Archaeology Society of Staten IslandDecember 2014: Dr. Katherine Boivin, Auspicious Passageways: Pilgrimage, Commemoration and Procession Beneath Medieval Church Sanctuaries
Explore the connections between church architecture and spirituality
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September 2013: Dr. Matthew Johnson, Understanding Bodiam Castle, England
A new view of the castle stresses its active role in regional politics and economics and presents Bodiam at a serried of scales from the smallest action of washing one’s hands in the chapel piscine out to the castle’s place in world history.
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October 2013: Dr. Jodi Magness, Ossuaries and the Burials of Jesus and James
Newly discovered ossuaries are discussed within the context of ancient Jewish tombs and burials customs in Jerusalem in the time of Jesus (late Second Temple Period).
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November 2013: Dr. Robert R. Stieglitz, Sea Peoples in the Promised Land
Recent Archaeological evidence unearthed in Israel and on Cyprus, has shed new light on the history of the Philistines, a leading tribe in a federation the Egyptians termed ‘People of the Sea.’
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December 2013: Dr. Rita Reynolds, Brown Fellowship Society Burial Ground: Charleston’s Famous Unknown Free Black Cemetery
Learn about life and race in antebellum Charleston through archaeology and archival research.
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January 2014: Dr. Larissa Bonfante, Etruscan Influence in Ancient Europe
The Etruscans were a people similar to the luxury-loving, laid-back Phaeacians of the Odyssey rather than the man-eating Cyclops.
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February 2014: Dr. Nicola Sharrat, Living and Dying through Political Turmoil: Excavations in a Terminal Tiwanaku (AD 950-1150) Village in the Moquegua Valley, Peru
Recent excavations (2006-2012) at the site of Tumilaca la Chimba in the Moquegua valley, Peru, are explored to illustrate how members of this post-collapse community rooted daily and ritual practice in both traditional and turbulent expression.
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March 2014: Dr. Bridget Buxton In Search of the Age of Titans: Recent underwater discoveries in northern Israel
Recent archaeological explorations by the Maritime Unit of the Israel Antiquities Authority in and around the ancient port of Akko (Acre-Ptolemais) are bringing us closer to the elusive goal of capturing a ‘big ship’, learning the long-lost secrets of their design, and understanding the critical role they played in the Great Power contests of the Hellenistic Age.
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May 2014: Dr. Sarah Nelson, The Gold Crowns of Silla (Korea) and the Tomb of a Queen
Crowns, gold, and tradition in the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla!
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May 2013: Dr. Justin McDaniel, A Day of Buddhist Art, Community & Learning
An engaging afternoon of Buddhist Art for learners of all ages
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News from the Archaeological Institute of America
- Early Farmers in Israel Adapted to Climate Instability May 2, 2024SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA—According to a statement released by the University of California, San Diego, a now-submerged village site suggests that it was inhabited some 8,200 years ago, during an abrupt shift in climate called the 8.2ka event. It had been previously thought that the cooler temperatures and rising sea levels of the 8.2ka event would […]
- Did the Roman Emperor Augustus Die in This Vesuvian Villa? May 2, 2024TOKYO, JAPAN—According to a Live Science report, researchers led by archaeologist Mariko Muramatsu of the University of Tokyo suggest that they have uncovered the place where Augustus, the first Roman emperor (reigned 27 B.C.–A.D. 14), died. The villa, located on the northern slopes of Mount Vesuvius about five miles from the modern town of Nola, […]
- 7,000-Year-Old Settlement Mapped in Serbia May 2, 2024KIEL, GERMANY—According to a statement released by Kiel University, traces of a late Neolithic settlement were mapped during a geophysical survey conducted in northeastern Serbia, near the Tamiš River. “This discovery is of outstanding importance, as hardly any larger Late Neolithic settlements are known in the Serbian Banat region,” said Martin Furholt of Kiel University. […]