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Sunday Oct 4, 2020: Dr. Sherene Baugher – Cornell University: Changing Heritage Narratives at the Voorlezer House: From a Dutch Schoolhouse to a French Huguenot Home
Sunday Oct 4, 2020 at 3pm The Dr. George G. Hackman Memorial Lecture Co-Sponsored by Historic Richmondtown Dr. Sherene Baugher – Cornell University Changing Heritage Narratives at the Voorlezer House: From a Dutch Schoolhouse to a French Huguenot Home Heritage and immigration are major topics among archaeologists and historians. But the big […]
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Sunday Nov 8, 2020: Dr. Gabriel Prieto – University of Florida: The Mass Sacrifice of Children and Camelids during the 13th-15th centuries in the North Coast of Peru
Sunday Nov 8, 2020 at 3pm The Dr.Esther Grushkin Memorial Lecture Dr. Gabriel Prieto – University of Florida The Mass Sacrifice of Children and Camelids during the 13th-15th centuries in the North Coast of Peru (Click on the title above to watch the recorded Zoom Lecture!) During the 13th to the 15th Centuries […]
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Sunday, December 6, 2020: Dr. Celia Bergoffen – Fashion Institute of Technology: Excavating Schnaderbeck’s Lager Cellar, Brooklyn
Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 3pm The Helen H. Loeffler Memorial Lecture Dr. Celia Bergoffen – Fashion Institute of Technology 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 […]
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Sunday, January 31, 2021: Dr Jennifer Shaffer Foster – University of Buffalo: Healing Places: Intersections of Archaeology, Folklore, and Health in Ireland
Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 3pm Dr Jennifer Shaffer Foster – University of Buffalo Healing Places: Intersections of Archaeology, Folklore, and Health in Ireland For the recording of this lecture, click here. Archaeological approaches to health and healing are often focused on the skeletal remains of past populations. In this lecture, I will instead address […]
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Sunday, March 21, 2021: Dr. Jean MacIntosh Turfa – The University of Pennsylvania Museum: Etruscan Women from Cradle to Grave: The Legacy of Larissa Bonfante
Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America – Larissa Bonfante Lecture Dr. Jean MacIntosh Turfa – The University of Pennsylvania Museum Etruscan Women from Cradle to Grave: The Legacy of Larissa Bonfante Ever since the Iron Age, Etruscan women have intrigued and challenged those around them. Greek and Roman authors looked askance […]
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Sunday, April 25, 2021: Dr. Brenda Baker – Arizona State University: Sifting Sand in Sudan: New Light on Life and Death in Ancient Nubia
Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America – Danyale Z. English Lecture Dr. Brenda Baker – Arizona State University Sifting Sand in Sudan: New Light on Life and Death in Ancient Nubia The Bioarchaeology of Nubia Expedition (BONE) project area lies between the fourth and fifth cataracts of the Nile River in […]
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Welcome to the 2020-2021 Lecture Series!
Dear Friends: I hope you are all finding some joy in the summer season. As we plan for the 2020-2021 year, we regret that it will not be possible to hold any in-person lectures. Given the uncertainties around space availability, and most importantly the safety and health of us all, we have decided to move […]
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2020-2021 Lecture Series Calendar
Archaeology Society of Staten Island Archaeological Institute of America Staten Island Society 2020-2021 Lecture Series All lectures presented via Zoom. Invitations and links will be shared via email approximately two weeks prior to the event. Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 3:00 PM Dr. Sherene Baugher, Cornell University The Dr. George G. Hackman Memorial […]
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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 […]
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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- Zoom Lecture Announcement, 3/21
- Sunday, March 21, 2021: Dr. Jean MacIntosh Turfa – The University of Pennsylvania Museum: Etruscan Women from Cradle to Grave: The Legacy of Larissa Bonfante
- Sunday, April 25, 2021: Dr. Brenda Baker – Arizona State University: Sifting Sand in Sudan: New Light on Life and Death in Ancient Nubia
Zoom Lecture Announcement, 3/21
Dear Archaeology Friends, As those of us in parts of the country (and locally in the NY/NJ area) once again find ourselves snowed in, I hope our January lecture brought some opportunity to feel well and heal! Jennifer’s lecture is now posted on our website for those of you who missed it. As […]
Sunday, March 21, 2021: Dr. Jean MacIntosh Turfa – The University of Pennsylvania Museum: Etruscan Women from Cradle to Grave: The Legacy of Larissa Bonfante
Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America – Larissa Bonfante Lecture Dr. Jean MacIntosh Turfa – The University of Pennsylvania Museum Etruscan Women from Cradle to Grave: The Legacy of Larissa Bonfante Ever since the Iron Age, Etruscan women have intrigued and challenged those around them. Greek and Roman authors looked askance […]
Sunday, April 25, 2021: Dr. Brenda Baker – Arizona State University: Sifting Sand in Sudan: New Light on Life and Death in Ancient Nubia
Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America – Danyale Z. English Lecture Dr. Brenda Baker – Arizona State University Sifting Sand in Sudan: New Light on Life and Death in Ancient Nubia The Bioarchaeology of Nubia Expedition (BONE) project area lies between the fourth and fifth cataracts of the Nile River in […]