Archaeology Society of Staten Island2018-19 Lecture and Event Schedule
Archaeology Society of Staten Island Archaeological Institute of America Staten Island Society 2018-2019 Lecture Series Sunday, September16, 2018 at 3:00 PM Dr. Alison Carter Archaeological Institute of America Lecture Looking Beyond the Temples: Exploring the Residences of the Ancient Angkorians Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 3:00 PM Dr. Dana Bardolph Mounds, Missionaries, and Merchants: Cahokian […]
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Upcoming Trip to Bhutan with Tibetan Museum
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art The Glories of Bhutan September 22, 2018 (Sat) through October 4, 2018 (Thurs) (12 nites/13 days in Bhutan- plus DRUK air to & from Bangkok & international home Arriving in Thailand in time for 8 am flight to Paro, Bhutan on Sat, Sept 21 Leaving Paro, Bhutan on Oct […]
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April 2018: Dr. Michelle Damian: Maritime Trade Networks of Medieval Japan
Sunday, April 8, 2018, at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America Dr. Michelle Damian Assistant Professor of History at Monmouth College Maritime Trade Networks of Medieval Japan This study demonstrates that despite the political upheaval of Japan’s late medieval period (15th–16thc), trade connections within the Inland Sea region actually flourished, resulting in the beginnings […]
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2017-2018 Lecture Series
The Archaeological Society of Staten Island & The Archaeological Institute of America Staten Island Society 2017- 2018 Sunday Lecture Series Sunday, Sept 17, 2017 at 3pm (Spiro 4) The Helen H. Loeffler Memorial Lecture Dr. Marta Ameri Assistant Professor of Art History, Colby College “Ships from Dilmun, Magan and Meluhha:” Ancient […]
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April 2017: Unveiling the Greek Sphinx
April 30, 2017, at 3pm The Dr.Esther Grushkin Memorial Lecture Dr. Thierry Petit Unveiling the Greek Sphinx The Greek Sphinx always has been a fascinating topic. From the Renaissance to the present day there has been much speculation about the figure. Its encounter with Oedipus as well as the famous riddle are the main […]
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March 2017: Trying to Do the Right Thing to Protect the World’s Cultural Heritage: One Committee Member’s Tale
March 26, 2017 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America – Norton Lecturer Lothar von Falkenhausen Trying to Do the Right Thing to Protect the World’s Cultural Heritage: One Committee Member’s Tale This is a personal account of the author’s service as a member of President Obama’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee. It reflects upon the purpose […]
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2016-2017 Lecture Series
The Archaeological Society of Staten Island & The Archaeological Institute of America Staten Island Society 2016- 2017 Sunday Lecture Series Sunday, Sept 25, 2016 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America Lecture Dr. Kathleen Gibson Tools, Language, and the Evolution of the Human Mind Darwin and Wallace, co-discoverers of evolution by natural […]
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March 2016: Collambay, the Chimú and Inca Empires: Political Power and Identity in the Chaupiyunga Landscape of the Moche Valley, Peru
Learn about local exchange and interaction among the ancient Andean cultures!
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April 2016: Basques: the Un-sung Whalers of the Northwest Atlantic
Discover the story of the 16th century whalers along the Labrador coast!
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May 2015: Dr. April Beisaw, Seeing Native American Women’s Response to Colonialism in the Archaeological Record
A fascinating alternative interpretation to archaeological and textual records in the Suquehannock tradition
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News from the Archaeological Institute of America
- Possible Conch Shell Communication in Chaco Canyon Explored May 3, 2024BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK—According to an IFL Science report, leaders of the Puebloan peoples who lived in Chaco Canyon between A.D. 850 and 1150 may have been able to communicate with their communities through blasts of conch shell trumpets. Such trumpets have been recovered from elite graves in the region, and are thought to have been […]
- Face of Neanderthal Woman Reconstructed May 3, 2024CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—NBC News reports that the face of a Neanderthal woman dubbed Shanidar Z has been recreated by a team of scientists at the University of Cambridge. The woman’s 75,000-year-old skull was discovered in some 200 pieces during a 2018 excavation of Shanidar Cave, which is located in Iraqi Kurdistan. Analysis of tooth enamel proteins […]
- Unusual Maya Storage Pit Discovered in Tulum Cave May 3, 2024QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO—Mexico News Daily reports that a bottle-shaped chultún, a structure usually used by the Maya to catch rainwater, has been discovered in the floor of a cave by researchers from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). The cave is located within Tulum National Park, the site of a walled Maya city […]