Sunday, September 19, 2021: Dr. Robert B. Koehl – Hunter College: A New Look at Minoan Athletic Competitions

Sunday September 19 at 3pm The Dr. George G. Hackman Memorial Lecture Dr. Robert B. Koehl, Hunter College, CUNY A New Look at Minoan Athletic Competitions Access a recording of the presentation here. The Minoans, as the people of Bronze Age Crete have been called since the early 20th century C.E., are known to us […]

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Sunday, October 24, 2021: Dr. Michael Chazan, University of Toronto: Wonderwerk Cave: Archaeology at the Edge of the Kalahari

Sunday October 24, 2021 at 3pm    Archaeological Society of America – Joukowsky Lecture Dr. Michael Chazan, University of Toronto Wonderwerk Cave: Archaeology at the Edge of the Kalahari The town of Kuruman or Ga-Sagonyana is at the edge of the Kalahari in the Northern Cape Province.  The archaeology of this region is an extraordinarily rich […]

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Sunday, (NEW DATE , MARCH TBA): Special Event with the Noble Maritime Museum: Dr. James Hunter and Kieran Hosty, Australian National Maritime Museum: Cook’s Endeavor Found

Sunday, (TBA, MARCH), 2022            The Helen H. Loeffler Memorial Lecture Special Event with the Noble Maritime Museum! Cook’s Endeavour Found: Identifying an iconic shipwreck using a ‘preponderance of evidence’ approach  Kieran Hosty, Manager, Maritime Archaeology Program, ANMM Dr James Hunter, Curator, Navy Archaeology, ANMM HIS MAJESTY’S BARK ENDEAVOUR is a tremendously significant […]

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Thursday, April 28, 2022: Dr. Elaine Ayers, NYU: Unnatural History: Colonial Collecting and the Politics of Display in Natural History Museums

THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022 at 7pm ZOOM LECTURE PRESENTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH Staten Island Museum Dr. Elaine Ayers – NYU On Jennifer Angers’ Exhibit Magicicada  Unnatural History: Colonial Collecting and the Politics of Display in Natural History Museums What does the history of collecting, preservation, and display have to do with legacies of violence and […]

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Sunday, April 10, 2022: Dr. Anthony J. Barbieri – University of California, Santa Barbara:

Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 3pm     Archaeological Institute of America; Danyale Z. English Lecture Dr. Anthony J. Barbieri – University of California, Santa Barbara Providing for the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt and Early China This lecture compares mortuary culture and conceptions of the afterlife realm from Middle and New Kingdom Egypt and early […]

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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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