Archaeology Society of Staten IslandSunday, February 23, 2020: The Woman in the Iron Coffin: Dr. Rhonda Quinn
Biogeochemical evidence for residence, diet and health of the Woman in the Iron Coffin (Queens, New York City) Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 3pm Dr. Rhonda Quinn In 2011, the mummified body of a Black adult female was discovered in a mid-19 th C. Fisk iron coffin buried in Queens, New York City. Archival research […]
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Sunday, January 26, 2020: Kurt Hirschberg: The Voorlezer’s House – A New Place In History
Sunday, January 26, 2020 (1:00-3:00 PM) The Dr. George G. Hackman Memorial Lecture Kurt Hirschberg, Jan Hird Pokorny, Assoc. The Voorlezer’s House – A New Place In History The Voorlezer’s House at Historic Richmond Town in New York City has long been believed to be one of the oldest school houses […]
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Sunday, April 26, 2020: Dr. Celia J. Bergoffen: Excavating Schnaderbeck’s Lager Cellar, Brooklyn
Sunday, April 26, 2020, at 3pm The Lynda Nilsen Memorial Lecture Dr. Celia J. Bergoffen Excavating Schnaderbeck’s Lager Cellar, Brooklyn Four adjoining, massive stone and brick lager vaults were discovered fourteen feet below grade in the heart of Williamsburg’s former lager brewing district. Unlike other beers, lager yeast ferments at the bottom […]
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September 2018: Dr. Alison Carter, “Looking Beyond the Temples: Exploring the Residences of the Ancient Angkorians”
Sunday, Sep. 16, 2018 at 3:00PM Archaeological Institute of America Lecture-English Lecturer Dr. Alison Carter Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Oregon Looking Beyond the Temples: Exploring the Residences of the Ancient Angkorians Angkor, centered in the modern nation of Cambodia, was one of the largest pre-industrial settlements in the world and has been the […]
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October 2018: Dr. Dana Bardolph, “Mounds, Missionaries, and Merchants: Cahokian Cultural Influence in the Central Illinois River Valley”
Sunday Oct 28, 2018 at 3pm Dr. Dana Bardolph, Hirsh Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University Mounds, Missionaries, and Merchants: Cahokian Cultural Influence in the Central Illinois River Valley Long before Columbus reached the Americas, Cahokia, located eight miles outside of modern day St. Louis, was the biggest, most cosmopolitan city north of Mexico, with a larger […]
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November 2018: Jessica Walthew, “Archaeology and Conservation: From the Field to the Museum”
Sunday Nov. 11, 2018 at 3:00PM Jessica Walthew Objects Conservator, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum Archaeology and Conservation: From the Field to the Museum How are archaeological materials preserved once they are excavated? This talk will summarize the role of conservation in fieldwork and in museums. While preservation is our first concern, conservators share archaeological […]
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December 2018: Dr. Shara Bailey, “Making Sense of Neanderthals: bones, teeth, and genes”
Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 3pm The Helen H. Loeffler Memorial Lecture Dr. Shara Bailey, Center for the Study of Human Origins, Department of Anthropology, New York University Making Sense of Neanderthals: bones, teeth and genes Recent studies have shown that 1-4% of our DNA comes from Neanderthals. What does that mean? Prof. Shara Bailey […]
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January 2019: Dr. Kelly Britt, “The Making of Place and Preservation Policy in NYC Archaeology
Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 3pm The Lynda Nilsen Memorial Lecture Dr. Kelly Britt, Brooklyn College, CUNY The Making of Place and Preservation Policy in NYC Archaeology Spanning from an 8,000-year-old Indian settlement on Staten Island to a 17th century Indian community in the Bronx, to an 18th century African Burial ground in Manhattan to […]
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February 2019: Dr. Bridget Buxton, “Recent Underwater Discoveries at Caesarea Maritima, Israel
Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 3pm The Dr.Esther Grushkin Memorial Lecture *Lecture at the Noble Maritime Museum, Snug Harbor, Staten Island* Dr. Bridget Buxton, Department of History, URI Recent Underwater Discoveries at Caesarea Maritima, Israel An introduction to the recent underwater work of the IAA Maritime Unit – University of Rhode Island – Oceangate Foundation […]
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March 2019: Dr. John Arthur, “Potters, Consumers, and Caste in Southwestern Ethiopia”
Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America – Lobban Lecturer Dr. John Arthur, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Potters, Consumers, and Caste in Southwestern Ethiopia This ethnoarchaeological study examines how the caste system in Gamo society affects both potters and consumers as they produce and use pottery during their daily living. […]
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News from the Archaeological Institute of America
- Greece Returns Smuggled Ancient Coins to Turkey December 20, 2024ATHENS, GREECE—Greece repatriated more than 1,000 ancient coins to Turkey at a ceremony in Athens […] The post Greece Returns Smuggled Ancient Coins to Turkey appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.
- Where Did Syphilis Originate? December 20, 2024LEIPZIG, GERMANY—According to a report in The Guardian, traces of bacteria related to Treponema pallidum, […] The post Where Did Syphilis Originate? appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.
- Portrait of Last Byzantine Emperor Discovered in Greece December 20, 2024AIGIALEIA, GREECE—ArtNet News reports that a portrait of the Byzantine emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos was […] The post Portrait of Last Byzantine Emperor Discovered in Greece appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.