Professor Beaudry’s student a contestant on Survivor
Congratulations to Lyras Torres! We will be watching and cheering! Here is the BU Today article with all the wonderful details. http://www.bu.edu/today/2018/lyrsa-torres-competes-on-hit-cbs-show-survivor/
Kathleen and Amalia attend the EAA Meetings in Barcelona
Kathleen Forste, Graduate Student, and Professor Amalia Perez-Juez, attended the EAA Meetings in Barcelona this September. “New Archaeobotanical Evidence of Early Islamic Agricultural Economy at Ashkelon and Caesarea Maritima” – Kathleen Forste “Manurqa: Islamic Medieval Archaeology in the Balearic Island of Menorca, Spain. Is it still condemned to Damnatio Memoriae?” – Amalia Pérez-Juez and Elena […]
Norman Hammond, Emeritus Professor, asked to be a member of The Academy of Europe
Congratulations to Professor Hammond! Here is an excerpt from the email he received: Subject: Academia Europaea Membership Dear Colleague, As Section chair of the History & Archaeology section of the Academia Europaea, I am very pleased to inform you that, upon the recommendation of our Academic Section and following peer review by the relevant […]
Sydney Hunter (CAS’19) tweeted by CAS News
Sydney Hunter, Archaeology major, tweeted by CAS News on her research work in Uzbakistan this summer through the CAS Honors Travel Research Fund.
US News and World Report ranked archaeologist as the 5th best science job to have
US NEWS & World Reports ranks #archaeology 5th best science job to have. Read the full report here https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/archaeologist?src=usn_fb
Professor Bard National Geographic interview about the Ancient Burial Ground of 800 Egyptian Tombs
“From this area, there really aren’t very many tombs that are known, except for the royal tombs there,” says Kathryn Bard, an archaeologist at Boston University who was not involved in the work. “That’s why this cemetery is important.” Read the entire article here https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/09/news-800-egyptian-tombs-lisht-middle-kingdom-parcak-archaeology/?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=social_experts
Professor Catherine West a 2018 – 2020 Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellows
Professor Catherine West is one of 12 Pardee Center Research Fellows for academic year 2018 – 2020. Fellowship comes with seed money for a two or three year interdisciplinary research project. The funds will assist Professor West with her Symposium on Circumpolar Climate Change, Resource Management, and Applied Archaeology. Read more about Professor West and […]
Professor Bard publishes a new book “Seafaring Expeditions to Punt in the Middle Kingdom Excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt”
Archaeology Professor Kathryn Bard with co-author, Rodolfo Fattovich, August 2018 published the book Seafaring Expeditions to Punt in the Middle Kingdom, Excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt. From the series Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Volume: 96 In the 12th Dynasty (ca. 1985-1773 BC) the Egyptian state sent a number of seafaring expeditions […]
Archaeology Seminar Series
Archaeology Seminar Series Fall 2018 All talks 12:20-1:15 pm Wednesdays in STO 253, unless otherwise indicated Speaker Location Date/Time Bryan Burns, Wellesley College Honoring the Dead Through Monuments and Miniatures: Excavations at Eleon in Central Greece STO 253 Wednesday, Sept. 19, 12:20 PM Natalie Munro, University of Connecticut The Emergence of Animal […]
Anna Goldfield (GRS’17) dissertation article published in the Journal of Human Evolution
Anna Goldfield is lead author on an article just published in the Journal of Human Evolution. “Modeling the role of fire and cooking in the competitive exclusion of Neanderthals” by Anna Goldfield, Ross Booton, and Professor John (Mac) Marston was generated originally as part of Anna’s dissertation. Read the article here. Congratulations Anna!