David Carballo co-published an article in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Sustainability and Duration of Early Central Places in Prehispanic Mesoamerica
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Students and Faculty visited NOSAMS on October 21st.
With generous funds from the CAS Virginia Shapiro Enhancement Fund.
John Marston interviewed for an article, “What Ancient Toilets Can Teach Us about Maya Life-and Tamales”
Identifying nixtamalization in residues
Travis Parno (GRS’13) discovers the earliest colonial site
Alum, Travis Parno (GRS’13) discovered the earliest colonial site in Maryland. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/03/22/maryland-colonial-site-discovered/?outputType=amp
David Carballo, new evidence from both Teotihuacan and the Maya region in Science Magazine
“Maya travelers visiting Teotihuacan during the fourth century would have encountered a city like no other they had ever seen. Three enormous pyramids loomed over the main street, now known as the Avenue of the Dead, their shapes reflecting snow-capped volcanoes visible in the distance. An orderly grid of roads extended from the avenue, and the […]
Rebecca Bria takes her CAS AR101 class to the cemetery
The CAS AR101 cemetery lab downtown at the Granary and King’s Chapel burying grounds. Click here for photos.
David Carballo’s excavation team uncover a narrow wealth gap in the ancient city of Teotihuacán
Boston University archaeologists to excavate this mural and other structures in order to help decipher how working class people lived on the periphery of this ancient city. Read entire Marketplace.org article here.
Professor Kathryn Bard quoted on USA Today article
Mummies, pottery discovery dating to Cleopatra reflects lives of middle-class Egyptians John Bacon, USA TODAY Published 6:35 a.m. ET Feb. 4, 2019 | Updated 5:20 p.m. ET Feb. 4, 2019 “Kathryn Bard, professor of archaeology and classical studies at Boston University, said the large number of mummies found in one context, unplundered, is a rarity.” […]
Alumna, Veronica Joseph Keyes (GRS’16) in North Korea retrieving DPRK remains
2016 Archaeology PhD Veronica Joseph (now Veronica Keyes) has been employed at DPAA (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency) in Honolulu for several years, work that she is enjoying very much. She is was one of the archaeologists/anthropologists on the delegation that recently went to North Korea to retrieve 55 sets of remains from DPRK, which will […]