Archaeology Society of Staten IslandSunday Lecture Series 2012-2013
The Archaeological Society of Staten Island &
The Archaeological Institute of America, Staten Island Society
2012- 2013 Lecture Series
Sept 23 Archaeological Institute of America Lecture
David M. Lee Through the Eyes of the Elder:Understanding the Rock Art of the
Dreamtime
Oct 14 Archaeological Institute of America Lecture
Dr. Joshua Wright The World of Genghis Khan Through Archaeology And History
Nov 18
Dr. Sarah Jarmer Scott Tiny Portraits: Seals and Identity in the Ancient World
Dec 9
Dr. Bryan R. Just Dancing into Dreams: Maya Vase Painting of the Ik’ Kingdom
Jan 20 The Dr. George G. Hackman Memorial Lecture
Sara Becker Working Hard or Hardly Working? A Bioarchaeological Perspective
on Labor within the Andean Tiwanaku State (AD 500-1100)
Feb 10
James Fritzsimmons Wine, Cheese And Travel
Mar 17
Dr. Tom Rocek From the Jordon to the Jornada: The Origin of Village Life in the
Old World and the New
April 21 Archaeological Institute of America Lecture
Susanne Grieve Archaeology and Conservation of the Heroic Era Exploration Bases
on Ross Island, Antarctica
May 19
Dr. Justin McDaniel Buddhist Images in Stone, Wood, and Plastic
All Lectures are on Sundays at 3P.M. in Room C-2, Spiro Hall, Wagner College,
631 Howard Avenue (1 Campus Road), Grymes Hill, Staten Island, NY 10301
Lectures free to members, Wagner College Students, Faculty and Staff and A.I.A. Members
ONE DAY TRIAL MEMBERSHIP $5.00
Meet the speaker over coffee and cake following each lecture
For more information write: The Archaeology Society of Staten Island P.O. Box 140504, GPO Staten
Island, NY 10314-0504 or visit our web site www.assi-aia.org
News from the Archaeological Institute of America
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- Sacred Spring Unearthed Beneath Roman Ruins in France April 25, 2024PARIS, FRANCE—According to a Live Science report, near the village of Chamborêt north of the French city of Limoges, archaeologists have uncovered a freshwater spring likely dating to between 4,500 and 6,000 years ago below the remnants of a Roman-era pool. The Roman ruins, which date to the third century A.D., probably formed a landscaped basin surrounded […]