Alumna, Janet E. Kay (BA, 2010) published her undergraduate honors thesis.
Norse in Newfoundland: A Critical Examination of Archaeological Research at the Norse site at L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland by Janet E. Kay. ISBN 9781407309224. £21.00. 70 pages; illustrated throughout. BAR S2339 2012.
Explorer Helge Ingstad set out in the 1960s to search for the much hypothesized and mythical Norse land of Vinland. Vinland, originally discovered by Leif Erikson c. 1000 CE, is described in two sagas written in the thirteenth century: the Saga of the Greenlanders and the Saga of Erik the Red. These sagas mention a land that appeared to be congruent with a description of northern Newfoundland. In his search, Helge Ingstad and his wife, Anne Stine Ingstad, came across a site in L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, which seemed to fit the description of Vinland. In this study, the published archaeological reports from the Ingstad and Wallace excavations are critically examined, in conjunction with supplementary background and comparative studies, to determine how the settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows functioned, and what its general purpose was. In particular its focus is dietary practices and site activities.
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Congratulations to Ilaria Patania, Outstanding Teaching Fellow for Academic Year 2011-2012.
Ilaria was chosen by the department as the Outstanding Teaching Fellow for the Academic Year 2011-2012. This distinction shows that we value Ilaria’s important contributions to the teaching mission.
The College of Arts and Sciences will hold a reception May 3 for the Teaching Fellow Award recipients.
Congratulations!
Archaeology Professors Goldberg and Berna Make Discovery of Earliest Fire
Professor Paul Goldberg and Research Assistant Professor Francesco Berna published their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science today. For abstract with link to PDF of full article click here.
For BU Today story Playing With Fire click here.
Archaeology Convocation Ceremony, Saturday, May 19, 2012
The Department of Archaeology Bachelor of Arts Convocation Ceremony is Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 5:30 pm in the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215.
The PhD Hooding is Friday, May 18, 2012 at 5:30 pm in the George Sherman Union Metcalf Hall, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215.
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Inaugural Raymond & Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture in Archaeology endowed in honor of Professor Emeritus Norman Hammond
The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation has endowed a Distinguished Lecture in Archaeology at Boston University in honor of Professor Norman Hammond, whose research on the Maya civilization in Central America has been supported by the Foundation for more than a decade.
The Inaugural Raymond & Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture in Archaeology to be given by Dr. Mary Miller, Dean of Yale College titled “The Maya Murals of Bonampak: Life and Death of a Royal Court” Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 6pm in the College of Arts and Sciences Stone Science Building, Room B50 with a reception to follow at The Castle, 225 Bay State Road.
Jessica MacLean awarded AIA Site Preservation Award
Congratulations to Jessica. The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) awarded its most recent Site Preservation Grant to the Carr Plantation Archaeology Project on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. The project, directed by Jessica Striebel MacLean of Boston University, will protect and raise awareness of the Carr Plantation—one of the few remaining European heritage sites on the island that dates back to the 17th century. Click her for full article.
BU Archaeology Alum Wins Prestigious Marshall Scholarship
Katherine French, who earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Archaeology in 2011, has won the very competitive Marshall Scholarship to further her study of archaeology at Oxford University over the next two years. For full story click here.