John Marston recipient of Fulbright Scholar Awards to Australia in the “All Disciplines” competition
Congratulations to Professor Marston! He has been selected as the recipient of one of six Fulbright Scholar Awards to Australia in the “All Disciplines” competition. This will allow him to spend the Spring 2020 semester at the School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, to collaborate with Dr. Andrew Fairbairn on a project […]
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
AIA Award Recipients
Prof. John Marston the 29th James R. Wiseman Book Award for Agricultural Sustainability and Environmental Change at Ancient Gordion. Professor Curtis Runnels received the Gold Medal Award at the annual meeting. Congratulations, well deserved!
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Professor John Marston recipient of the AIA James R. Wiseman Book Award!
Archaeological Institute of America has selected Professor John Marston to be the twenty-ninth recipient of the James R. Wiseman Book Award for his 2017 book, Agricultural Sustainability and Environmental Change at Ancient Gordion. He will receive the award at the meeting in January 2019 (alongside Curtis Runnels receiving the Gold Medal award!). Congratulations Mac!
Sydney Hunger (CAS’19) recognized as an Outstanding Student Researcher
Archaeology Major, Sydney Hunter (CAS’19) recognized by BU UROP as an Outstanding Student Researcher. Sydney conducted her research in Uzbekistan, taking soil samples for phytolith analysis. 2018 Symposium Awards
Anna Goldfield (GRS’17) dissertation article published in the Journal of Human Evolution
Anna Goldfield is lead author on an article just published in the Journal of Human Evolution. “Modeling the role of fire and cooking in the competitive exclusion of Neanderthals” by Anna Goldfield, Ross Booton, and Professor John (Mac) Marston was generated originally as part of Anna’s dissertation. Read the article here. Congratulations Anna!
Professor John Marston quoted in Science Magazine
Animal fat on ancient pottery reveals a nearly catastrophic period of human prehistory By Michael Price Aug. 13, 2018 , 3:05 PM, Sciencemag.org Read article: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/animal-fat-ancient-pottery-shards-reveals-nearly-catastrophic-period-human-prehistory
Summer 2018 Uzbekistan field work
Professor John Marston, undergraduate student, Sydney Hunter, and a few other students are in the field in Uzbekistan this summer.
Professor John Marston receives Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Wednesday, May 9 at the College of Arts and Sciences faculty meeting Professor John Marston was awarded the Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching. Congratulations Mac!