Emeritus Faculty

Wroth (GRS’18), Marston, and Goldberg publish a paper

“Neanderthal plant use and pyrotechnology: phytolith analysis from Roc de Marsal, France”, paper published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, written by, Archaeology alumna, Kristen Wroth (GRS’18), Professor John M. Marston, Professor Emeritus, Paul Goldberg, et al. Read the paper. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12520-019-00793-9 Congratulations Kris, Mac, and Paul! Image, Kristen Wroth and John Marston

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Professor Emeritus Norman Hammond honored by the University of Utah

Professor Emeritus Norman Hammond was honored by the University of Utah in November, with a two-day symposium held on early Maya archaeology and dedicated to him and the 92-year-old pioneer in this field, Ray T. Matheny. Speakers came from Guatemala as well as from Europe and across the USA, and at a banquet Professor Hammond […]

Emeritus Professor Paul Goldberg co-edited Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology

Congratulations to Paul Goldberg and his co-editors at the published Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology, Springer, 2017.   As excerpted from the Springer website:  Geoarchaeology is the archaeological subfield that focuses on archaeological information retrieval and problem solving utilizing the methods of geological investigation. Archaeological recovery and analysis are already geoarchaeological in the most fundamental sense because […]

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Slides from The Archaeology Raymond & Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture

Boston University Archaeology Department 2016 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture in Archaeology in honor of Professor Norman Hammond was given by Professor Melinda A. Zeder, titled “Pathways to Animal Domestication: A Continuing Journey” was held Thursday, November 3, 5pm, College of Arts and Sciences, with a reception following at the Castle.   Abstract: Animal […]

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Emeritus Professor Norman Hammond gave an invited presentation at the biennial Church Monuments Symposium

Emeritus Professor Norman Hammond gave an invited presentation at the biennial Church Monuments Symposium, held at Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex, England, on  September 3rd, 2016. His topic was “Preserved in Paint: the Lost Habsburg Memorials at St John’s Cathedral, ‘S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands”. An earlier version of this study has recently been published in the Heraldry Society’s […]

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Archaeology in the News – Email from the Chair

In case you have not seen it, the spring issue of Boston University’s news magazine arts & sciences has two great pieces about activities in our department.  On page 5, “Hands on the Past,” there are pictures of our Jonathan Bethard and Mac Marston making presentations at the Alumni College gathering in the Gabel Museum […]

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