Events

“Freedom and Family at Boyd Cabin (Buncombe County, North Carolina)” — Dr. Scotti Norman

Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

“Freedom and Family at Boyd Cabin (Buncombe County, North Carolina)” Lecture by Dr. Scotti M. Norman, Assistant Professor of Material Culture and Archaeology at Warren Wilson College March 18, 2025 7:30 p.m. ET Davidson College Belk Visual Arts Center 117 Davidson, NC FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC About the lecture: This talk will discuss […]

Emily Egan, “20,000 Leagues Under the Wine-Dark Sea”

Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

“20,000 Leagues Under the Wine-Dark Sea” Dr. Emily C. Egan, Assistant Professor of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Art and Archaeology, Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland February 18, 2025 7:30 p.m. ET Davidson College Belk Visual Arts Center 117 Davidson, NC FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC About the lecture: This lecture takes […]

Beyond the stone giants: an isotopic perspective on life and death of the people buried at Mont’e Prama

Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

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 […]

Forgotten Past? Bridging Beaver Dam’s Past to the Present (and into the Future)

Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

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 (and into the Future)” About the lecture: Join Davidson College’s Historic Sites Program Manager, Martha Gimson, for a talk about the former plantation site Beaver […]

The reception of ancient Egypt in the medieval Muslim world

Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

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 […]

Jessi Halligan, “Why underwater? The importance of submerged landscape research for understanding Pleistocene peoples in the New World”

Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

Tuesday, March 19, 2023 7:30 p.m. Belk Visual Arts Center 117 Davidson College Davidson, NC This lecture is FREE and open to the public. Please join us if you're an archaeology enthusiast! About the lecture: Perhaps most people think of shipwrecks when underwater archaeology is mentioned, but numerous formerly-terrestrial sites have survived drowning in our […]

Kelly Goldberg, “Connecting the Diaspora: Archaeology, Memory, and Transnationalism in the 19th Century Transatlantic World”

Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

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 Bioarchaeology of the Distinctive Burials of the Phaleron Cemetery, Archaic Greece

Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

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 […]

“The Archaeology of an Underwater Battlefield: The WWII Battle for Saipan”

Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

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 […]

“Operation Amythyst: How the Ancient Egyptions Got Their Bling 4000 Years Ago”

Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

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 […]