Elizabeth Mauer (CAS’15) Published her CAS AR206 research paper
Boston University Department of Archaeology undergraduate major, Elizabeth Mauer, was interested in some ancient textile fragments we have in the Gabel Museum of Archaeology while she was looking for a project to do in Professor Curtis Runnels course CAS AR 206, Ancient Technology. Her research led to some experimental work, and here is a published […]
Knapping Rocks, Bostonia Article
Archaeology students make stone tools with stone tools Eight people sit in a circle, mostly mute, intently cutting or chopping chunks of obsidian on their laps with tools—which, like the obsidian, are stone. Occasional banter and a chorus of chip-chip-chip-CRACK break the quiet, … Click here for more
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!
Professor Curtis Runnels’ Work on Crete Makes Archaeology Magazine’s Top Ten
Professor Curtis Runnels and other members of a research team have discovered stone tools that date to between 130,000 and 700,000 years old at two sites on the island of Crete. The presence of these tools on Crete indicates that human ancestors may have developed seafaring capabilities much earlier than previously believed. The discovery was […]