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
- Part of an 18th-Century Water System Found in Scotland April 26, 2024EAST RENFREWSHIRE, SCOTLAND—According to a report in The Glasgow Times, a circular structure made of blonde sandstone was uncovered during a construction project in Barrhead, which is located in west-central Scotland. The eighteenth-century structure is thought to have been part of a gravitational system to provide fresh water to the town. Local residents are advocating […]
- Islamic-Era Sword Identified in Spain April 26, 2024VALENCIA, SPAIN—Newsweek reports that a sword discovered in 1994 in a historic section of Valencia has been dated to the tenth century A.D. by the Archaeology Service of the Valencia City Council (SIAM) through analysis of the sediment layers at the site. Islamic rule of the Iberian Peninsula began in A.D. 711 and ended in […]
- Gweagal Spears Repatriated to Australia April 26, 2024CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Gweagal spears, a collection made up of one hunting spear and three fishing spears that were taken from the Gweagal people of Kamay in 1770 by James Cook, have been repatriated to the La Perouse Aboriginal Community. Cook, a British naval lieutenant at the time, traveled to […]