Archaeology Society of Staten IslandDecember 2016: On the Significance of Roger II of Sicily’s Antiquated Loros in the Mosaic in Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio, Palermo
December 4, 2016 The Lynda Nilsen Memorial Lecture Dr. Dawn Marie Hayes On the Significance of Roger II of Sicily’s Antiquated Loros in the Mosaic in Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio, Palermo In his well-known portrait “Martorana” in Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio, Palermo, Roger II of Sicily dons an antiquated loros. The stole is not a “modified” […]
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November 2016: Staten Island Museum Event – Archaeology & Museums
TUESDAY Nov 8, 2015 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Staten Island Museum Event – Archaeology & Museums This event will be a workshop day for the local Staten Island High School Teachers and Administrators at the Staten Island Museum, sponsored in part by the Staten Island Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. Check back […]
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October 2016: Documenting Native American Diasporas in the Early Colonial Southeast
Sunday Oct 23, 2016 at 3pm The Helen H. Loeffler Memorial Lecture Dr. Jonathan Bernard Marcoux Documenting Native American Diasporas in the Early Colonial Southeast The colonial trade in deerskins and Native American slaves had profound effects on the cultural landscape of the Southeast during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Indeed, […]
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September 2016: Tools, Language, and the Evolution of the Human Mind
Sunday, Sept 25, 2016 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America Lecture Dr. Kathleen Gibson Tools, Language, and the Evolution of the Human Mind Darwin and Wallace, co-discoverers of evolution by natural selection, held contrasting views about the origins of the human mind. Wallace considered the human mind to be qualitatively distinct from that of […]
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September 2015: Queen Pu-Abi of Ur: A Love Story
Learn about the fascinating Mesopotamian Queen Pu-Abi!
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October 2015: The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh
Discover the interconnections between Astronomy, Archaeology, and Architecture in this presentation about Indian astronomical observatories!
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November 2015: Staten Island Museum Special Event!
Image Credit:Staten Island Museum, Building A at Snug Harbor, Ralph Appelbaum Associates Inc. Friday Nov 6, 2015 from 10:00AM-3:00PM Staten Island Museum Event: Archaeology and Museums This event will be a workshop day for the local Staten Island community at the Staten Island Museum, sponsored in part by the Staten Island Society of the […]
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December 2015: Knowledge in Art and its Corruption: The Perils of Forgery and Plunder in the 21st Century
Learn about the perils of forgery in Archaeology and Art History!
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January 2016: Pergamon and the Art of the Hellenistic Kingdoms: A Preview
Get a special preview of the upcoming exhibit of Hellenistic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art!
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February 2016: Early Platform Mounds of the Lower Mississippi Valley
Discover the important role played by the ancient mounds of the Mississippian Culture!
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News from the Archaeological Institute of America
- Genomes of Modern Japanese People Analyzed April 19, 2024YAKOHAMA, JAPAN—A new genetic study conducted by Xiaoxi Liu of the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences and his colleagues suggests that modern Japanese people are mostly descended from three ancestral groups, according to a Live Science report. Those three groups include Jomon hunter-gatherers; a group thought to be the predecessors of the Han people […]
- Burned Bodies at Maya Site May Reflect Regime Change April 19, 2024GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA—According to a CNN report, burned human remains and artifacts have have been discovered under a pile of discarded construction materials in a room beneath a temple at Guatemala’s Maya site of Ucanal by a team of researchers led by Christina T. Halperin of the University of Montreal. The warped, shrunken condition of […]
- Occupation of Cave in Saudi Arabia Dates Back 10,000 Years April 19, 2024BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA—Nature News reports that hundreds of human and animal bones and more than 40 fragments of stone tools have been uncovered at the entrance to a lava tube cave in northwestern Saudi Arabia. The stone tools are thought to be as much as 10,000 years old, while the oldest human bone fragment has been […]