Prof. Mary Beaudry delivered a keynote address, “Gastronomical Archaeology: Food, Mealtimes, and the Material Aesthetics of Dining” at the 2016 Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food
Prof. Mary Beaudry delivered a keynote address, “Gastronomical Archaeology: Food, Mealtimes, and the Material Aesthetics of Dining” at the 2016 Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food, held at the University of Amsterdam on January 15 & 16 on the theme of “Fire, Knives and Fridges: The Material Culture of Cooking Tools and Techniques” (http://bijzonderecollectiesuva.nl/foodhistory/amsterdam-symposium-on-the-history-of-food/#Programme). […]
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 […]
Congratulations to Justin, Alicia, Ilaria, and Dan for a great presentation of innovative geoarchaeological research at Boston University
Frontiers in Geoarchaeology Geological Society of America’s Annual Meeting: Baltimore, MA November 1 – 4, 2015 Presided by Dr. Laura Murphy (Far Western Anthropological Research Group) and Justin A. Holcomb (Boston University) At this year’s annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Justin A. Holcomb (GRS ’19) co-presided a session titled: “Frontiers in Geoarchaeology” […]
Archaeology at the SAA Meetings!
From the Stone Age to the Drone Age: Archaeologists gathered to discuss the past at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology held in San Francisco, California, April 15-19, 2015. Boston University Department of Archaeology was in attendance with posters, papers, and exhibits.
Anna Goldfield (GRS’17) SAA Conference poster featured in Live Science
Congratulations to Anna! “Fire use would have provided a significant advantage for the human population and may indeed have been an important factor in the overall collapse or absorption of the Neanderthal population,” said Anna Goldfield, a doctoral candidate in archaeology at Boston University, who presented the findings here on Thursday (April 16) at the […]
Professors Luke & Roosevelt expand their network in Turkey
The Young Society Leaders, an arm of the American Turkish Society, gathered at Istanbul’s Sabancı Center on June 20. American Turkish Society leader Murat Köprülü and Natixis Senior Country Manager Rıza Kadılar attended the debut meeting, and Joshua Walker, Sedef Koktenturk, Melek Pulatkonak, Christina Luke, Christopher Roosevelt, Aslı Ay, Didem Altop and Şebnem Kalemli Özcan […]
ANNOUNCING: BU AR Graduate Student Conference, Breaching Boundaries: Identity and Conflict
Boston University’s Biennial Graduate Student Conference February 14-16th, 2014 Breaching Boundaries: Identity and Conflict Keynote Speaker: Pamela Geller University of Miami The deadline for abstracts this December 15, 2013. There is no registration fee for this conference. Selected participants will be notified by early January, and your full paper will be due by February 1st.
Two Archaeology Graduate Students Awarded Fellowship to the 4th Annual South Central Conference on Mesoamerica
Boston University Department of Archaeology graduate students Mary Clarke (GRS’20) and Paulo Medina (GRS’17) recipients of the Scholarship award to attend the 4th Annual South Central Conference on Mesoamerica to be held in November 1-3, 2013 in Houston Texas.
Sarah Keklak (CAS’09, GRS’13) Brook Farm Exhibit
Today the site is a National Historic Landmark, and thousands of artifacts excavated from it more than two decades ago were haphazardly stored in 50 boxes at Boston’s City Archaeology Lab, just down the street from Brook Farm, where they sat untouched. BU Today Article read more here.
Professor Andrea Berlin to deliver lectures at the ASOR/BAS Seminar
ASOR/BAS Seminar on Biblical Archaeology, January 11 – 13, 2013 Behind the Return: The Real World of Ezra and Nehemiah – January 11 The Maccabees and After – January 12 Revolt! Why the Jews Took on Rome – January 13