Eating Archaeology in the Boston Globe
The dinner, aptly named “Eating Archeology,” was the brainchild of Ilaria Patania, a graduate student who is as passionate about food as she is about archeological science. Food is practically Patania’s native tongue; her parents run a hotel and restaurant in her native Italy. “To me, cooking is such an important part of who I […]
CONGRATULATIONS to our graduating BA, MA and PhD students!
Well done! To view the program, click here.
Professor Curtis Runnels seafaring research on the news
Professor Curtis Runnels, Chair Boston University Department of Archaeology, has published an article on his seafaring research in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 42 (2016), 140-153, titled “Middle Pleistocene sea-crossings in the eastern Mediterranean?”. Click here for the article. Professor Runnels also had a story that ran on Suddeutsche Zeitung (a major German newspaper) about […]
David Carballo awarded tenure and receives promotion
David Carballo has been awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor. CONGRATULATIONS!
Dan Plekhov successfully defends MA Thesis.
Congratulations to Dan Plekhov for successfully defended his MA Thesis “Regional-scale applications of architectural energetics odels: A case study from Lydian Bin Tepe.”
Alumna, Dr. Donna Yates member of the Trafficking Culture Project
Dr Yates is one of our foremost authorities in the subject. She lectures in Antiquities Trafficking and Art Crime at Glasgow University’s Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, and is also part of the Trafficking Culture Project, an international grouping that does deep research into the contemporary global trade in looted cultural objects. Read […]
BU Archaeology alumna Tess Davis spearheads Task Force report on steps to reduce looting and cultural destruction in the Middle East and North Africa
Tess Davis (CAS ’04), executive director of the Antiquities Coalition, served as project director for the #CultureUnderThreat Task Force, which was convened under the auspices of the Antiquities Coalition, the Asia Society, and the Middle East Institute. The Task Force, comprising experts in heritage, international law, law enforcement, and national security, developed a set of […]
Archaeology students awarded Boston University Humanities Foundation Fellowship
Congratulations to Jade Luiz, Laura Masur and Emily Johnson! They were awarded Boston University Humanities Foundation fellowships for 2015/16 in recognition of their outstanding work in the humanities.
Kathleen Forste recipient of the ASOR Heritage Excavation Fellowship
Kathleen Forste has been selected to receive the ASOR Heritage Excavation Fellowship to use for her research in Israel this summer! The fellowship is $2000. Congratulations Kathleen!
Christine Mikeska successfully defends Archaeology honors thesis
Congratulations to BU senior Christine Mikeska, who successfully defended her honor thesis “Food or Fur: A Systematic Analysis of Dog Bones Cutmarks from the Uyak Site on Kodiak Island, Alaska.” We will miss you in the lab, Christine!