Kathryn Ness (GRS’15) Joins Plimoth Plantation as Curator of Collections
Congratulations to Kate! Plimoth Plantation Press Release Kathryn Ness, Ph.D., Joins Plimoth Plantation as Curator of Collections Appointment comes as acclaimed living history museum places renewed emphasis on extensive archaeological collection Plimoth Plantation, America’s acclaimed living history museum of 17th-century Colonial and Native New England, has appointed Kathryn Ness, Ph. D., as Curator of […]
Paulo Medina Outstanding Archaeology Teaching Fellow for the Academic Year
Congratulations to Paulo Medina! He was chosen as the Archaeology Outstanding Teaching Fellow for the Academic Year 2015-2016. There will be a brief reception for Teaching Fellow Award recipients on Monday, May 2, at 3:30 p.m. The reception will take place in the College of Arts and Sciences, Room 132, 725 Commonwealth Ave.
Dan Fallu essay on geology of Mycenae published
Dan Fallu, graduate student, was published in a book by Robert McCabe and Athina Cacouri. Dan contributed an essay on the geology of Mycenae entitled “The Mycenaean Landscape: From ‘Well-Founded’ to a shaky end”. Congratulations Dan! Mycenae: From Myth to History: Athina Cacouri, Robert … www.amazon.com Mycenae: From Myth to History [Athina Cacouri, Robert […]
Justin Holcomb awarded the prestigious Claude C. Albritton, Jr. Scholarship
Justin Holcomb was awarded the prestigious student Claude C. Albritton, Jr. Scholarship from the Geological Society of America (GSA) Archaeological Geology Division. The award is in the form of a scholarship for graduate students studying Archaeological Geology (Geoarchaeology). Congratulations Justin!
Professor John Marston recipient of an American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) award
Professor Marston received an award of $5,000 from the American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) for his upcoming summer fieldwork. The project is entitled “Empire and Environment in Late Bronze and Iron Age Anatolia”. Congratulations!
Marni Blake Walter, alumna, article in Western Pennsylvania History
Alumna, Marni Blake Walter (GRS’09) published a recent article, “An Unlikely Atomic Landscape: Forest Hills and the Westinghouse Atom Smasher,” featured as the cover story in Western Pennsylvania History (the magazine of the Senator John Heinz History Center), Fall 2015, pages 36-49. As the Westinghouse Electric Company’s earliest venture into nuclear physics, the atom smasher is […]
Natalie Susmann publishes first peer-reviewed article!
Natalie Susmann, graduate student, publishes first peer-reviewed article in Archaeological Textiles Review, volume 57 titled Preliminary Approaches for the Identification and Classification of Murex Dye Production Sites. Congratulations to Natalie. It will soon be available for download here.
Professor David Carballo – NEW Publication
Urbanization and Religion in Ancient Central Mexico David M. Carballo Oxford University Press Presents a unique perspective of early urbanization and religion in the New World Provides the first book-length synthesis in English of the later Formative period in central Mexico Delves into the origins of particular deities and ritual practices known from the religious […]
Fifth Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture in Archaeology: Ex Oriente Lux: Reflections on the Origins of Maya Civilization by William L. Fash, Jr.
Professor William Fash, Jr., Bowditch Professor of Central American and Mexican Archaeology & Ethnology Harvard University, was invited to Boston University on October 7th to meet with Archaeology Department Faculty, Graduate Students, and to give the prestigious Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture Endowed in Honor of BU Professor Emeritus Norman Hammond.
Alumni Weekend Event in the Department of Archaeology
BU alumni participated in an archaeological immersion day on Friday, September 25, which will included hands-on access to the Gabel Museum at the College of Arts & Sciences, behind-the-scenes lab tours with faculty members and PhD students, and guided viewing of the Asian collection at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Additional events and information […]