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MARCH AND APRIL LECTURES POSTPONED TO NEXT YEAR
Dear Members, I am sending happy wishes to you all and hope you are faring as best as you can at this challenging time. Spring is around the corner! Some of you have heard already that we have cancelled our March lecture. This was for two reasons: 1. Jennifer Foster requested a reschedule due to […]
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Sunday, March 29: An Ancient Remedy: The Intersection of Archaeology, Folklore, and Health in Ireland: Jennifer Shaffer Foster
An Ancient Remedy: The Intersection of Archaeology, Folklore, and Health in Ireland Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America – Forsyth Lecture Jennifer Shaffer Foster The reuse of archaeological sites by contemporary populations, both today and in the past, is a well-known phenomenon. In Ireland, domestic and monumental sites were reused over […]
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Sunday, February 23, 2020: The Woman in the Iron Coffin: Dr. Rhonda Quinn
Biogeochemical evidence for residence, diet and health of the Woman in the Iron Coffin (Queens, New York City) Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 3pm Dr. Rhonda Quinn In 2011, the mummified body of a Black adult female was discovered in a mid-19 th C. Fisk iron coffin buried in Queens, New York City. Archival research […]
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Sunday, January 26, 2020: Kurt Hirschberg: The Voorlezer’s House – A New Place In History
Sunday, January 26, 2020 (1:00-3:00 PM) The Dr. George G. Hackman Memorial Lecture Kurt Hirschberg, Jan Hird Pokorny, Assoc. The Voorlezer’s House – A New Place In History The Voorlezer’s House at Historic Richmond Town in New York City has long been believed to be one of the oldest school houses […]
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Sunday, April 26, 2020: Dr. Celia J. Bergoffen: Excavating Schnaderbeck’s Lager Cellar, Brooklyn
Sunday, April 26, 2020, at 3pm The Lynda Nilsen Memorial Lecture Dr. Celia J. Bergoffen Excavating Schnaderbeck’s Lager Cellar, Brooklyn Four adjoining, massive stone and brick lager vaults were discovered fourteen feet below grade in the heart of Williamsburg’s former lager brewing district. Unlike other beers, lager yeast ferments at the bottom […]
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September 15, 2019: Stones of the Butterfly: Archaeological Investigation of Yapese Stone Money Quarries in Palau, Micronesia
Sunday, Sept 15, 2019 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America English Lecture Dr. Scott M. Fitzpatrick Stones of the Butterfly: Archaeological Investigation of Yapese Stone Money Quarries in Palau, Micronesia For centuries, peoples from the island of Yap in the western Pacific voyaged southward to the Palauan archipelago to quarry their famous stone […]
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October 27, 2019: Dressing Up as an Ancient Assyrian Queen in Life and Death
Sunday Oct 27, 2019 at 3pm The Dr.Esther Grushkin Memorial Lecture Dr. Amy Rebecca Gansell Dressing Up as an Ancient Assyrian Queen in Life and Death This presentation takes us into the palaces of ancient Assyria in […]
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November 10, 2019: Legacies in the Landscape: Transformations of the Chaupiyunga Borderland in the Upper Moche Valley of Peru
Sunday Nov 10, 2019 at 3pm Dr. Patrick Mullins Legacies in the Landscape: Transformations of the Chaupiyunga Borderland in the Upper Moche Valley of Peru One need not look further than the present political discourse on border security in the United States to appreciate the complex, ambiguous, and often volatile nature of frontiers and borders. […]
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September 2018: Dr. Alison Carter, “Looking Beyond the Temples: Exploring the Residences of the Ancient Angkorians”
Sunday, Sep. 16, 2018 at 3:00PM Archaeological Institute of America Lecture-English Lecturer Dr. Alison Carter Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Oregon Looking Beyond the Temples: Exploring the Residences of the Ancient Angkorians Angkor, centered in the modern nation of Cambodia, was one of the largest pre-industrial settlements in the world and has been the […]
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October 2018: Dr. Dana Bardolph, “Mounds, Missionaries, and Merchants: Cahokian Cultural Influence in the Central Illinois River Valley”
