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 […]
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 […]
Erica Pitcairn (GRS MA’15) finds full-time job!
Congratulations to Erica Pitcairn (MA, 2015) for finding a great full-time job! She’ll be working at Cengage Learning with the group that publishes high school textbooks and other course materials for AP and honors/elective courses. She’s excited to be learning more about publishing and to remain involved in education, and Cengage is excited about her interdisciplinary […]
Alumna, Christina Hodge (GRS’07), publishes book
Dr. Christina Hodge (GRS’07), Collections Manager, Stanford Archaeology Center, Department of Anthropology at Stanford University has published a book based on her dissertation. “Consumerism and the Emergence of the Middle Class in Colonial America”, was published by Cambridge University Press. Congratulations Christina! Save
Tess Davis (CAS’04) BU Today interview: Returning Duryodhana
By Tess Davis. Video by Devin Hahn. Photo by Josh Andrus Archaeologist Tess Davis spent 10 years documenting the plunder of Cambodia’s ancient temples and working for the return of the country’s looted antiquities.
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.
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 […]
Alexandra Ratzlaff (GRS’14) awarded a Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Haifa
The United States-Israel Educational Foundation (USIEF) awarded Alexandra Ratzlaff a Fulbright Post- doctoral Award to enable her to conduct research for twenty months at the University of Haifa during the 2013/2014/2015 academic years. Congratulations!
NEW Episode 2: “Ask An Archaeologist !”
Ask an Archaeologist Episode 2 – October 8, 2013 with Dr. Travis Parno Friends of ASOR present “Ask an Archaeologist,” a brand new YouTube series dedicated to finding out what you and your students want to know about Archaeology. The series is based on questions submitted by viewers. Viewer’s questions will be answered by professional […]
2013 Publications by BU Archaeology Alumni, Graduate Students, and Undergraduates
Cheng, Chieh-fu GRS’17 and Ellen Hsieh, 2013 “The Archaeological Study of a Military Dependants Villages of Taiwan,” Archaeologies of Mobility and Movement. Springer, New York. Giron-Abrego, Mario GRS’18 “Un Posible Logograma AKAN en el Preclásico Tardío” was recently published (in Spanish) in the European Association of Mayanists journal notes called “WAYEB.” Giron-Abrego, Mario GRS’18 “A […]