Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir (GRS’05) WBUR Here & Now Interview
Boston University Department of Archaeology Alumna, Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir, was interviewed by Robin Young of WBUR Here & Now. http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/06/06/turkey-protests-taksim
Brent Fortenberry (GRS’13) awarded the Bermuda National Trust DeForest Trimingham Award
Brent Fortenberry awarded the The Bermuda National Trust DeForest Trimingham Award for unwavering commitment to Bermuda’s archaeological research and education by providing a glimpse into the lives of the island’s residents throughout the centuries. The first picture is Dr. Fortenberry with Rev. David Raths Incumbent of St. Peters Church and Bermuda National Trust President Lt. […]
Franco Rossi awarded Cora Dubois writing fellowship
Graduate Student, Franco Rossi, awarded a Cora Dubois writing fellowship. This award will support Franco during the summer to do dissertation research and writing. Congratulations Franco!
Kristen Wroth is the 2012/13 Teaching Fellow Excellence Award Winner
Congratulations to Kristen Wroth, she is the recipient of the 2012/2013 Teaching Fellow Excellence Award. Kristin was the Teaching Fellow for Professor John Marston’s course, CAS AR307, Archaeological Science.
John J. Shea (CAS’1982) has a new book
Professor John J. Shea, awarded BA of Archaeology from BU CAS 1982 has just published another book. Professor Shea is a full professor at Stony Brook University, Anthropology Department & Turkana Basin Institute. Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East: A Guide, published by Cambridge Univ. Press.
Professors Roosevelt and Luke make headlines with Hexacopter test
Professor Christopher Roosevelt tested his latest research tool: a remote-controlled hexacopter. The small six-rotor flying tool, equipped with a camera, will be used in Turkey by the Central Lydia Archaeological Survey, a Boston University archaeological project under the co-direction of Christopher Roosevelt, associate professor of archaeology, and Christina Luke, senior lecturer in archaeology. BU Arts […]
Professor David Carballo awarded the Junior Fellowship from the Center for Humanites
Congratulations to Professor Carballo! Center for Humanities Junior Fellowship awarded to Professor David Carballo for academic year 2013/14 to do his research. Religion and Urbanization in Ancient Central Mexico. Five centuries ago Hernán Cortes and the conquistadors encountered teeming Aztec cities that served as the centers of ritual spectacles for a religious system that to […]
Dan Fallu appointed Geoarchaeology Fellow at the Wiener Laboratory
Congratulations to Dan Fallu, who has been appointed as the Geoarchaeology Fellow at the Wiener Laboratory of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens for the 2013–14 academic year.
Professor Curtis Runnels awarded a Cotsen Fellowship in Archaeology
Professor Curtis Runnels was awarded a Cotsen Fellowship in Archaeology at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe for June-July to work on the following topic: “The Early Palaeolithic in the Aegean Islands.” Congratulations!
Stephanie Simms Archaeology Magazine article
Archaeology Magazine (Vol. 66 No. 2: 68) Feb 11, 2013 … When archaeologist Stephanie Simms of Boston University uncovered dozens of fired clay balls at the site of Escalera al Cielo in Yucatán, … Click here for more.