Sunday Oct 28, 2018 at 3pm Dr. Dana Bardolph, Hirsh Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University Mounds, Missionaries, and Merchants: Cahokian Cultural Influence in the Central Illinois River Valley Long before Columbus reached the Americas, Cahokia, located eight miles outside of modern day St. Louis, was the biggest, most cosmopolitan city north of Mexico, with a larger […]
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November 2018: Jessica Walthew, “Archaeology and Conservation: From the Field to the Museum”
Sunday Nov. 11, 2018 at 3:00PM Jessica Walthew Objects Conservator, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum Archaeology and Conservation: From the Field to the Museum How are archaeological materials preserved once they are excavated? This talk will summarize the role of conservation in fieldwork and in museums. While preservation is our first concern, conservators share archaeological […]
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December 2018: Dr. Shara Bailey, “Making Sense of Neanderthals: bones, teeth, and genes”
Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 3pm The Helen H. Loeffler Memorial Lecture Dr. Shara Bailey, Center for the Study of Human Origins, Department of Anthropology, New York University Making Sense of Neanderthals: bones, teeth and genes Recent studies have shown that 1-4% of our DNA comes from Neanderthals. What does that mean? Prof. Shara Bailey […]
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January 2019: Dr. Kelly Britt, “The Making of Place and Preservation Policy in NYC Archaeology
Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 3pm The Lynda Nilsen Memorial Lecture Dr. Kelly Britt, Brooklyn College, CUNY The Making of Place and Preservation Policy in NYC Archaeology Spanning from an 8,000-year-old Indian settlement on Staten Island to a 17th century Indian community in the Bronx, to an 18th century African Burial ground in Manhattan to […]
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February 2019: Dr. Bridget Buxton, “Recent Underwater Discoveries at Caesarea Maritima, Israel
Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 3pm The Dr.Esther Grushkin Memorial Lecture *Lecture at the Noble Maritime Museum, Snug Harbor, Staten Island* Dr. Bridget Buxton, Department of History, URI Recent Underwater Discoveries at Caesarea Maritima, Israel An introduction to the recent underwater work of the IAA Maritime Unit – University of Rhode Island – Oceangate Foundation […]
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March 2019: Dr. John Arthur, “Potters, Consumers, and Caste in Southwestern Ethiopia”
Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America – Lobban Lecturer Dr. John Arthur, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Potters, Consumers, and Caste in Southwestern Ethiopia This ethnoarchaeological study examines how the caste system in Gamo society affects both potters and consumers as they produce and use pottery during their daily living. […]
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April 2019: Dr. Emily Cole, “Passing on Traditional Writing in Ancient Egypt”
MONDAY, April 29, 2019, at 5:30 pm The Dr. George G. Hackman Memorial Lecture Dr. Emily Cole Passing On Traditional Writing in Ancient Egypt While working in the per-ankh or “house of life” where vast repositories of manuscripts were kept, Egyptian scribes made every effort to transmit ancient knowledge through Egyptian history. Over the course […]
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September 2017: Dr. Marta Ameri: “Ships from Dilmun, Magan and Meluhha:” Ancient South Asia and its Contacts with the West in the 3rd millennium BCE
Sunday, Sept 17, 2017 at 3pm The Helen H. Loeffler Memorial Lecture Dr. Marta Ameri Assistant Professor of Art History, Colby College “Ships from Dilmun, Magan and Meluhha:” Ancient South Asia and its Contacts with the West in the 3rd millennium BCE The Harappan, or Indus Valley, Civilization, which flourished in India and […]
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October 2017: Dr. Scott MacEachern: Landscapes of Boko Haram: History, Violence and Wealth in Central Africa (image courtesy Christian Seignobos)
