Archaeology Society of Staten IslandMarch 2013: Dr. Tom Rocek, ‘From the Jordon to the Jornada, The Origin of Village Life in the Old World and the New’
A comparison of the development of farming villages in New Mexico in the first millennium AD with parallel developments in the Middle East ten millennia earlier.
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December 2012: Dr. Bryan R. Just, ‘Dancing into Dreams: Maya Vase Painting of the Ik’ Kingdom’
Ik’-kingdom vases are among the finest ever produced by the ancient Maya, acknowledged particularly for their naturalistic color, veristic portraiture, skillful rendition of graceful movement, and elegantly fluid, calligraphic line.
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November 2012: Dr. Sarah Jarmer Scott, ‘Tiny Portraits: Seals and Identity in the Ancient World’
An examination of the use of seals from the pre-literate periods through the Bronze Age in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Aegean, and the Indus Valley highlighting the dynamic nature of these objects and the residual artifact assemblage they left in their wake.
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January 2013: Sara Becker, ‘Working Hard or Hardly Working? A Bioarchaeological Perspective on Labor within the Andean Tiwanaku State (AD 500-1100)’
An examination of the Tiwanaku State (Peru) that attempts to answer questions about what people were doing within the state and at whose authority activities took place, subjects important for archaeological studies of labor within emerging state-level societies.
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Archaeology Fair 2011
Children participate in the DigIt mock excavation at the 2011 Archaeology Fair
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News from the Archaeological Institute of America
- Votive Monument Unearthed at Roman Villa in Germany November 4, 2024HECHINGEN-STEIN, GERMANY—Archaeologists have uncovered more than 100 fragments of a votive monument at the site […] The post Votive Monument Unearthed at Roman Villa in Germany appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.
- Middle Kingdom Tomb Discovered in Necropolis at Thebes November 4, 2024LUXOR, EGYPT—Ahram Online reports that a tomb dated to the Middle Kingdom period has been […] The post Middle Kingdom Tomb Discovered in Necropolis at Thebes appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.
- 400-Year-Old Face of “Zosia” Reconstructed November 1, 2024STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN—NBC News reports that forensic artist Oscar Nilsson has reconstructed the face of Zosia, […] The post 400-Year-Old Face of “Zosia” Reconstructed appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.