Professor Berlin’s LCP Project receives a $55,000 grant
LCP got some good news this week! We’ll be receiving $55,000 over the next two years from the Austrian FWF, which is the country’s Science Fund (sort of the equivalent of our NSF) in conjunction with their new Open Research Data Project. We are partners with the Austrian Archaeological Institute in this grant, which will fund not […]
Justin Holcomb awarded two-year Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship
Congratulations to Justin Holcomb! He has been awarded a two-year Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece for his project “Towards a Chronostratigraphic Framework of the Aegean Paleolithic: A Geoarchaeological Approach.”
Congratulations to Mary Clarke
Congratulations to Mary Clarke. Her grant application to the Rust Foundation was approved. The award will support her research project project on “Production of Stone and State: The Intersection of Ancient Maya Domestic and Institutional Economies”.
We are pleased to announce that the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation will increase the endowment for the annual Distinguished Lecture in Archaeology with a gift of $50,000.
This donation is in acknowledgment of the success of the lecture series and the Department of Archaeology’s breadth of scholarship in teaching and research. The Sackler Foundation generously endowed an annual Distinguished Lecture in Archaeology in 2010 in honor of Emeritus Professor Norman Hammond. These lectures alternate between the archaeology of the New and Old […]
Mary Clarke recipient of a GRAF
Congratulations to Mary Clarke, recipient of the GRS Long Term Graduate Research Abroad Fellowship to support her travel and dissertation research in Guatemala.
David Carballo awarded tenure and receives promotion
David Carballo has been awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor. CONGRATULATIONS!
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!
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.