Sunday Oct 15, 2017 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America – English Lecturer Dr. Scott MacEachern Professor of Anthropology, Bowdoin College Landscapes of Boko Haram: History, Violence and Wealth in Central Africa The terrorist organization Boko Haram has inflicted huge amounts of suffering on Central African communities through the last decade. In the course […]
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November 2017: Dr. Alicia Boswell: Ritual Regalia of the Ancient Moche
Sunday Nov 12, 2017 at 3pm Dr. Alicia Boswell Postdoctoral Fellow, Bard College Ritual Regalia of the Ancient Moche In the last thirty years archaeological investigations on the north coast of Peru have produced a wealth of new information leading to nuances in our understanding of Moche sociopolitical organization (AD 200-800). These discoveries have […]
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December 2017: Dr. Larissa Bonafante: Nursing Mothers in Ancient Italy
Sunday, December 3, 2017 The Lynda Nilsen Memorial Lecture Dr. Larissa Bonafante Professor of Classics Emerita, New York University Nursing Mothers in Ancient Italy The image of the woman and child is so familiar to us in Western art from representations of the Virgin Mary with the Christ child that we tend to take […]
About Us
The Archaeology Society of Staten Island was formed in 1962 at Wagner College in Staten Island, NY. In 1963, the Society began a series of lectures that have brought prominent scholars in the various fields of archaeology and anthropology to Staten Island. The Society affiliated with the Archaeological Institute of America in 1964 as The […]
Membership
Membership in the Society is open to anyone interested in archaeology and related areas. The categories of membership in the Society include: REGULAR ($30) – Anyone interest in archaeology and wishing to participate in the Society’s programs. FAMILY ($45) – Couples and their children under eighteen years of age. STUDENT (no charge) – Any full-time […]
Directions
Directions to Wagner College The Society holds its monthly meetings at Wagner College. TRAVEL BY CAR Verrazano Bridge: From Brooklyn, Queens and Points East Take the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to Staten Island. From the toll booths, follow Interstate 278 to the “Richmond Road/Clove Road” exit. Follow the service road to the third traffic light and […]
About Us
The Archaeology Society of Staten Island was formed in 1962 at Wagner College in Staten Island, NY. In 1963, the Society began a series of lectures that have brought prominent scholars in the various fields of archaeology and anthropology to Staten Island. The Society affiliated with the Archaeological Institute of America in 1964 as The Staten Island Society, AIA.
The objectives of the Society are:
- To promote study, exploration, and research in the field of archaeology
- To conduct lectures relating to archaeology
- To sponsor and encourage archaeological tours
- To establish and issue publications that disseminate archaeological information
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- MARCH AND APRIL LECTURES POSTPONED TO NEXT YEAR
- Sunday, March 29: An Ancient Remedy: The Intersection of Archaeology, Folklore, and Health in Ireland: Jennifer Shaffer Foster
- Sunday, February 23, 2020: The Woman in the Iron Coffin: Dr. Rhonda Quinn
MARCH AND APRIL LECTURES POSTPONED TO NEXT YEAR
Dear Members, I am sending happy wishes to you all and hope you are faring as best as you can at this challenging time. Spring is around the corner! Some of you have heard already that we have cancelled our March lecture. This was for two reasons: 1. Jennifer Foster requested a reschedule due to […]
Sunday, March 29: An Ancient Remedy: The Intersection of Archaeology, Folklore, and Health in Ireland: Jennifer Shaffer Foster
An Ancient Remedy: The Intersection of Archaeology, Folklore, and Health in Ireland Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America – Forsyth Lecture Jennifer Shaffer Foster The reuse of archaeological sites by contemporary populations, both today and in the past, is a well-known phenomenon. In Ireland, domestic and monumental sites were reused over […]
Sunday, February 23, 2020: The Woman in the Iron Coffin: Dr. Rhonda Quinn
Biogeochemical evidence for residence, diet and health of the Woman in the Iron Coffin (Queens, New York City) Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 3pm Dr. Rhonda Quinn In 2011, the mummified body of a Black adult female was discovered in a mid-19 th C. Fisk iron coffin buried in Queens, New York City. Archival research […]