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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
Sara Belkin (GRS’15) and Jenny Wildt (GRS’14) introduce high school students to archaeology
BU Today article This summer, ….. high school students from the Wakefield Summer Archaeology Institute, led by Boston University doctoral candidates Jenny Wildt (GRS’14) and Sara Belkin (GRS’15). The group took part in a two-week archaeological dig at the site, which was settled in 1707. Read more and see video
$78K NSF Award given to Dr. Francisco Estrada-Belli to study Climate Change
According to the grant abstract, “the study will provide a detailed record of human occupation and environmental change” in the Maya Biosphere Reserve forest of northeastern Guatemala. This lowland area was where the Maya settled in pre-Columbian times. Researchers note that “climate change and environmental degradation have been proposed as the primary causes of extensive demographic […]
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
Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir (GRS’05) WBUR Here & Now Interview
Boston University Department of Archaeology Alumna, Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir, was interviewed by Robin Young of WBUR Here & Now. http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/06/06/turkey-protests-taksim
Professors Roosevelt and Luke make headlines with Hexacopter test
Professor Christopher Roosevelt tested his latest research tool: a remote-controlled hexacopter. The small six-rotor flying tool, equipped with a camera, will be used in Turkey by the Central Lydia Archaeological Survey, a Boston University archaeological project under the co-direction of Christopher Roosevelt, associate professor of archaeology, and Christina Luke, senior lecturer in archaeology. BU Arts […]
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.
Professor Kathryn Bard radio interview
“And They Also Made Boats…” Maritime Archaeology in Pharaonic Egypt” January 16, 2013 Indiana Jones: Myth, Reality and 21st Century Archaeology Hosted by Dr. Joseph Schuldenrein Click here to hear interview: http://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/66864/and-they-also-made-boats-maritime-archaeology-in-pharaonic-egypt While the contributions of the ancient Egyptians to Western Civilization are familiar to the general public, this brilliant culture’s seafaring technology is little […]
Professor Robert Murowchick Washington Post interview
Chinese terra cotta warriors had real, and very carefully made, weapons By Jennifer Pinkowski, Published: November 26 The 7,000 soldiers buried with Qin Shi Huang in 210 B.C. were made of clay. But the bronze weapons the terra cotta army carried into the enormous tomb complex near Xi’an in western China were the real things: tens […]