Events

Space, Symbols, Society: Ritual Dynamics in Ancient Lucania

101 Swallow Hall 507 S. Ninth St., Columbia, MO, United States

Dr. Ilaria Battiloro (Associate Professor, Classics and Visual and Material Culture Studies departments at Mount Allison University) This talk offers an overview of the archaeological evidence for Lucanian sanctuaries and discusses how cult sites were conceived and used by people who built, frequented, and finally abandoned them. For this purpose, special emphasis is put on […]

Chasing Venus in Pompeii

101 Swallow Hall 507 S. Ninth St., Columbia, MO, United States

Join us in person for our last lecture of 2022, co-sponsored by the University of Missouri-Columbia Museum of Art and Archaeology! The lecture will be presented by Dr. Marcello Mogetta (Associate Professor of Roman Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia). A reception (open to the public) will be held in Swallow Hall at 5 pm, […]

Urban Borehole Surveys And The Origins Of The Roman Forum

101 Swallow Hall 507 S. Ninth St., Columbia, MO, United States

A lecture by Prof. Nicola Terrenato (University of Michigan) presenting the results of a recent borehole survey carried out in the monumental core of Rome, and discussing the main implications for our understanding of both the city’s original environmental setting and the creation of the earliest urban infrastructure.