Hiring: Lecturer
The Archaeology Program at Boston University seeks a Lecturer who can serve as instructor for courses in archaeological sciences and/or geospatial analyses. The course load is 3/2, and candidates should be able to teach introductory courses in general archaeology as well as upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses providing overviews of archaeological sciences (e.g., paleobotany, zooarchaeology, […]
Sydney Hunter (CAS’19) receives an award
Sydney Hunter (CAS’19) awarded the Undergraduate Ethnobiologist Award by the Society of Ethnobiology. Sydney will receive the award at the May 2019 Society of Ethnobiology conference in Vancouver, Canada. Congratulations Sydney!
Wroth (GRS’18), Marston, and Goldberg publish a paper
“Neanderthal plant use and pyrotechnology: phytolith analysis from Roc de Marsal, France”, paper published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, written by, Archaeology alumna, Kristen Wroth (GRS’18), Professor John M. Marston, Professor Emeritus, Paul Goldberg, et al. Read the paper. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12520-019-00793-9 Congratulations Kris, Mac, and Paul! Image, Kristen Wroth and John Marston
Daniela Hernandez Sarinana awarded Predoctoral Residence at Dumbarton Oaks
Daniela Hernandez Sarinana (GRS’20), awarded a Predoctoral Residence in Precolumbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks for Spring 2019. In the photo she’s before a mural from her dissertation site of Teotihuacan. Congratulations Daniela! In the photo she’s before a mural from her dissertation site of Teotihuacan.
Professor James Pokines study published
Searching for human remains: Study suggests methodology to improve results January 29, 2019, Boston University School of Medicine Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2019-01-human-methodology-results.html#jCp
Professor Kathryn Bard quoted on USA Today article
Mummies, pottery discovery dating to Cleopatra reflects lives of middle-class Egyptians John Bacon, USA TODAY Published 6:35 a.m. ET Feb. 4, 2019 | Updated 5:20 p.m. ET Feb. 4, 2019 “Kathryn Bard, professor of archaeology and classical studies at Boston University, said the large number of mummies found in one context, unplundered, is a rarity.” […]
Archaeology co-sponsored cultural destruction film showing with Q & A
Photos of Archaeology Seminar Series Lecture Wednesday, January 30
Congratulations to Professor Runnels and Justin Holcomb!
Professor Curtis Runnels and Justin Holcomb (GRS’21) published a new paper in the Journal of Lithic Studies titled, “New evidence for the Palaeolithic in Attica, Greece”. A link to the paper can be found at http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/2665