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.
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!
Kathryn Bard and Norman Hammond honored in China
Two members of the Department of Archaeology were honoured in China recently. At the Second Shanghai Archaeology Forum, organized by the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing but held at the University of Shanghai, Professor Kathryn Bard was the first of eight scholars invited to speak in the SAF […]
The Journal of Field Archaeology just celebrated its 40th anniversary by publishing a special issue that you can download here
The Journal of Field Archaeology just celebrated its 40th anniversary by publishing a special issue of the journal. In her editorial introducing the issue, JFA editor Christina Luke looks forward to consider the future of Field Archaeology. The authors in this issue cover a broad range of topics and areas, and together result in an […]
Congratulations to Anna Goldfield and faculty sponsor Mac Marston on being awarded an NSF dissertation improvement grant: Comparative Utilization Of Animal Resources In Long Term Perspective.
Professor Catherine West awarded a 3-year NSF Grant
Catherine West, Boston University Department of Archaeology Research Assistant Professor of Archaeology, has been awarded a 3-year National Science Foundation grant entitled “Collaborative Research: Archaeological and Paleoenvironmental Perspectives of Climate Change in the Aleutian Islands.” This project is in collaboration with the University of Alabama and Portland State University and the goal is to address […]
Walton and Carballo NSF Grant Recipient
Boston University Department of Archaeology Professor David Carballo and Graduate Student David Walton (GRS’16) are recipients of an National Science Foundation Grant. Under the guidance of Dr. David Carballo, David Walton will investigate the nuances of obsidian tool production and consumption in household spaces. This project is unique, compared to previous scholarship, because it applies […]