Sunday Lecture Series 2013-2014

The Archaeological Society of Staten Island &
The Archaeological Institute of America,
Staten Island Society

September 15, 2013            Archaeological Institute of America Lecture
Dr. Matthew Johnson         Understanding Bodiam Castle, England

October 20, 2013                        Archaeological Institute of America Lecture
Dr. Jodi Magness                  Ossuaries and the Burials of Jesus and James

November 17, 2013                        The Helen H. Loeffler Memorial Lecture
Dr. Robert R. Stieglitz         Sea Peoples in the Promised Land

December 8, 2013
Dr. Rita Reynolds         Brown Fellowship Society Burial Ground: Charleston’s Famous Unknown Free Black Cemetery

January 26, 2014                        The Dr. George G. Hackman Memorial Lecture
Dr. Larissa Bonfante         Etruscan Influence in Ancient Europe

February 9, 2014
Dr. Nicola Sharrat            Living and Dying through Political Turmoil: Excavations   in a Terminal Tiwanaku (AD 950-1150) Village in the Moquegua Valley, Peru

March 9, 2014
Dr. Bridget Buxton         In Search of the Age of Titans: Recent underwater discoveries in northern Israel

April 2014                            Archaeology Fair – date TBA

May 18, 2014            Archaeological Institute of America Lecture
Dr. Sarah Nelson                  The Gold Crowns of Silla (Korea) and the Tomb of  Queen

Visit our website: www.siarchaeology.org
Meet the Speakers over Tea/Coffee Following each Lecture
Wagner College – Spiro Hall – Room C-2
631 Howard Avenue, Grymes Hill, Staten Island, New York
All Disabled/Senior Members are requested to use the stairs with the hand rails

New York Council for Humanities Lectures are Free to All. Other Lectures are Free to Wagner College Students, Faculty, and Staff; A.I.A. Members and Staten Island Society Members (Wagner or Society ID card is your admission ticket).

Hopefully you have attended some of our other lectures. We have an interesting, informative and varied program each month. The lectures are by renowned experts in their fields. If you are a member, please join us at our meetings and try to bring a friend. If you are not a member, come with your friends to one of our meetings to hear an interesting lecture and you can apply the one day $5.00 per person trial membership fee to your very reasonable annual dues should you decide to join us.

For information on wonderful trips through other archaeology societies, contact our Travel Chairman, Ira Wallace at 732 292 0034.
The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) is North America’s oldest and largest organization devoted to the world of archaeology with nearly 250,000 members and subscribers belonging to more than 100 local AIA societies (such as ours in Staten Island) in the United States, Canada, and overseas, united by a shared passion for archaeology and its role in furthering human knowledge. The 2014 annual meeting will be held from January 2nd to 5th in Chicago. We hope you can attend.