, Memory, and Transnationalism in the 19th Century Transatlantic World” This event is FREE and open to the public. January 23, 2023 7:30 p.m. ET Belk Visual Arts Center 117 Davidson College Davidson, NC About the lecture: The nineteenth century transatlantic slave trade had significant social, […]
The Ann Santen Endowed Lecture Okasha El Daly, “The reception of ancient Egypt in the medieval Muslim world” Tuesday, September 17 7:30 - 9:00 PM Davidson College Visual Arts Center VAC-117 Semans Lecture Hall These lectures are sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, with funding from the Davidson College Public Lectures Committee and the […]
October 16, 2024 7:30 p.m. ET Davidson College Belk Visual Arts Center 117 Free and open to the public Martha Gimson, “Forgotten Past? Bridging Beaver Dam’s Past to the Present […]
November 19, 2024 7:30 p.m. ET Davidson College Belk Visual Arts Center 117 Free and open to the public Luca Lai, “Beyond the stone giants: an isotopic perspective on life and death of the people buried at Mont’e Prama” About the lecture: The accidental 1974 discovery of tens of fragmentary statues at Mont’e Prama, in […]
