Professor Bard National Geographic Interview, Artifact Trove at Egyptian Tomb
Artifact Trove at Egyptian Tomb Illuminates Life Before Pharaohs Archaeologist uncovers human sacrifices and evidence of strife. National Geographic Daily News.Click here to read the story.
Brent Fortenberry(GRS’13) discovers one of Bermuda’s oldest homes
Bermuda Day Article Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of one of the oldest Bermuda homes believed to be in existence. … click here for the article.
Natalie Susmann (GRS’20) Boston Herald article of her AR593 essay
Natalie Susmann turned one of her essays from CAS AR 593, Memory in 3-D: Memorials, then and now course into an op-ed for the Boston Herald. Click here to read the article.
Archaeology Student Award Recipients UPDATED 5/28
We congratulate to the following students Graduate Students: Aviva Cormier (GRS’16) Summer Research Fellowship and a Graduate Student Abroad Fellowship Matthew Flynn (GRS’19) S&J Tom Family Foundation Scholarship and Graduate Student Organization Travel Research Fellowship Anna Goldfield (GRS’17) Summer Research Fellowship Luke Pecoraro (GRS’15) Summer Research Fellowship Franco Rossi (GRS’15) The Angela J. and James […]
Jade Luiz (GRS’17) Writing Program News Letter Interview: Teaching Steampunk
Jade Luiz interview on the BU Writing Program’s on-line newsletter about the course she is offering, Teaching Steampunk. Here is the Writing Programs website were you can read Jades interview (scroll to the bottom, on right hand side) http://buwritingprogram.wordpress.com/
Hank Lutton, Graduate Student, Daily Press Interview
Boston Daily Press April 21, 2014 Unearthing a Lost Historic Landscape Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Hank Lutton explores a deeply buried scatter of burned 1700s bricks that were used to fill part of a ravine near the Capitol about 1750. Click here to download pdf of article.
Professor Michael Danti Discover Magazine Interview
All of Iraq is not created equal — at least not for archaeologists. Its war-torn northern region, known as Kurdistan, has been closed to digs for more than half a century. But the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is now allowing a team led by Boston University archaeologist Michael Danti to search the mountainous area for […]
Matthew Egger (CAS’14) awarded Fulbright grant
Matthew Egger, Archaeology graduating senior was awarded a Fulbright grant for next year. He will be attending the first year of a Master’s program in classical archaeology and ancient numismatics at the University of Tuebingen in Germany. The research area of focus is a site on the Western Anatolian coast dating to the Hellenistic Period […]
Professor Berlin NPR “Preserving Audio For The Future Is A Race Against Time”
NPR “Weekend Edition Sunday” 3/23/14 http://www.npr.org/2014/03/22/291420005/preserving-audio-for-the-future-is-a-race-against-time (audio link) Preserving Audio For The Future Is A Race Against Time By Emily Siner On the very first archaeological dig of her career, Andrea Berlin discovered the room of a house that somebody had lived in around 800 B.C. Talk about beginner’s luck. […]
Professor Marston announces the formation of the Northeast Environmental Archaeology Network (NEEAN)
The formation of a new regional professional organization for environmental archaeologists and other scholars interested in the history of human-environmental interactions, the Northeast Environmental Archaeology Network (NEEAN). A new regional professional organization of environmental archaeologists and other scholars interested in the history of human-environmental interactions worldwide. While it is based in the Northeastern US, the organization is […]