Author: Maria H. Sousa

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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!

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