Archaeology Society of Staten IslandNovember 18, 2021: Naming Ceremony for the Dr. Esther Grushkin Center for Arts and Culture, featuring Keynote speaker Jodi Rudoren, Editor-in-Chief of The Forward
Thursday November 18 at 7:00 PM the Staten Island JCC is opening up their virtual doors for those of you who are interested in sharing the celebration of the opening Ceremony for the Dr. Esther Grushkin Center for Arts + Culture at the Joan & Alan Bernikow JCC of Staten Island. The Center is in […]
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Zoom Lecture Announcement 9/19/21: A New Look at Minoan Athletic Competitions
Dear Archaeology Friends, As we shared last week, we are looking forward to an exciting series of programs this year! It is taking us longer than anticipated to set up our electronic payment option for membership, so we have decided to offer our first event next Sunday to all regardless of membership status. […]
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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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Zoom Lecture announcement, 4/25
Dear Archaeology Friends, Spring is finally here! It is a wonderful time to think about even warmer weather, and experience archaeology in Sudan! Please join us on April 25th as we welcome Brenda Baker from Arizona State University. Dr. Baker comes to us as the Danyale Z. English lecturer from the AIA. This lecture […]
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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 […]
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Zoom Lecture Announcement, 1/31
Dear Archaeology Friends, I hope that you are all finding the strength and hope to believe that this new year will be a better one! Thanks again to all our members and new friends who have attended the first half of this academic year’s Zoom lectures. In a time when we cannot all be […]
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Virtual Archaeology in Egypt – happy 2021!
Dear Society Friends, I hope the end of 2020 is finding you all safe and healthy, and with some joy in your hearts as we approach a new year. I wanted to share a great opportunity for archaeological discovery next week! On January 3rd, the Archaeological Institute of America will kick of […]
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Zoom Lecture announcement, 12/6
Dear Archaeology Friends, Thanks to all our members and new friends who have attended our first two Zoom lectures of the year. They were both great successes, and we are now looking forward to number three! We are thankful to Dr. Prieto for permission to record his November lecture – please go to our website […]
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November 8, 2020 Zoom Lecture announcement
Dear Archaeology Friends, Welcome to fall 2020! Leaves and temperatures are continuing to fall – November is again a lovely month to warm up to great archaeological events! Our next virtual Zoom lecture will be on Sunday, November 8 at 3:00. Gabriel Prieto from the University of Florida will give a lecture entitled ‘The […]
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News from the Archaeological Institute of America
- Traded Tasmanian Devil Tooth Uncovered in Australia April 18, 2024PILBARA, AUSTRALIA—ABC News Australia reports that an excavation conducted at the site of a rock shelter destroyed by mine blasting in 2020 in north Western Australia’s Juukan Gorge has uncovered a tooth from a Tasmanian devil. Archaeologist Michael Slack said that the tooth likely reached the rock shelter through trade with people living on the […]
- Sumerian Sculpture Repatriated to Iraq April 18, 2024NEW YORK, NEW YORK—According to a statement released by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, museum officials handed over a Sumerian sculpture to representatives from Iraq in a ceremony conducted in Washington, D.C. The copper alloy figurine, dated to between 2900 and 2600 B.C., depicts a man carrying a box or potential temple offering on his […]
- Contents of Roman Lead Coffin Examined in England April 18, 2024WEST YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND—Newsweek reports that the examination of the contents of a Roman lead coffin discovered in 2022 in the city of Leeds has identified the partial remains of a child. The initial evaluation of the coffin’s poorly preserved contents found the remains of a woman between the ages of 25 and 35 at the […]