Justin Holcomb (GRS’21) co-authored an article in Science Advances
The Science Advances, the open-source journal of Science! The article is titled, “Earliest occupation of the Central Aegean (Naxos), Greece: Implications for hominin and Homo sapiens’ behavior and dispersals”. The site represents the core of his dissertation research, so it is an exciting development. Link: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/10/eaax0997 Daily Mail coverage: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7580023/Early-humans-travelled-Greek-islands-tens-thousands-years-earlier-believed.html?fbclid=IwAR2tURo6H7l6ukAS3HTbWMx-SS_MAORGpX0NC0rzMhNYiuXr4NvTXumJNOo Eureka! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/mu-sfe_1101519.php Science Daily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191016153642.htm Abstract: We […]
Archaeology outreach to 300 6th graders at a Middle School in Canton
Amanda Grace Santos and Abby Schofield, both in the BA/MA in Archaeology Program, visited the Galvin Middle School, Canton, MA, on Friday October 4, 2019. Mr. Anthony Natale, Social Studies Department Coordinator, reached out to us. He wanted to present archaeology to the sixth grade class of 300 students. Thank you Mr. Natale for hosting us, […]
Madeline Duppenthaler (GRS’19) new Development Associate at The House of the Seven Gables
Madeline will work closely with the Director of Development and the Development Operations Manager on their fundraising activities including donor relations, direct mail appeals, grant writing, special events, as well, as recruitment and retention. Congratulations Madeline!
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.
Chieh-Fu “Jeff” Cheng awarded a PhD of Archaeology
Jeff defended his dissertation successfully today, titled, “The Archaeology of Trails in the Batongguan Region of Taiwan, Landscape, People, and Mobility, From the Early Seventeenth Century to the Present” Congratulations Jeff!
Laura Heath-Stout accepts postdoctoral fellowship at Rice University
Laura Heath-Stout (GRS’19) accepted a postdoctoral fellowship in Anthropology and Museum & Heritage Studies at Rice University, Houston! In the fall, she’ll be mentoring Museum & Heritage Studies minors who are doing practica in museums and in the spring, teaching two classes. Congratulations Laura!
Justin Holcomb (GRS’21) published a new paper in Geoarchaeology!
Justin Holcomb (GRS’21) published a new paper with Dr. Takis Karkanas (American School, Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science) in the Geoarchaeology, titled “Elemental Mapping of Micromorphological Block Samples using Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (pXRF): Integrating a Geochemical Line of Evidence”. Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/gea.21741 Abstract: Archaeological soil and sediment micromorphology represent the most efficient way […]
Congratulations to the Archaeology Program Class of 2019!
Photo album can be viewed via https://photos.app.goo.gl/oW1rEq8kxeESEYih7
Mary Clarke awarded a BUCH Dissertation Fellowship.
Mary Clarke (GRS’20) awarded a Dissertation Fellowship funded by the Boston University Center for the Humanities. This award is given to only a small number of top graduate students in humanities fields. Award ceremony and reception, May 14th. Congratulations Mary!
Katie Berlin awarded the Andrew Sherratt Fund
Katie Berlin (GRS’21) received an award from the Andrew Sherratt Fund at the University of Sheffield to fund her research in Greece this summer! The award is to support graduate students doing archaeological research in Old World Prehistory. Congratulations Katie! https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/research/andrew-sherratt-fund