Professor Berlin NPR “Preserving Audio For The Future Is A Race Against Time”
NPR “Weekend Edition Sunday” 3/23/14 http://www.npr.org/2014/03/22/291420005/preserving-audio-for-the-future-is-a-race-against-time (audio link) Preserving Audio For The Future Is A Race Against Time By Emily Siner On the very first archaeological dig of her career, Andrea Berlin discovered the room of a house that somebody had lived in around 800 B.C. Talk about beginner’s luck. […]
Daniel Fallu (GRS’16) recipient of a GRAF and AIA Pomerance Fellowship
Dan Fallu, Boston University Department of Archaeology graduate student has been awarded the long term GRAF. The GRAF is specifically for his field work and residency in Greece. The bulk of the funding will be put towards coring the banks of the Chavos River (part of the natural fortification of Mycenae) in order to develop […]
Professor Saturno describes the thrill of “the find”
Boston University 2013 Annual Report
Environmental Archaeology Laboratory launches website
The Boston University Environmental Archaeology Lab is devoted to the study of human interactions with past environments, focusing on the analysis of archaeological plant and animal remains from sites worldwide spanning the Paleolithic to the recent historical period. Click here to go to the site and check it out.
Professor Runnels wine cellar discovery interview
Curtis Runnels, an archaeologist at Boston University, called the finding significant not only in showing the sophistication of the wine, but also in suggesting that it was meant specifically for palace use. He noted that the chemical analysis showed each jar held wine from the same recipe, showing the “consistency and control you’d expect in […]
Professor Catherine West uncovers prehistoric fishing community
Archaeology Daily News article Led by Boston University professor Catherine West, the expedition excavated a handful of ancient garbage dumps, searching for animal bones. By comparing the bones in the 3,000-year-old middens to wildlife today, West will be able to establish how American and Russian visitors changed the island’s ecosystem.
Stephanie Simms (GRS’13) Bostonia article on Ancient Maya Cooking Tips
Archaeologist Stephanie Simms was digging at the Escalera al Cielo site in a hilly region of rural Yucatán, Mexico, when she discovered a trove of clay balls the size of plums. There were hundreds of them, buried at the edge of what functioned as a Maya kitchen 1,000 years ago. Read more here
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.
Dr. Francisco Estrada-Belli discovers a Maya pyramid, Holmul Archaeological Project/PACUNAM, Guatemala
PRESS RELEASE Francisco Estrada-Belli (Holmul Archaeological Project/PACUNAM) Maya temples and tombs give new insights into Maya history GUATEMALA CITY— A Maya pyramid beautifully decorated with a rare polychrome- painted stucco frieze was unearthed in July 2013 at the site of Holmul, a Classic Maya city in northeastern Peten region of Guatemala. The find came as […]
Stephanie Simms Archaeology Magazine article
Archaeology Magazine (Vol. 66 No. 2: 68) Feb 11, 2013 … When archaeologist Stephanie Simms of Boston University uncovered dozens of fired clay balls at the site of Escalera al Cielo in Yucatán, … Click here for more.