Author: Maria H. Sousa

Hallie Baker received The Marshall Scholarships

Hallie Baker is studying Archaeology at Boston University, where she will complete a joint BA/MA degree. Hallie applies her cultural heritage perspective to contemporary human rights issues. Bringing together ethics, politics, and the law, she focuses on the global trade in looted cultural objects, the respectful treatment of human remains, and the manipulation and destruction […]

John Marston quoted

The research “provides just a really solid case study in how nondomesticated plants … are manipulated and used in many of the same ways that domesticated plants are,” says environmental archaeologist John Marston of Boston University, who was not involved with the study.

Kathryn Bard was appointed Trustee of the Permanent Fund of the Harvard Travellers Club

The Permanent Fund of the Harvard Travellers Club gives small grants to fund projects involving travel for scientific, cultural & environmental expeditions.  According to their website, “The Harvard Travellers Club (HTC) is an organization that has provided a venue for adventurous travelers to gather and socialize since 1902. An affiliation with Harvard University is not […]