Author: Maria H. Sousa

Thank you to our Supporters!

April 3rd was a great day! Two doctoral students, a great lecture by Dr. Rose, and a successful #BUGivingDay!  Thanks to our supporters we surpassed our goal of 30 donors, raised over 7k and 5k matching funds.   Following from the CAS News Mailing  Dated April 16, 2019  

Congratulation to Laura Masur! Successful PhD Defense and a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Job!

Laura Masor (GRS’19) successfully defended her PhD, Monday, April 1, 2019.  Dissertation Title: Priestly Plantations: An Archaeology of Capitalism and Community in British North America.” Laura starting this fall has a tenure-track Assistant Professor position waiting for her at The Catholic University of America, School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology.  Congratulations Laura, we […]

John Marston recipient of Fulbright Scholar Awards to Australia in the “All Disciplines” competition

Congratulations to Professor Marston! He has been selected as the recipient of one of six Fulbright Scholar Awards to Australia in the “All Disciplines” competition. This will allow him to spend the Spring 2020 semester at the School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, to collaborate with Dr. Andrew Fairbairn on a project […]

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Two of our students receive the National Science Foundation: Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant

Congratulations to Mary Clarke and Maria Codlin, both recipients of the National Science Foundation: Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDRI). Mary’s project title “Producing Stone and State: The Intersection of Ancient Maya Domestic and Institutional Economies” and Maria’s “Feeding a city: Urban hunting and animal husbandry at Teotihuacan.”  

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Archaeology Co-Sponsored Lecture “A Healthy Long Life: Horticultural Practices for Cherry Trees in Japan”

The BU Archaeology Program, Center for the Study of Asia East Asian Archaeology Forum (EAAF), and Preservation Studies Program, are pleased to present “A Healthy Long Life: Horticultural Practices for Cherry Trees in Japan” by Professor Ron Henderson (Illinois Institute of Technology— Department of Landscape Architecture). Abstract: Japan has many ancient cherry trees – some […]

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