Archaeology Society of Staten IslandOctober 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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April 2013: Susanne Grieve, ‘Archaeology and Conservation of the Heroic Era Exploration Bases on Ross Island, Antarctica’
April 21 Archaeological Institute of America Lecture Susanne Grieve Archaeology and Conservation of the Heroic Era Exploration Bases on Ross Island, Antarctica The Antarctic continent has presented challenges to mankind since early whaling vessels and discovery expeditions began investigating her shores in the early 1800’s. The Antarctic Heritage Trust, a New Zealand based non-profit, is […]
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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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March 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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February 2013: James Fritzsimmons, ‘Wine, Cheese, And Travel’
February 10 James Fritzsimmons Wine, Cheese And Travel The Old World Neolithic Revolution transformed the lives of all affected, including through unintended side effects. Raising plants and animals for food led to the need to store these resources. Being permanently in the same location led people to adapt to the water of only that area, […]
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News from the Archaeological Institute of America
- Possible Bell Beaker Grave Uncovered in Germany April 30, 2024OPPIN, GERMANY—Newsweek reports that the remains of a man estimated to have been between 40 and 60 years old at the time of his death have been unearthed in central Germany. Preliminary investigation suggests the burial is associated with the Bell Beaker culture and dates to some 4,500 years ago. Archaeologist Susanne Friederich of the […]
- Plant DNA Suggests Maya Blessed Their Ball Courts April 30, 2024CAMPECHE, MEXICO—According to a Gizmodo report, an international team of researchers led by David Lentz of the University of Cincinnati analyzed a soil sample taken underneath a 2,000-year-old ball court platform at Yaxnohcah, a Maya city site on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The analysis detected the presence of Ipomoea corymbose, a type of morning glory also […]
- Prehistoric Monuments Discovered in Ireland April 30, 2024COUNTY WICKLOW, IRELAND—A lidar survey of farmland in eastern Ireland has detected multiple prehistoric monuments, according to a Live Science report. The monuments include Bronze Age structures and five Neolithic cursus monuments, which are long and narrow earthwork enclosures built some 5,500 years ago. “There’s only about 20 known cursus monuments [in Ireland] and they […]