Emily Johnson and Prof. Marston win best poster award
Emily S. Johnson and John M. Marston received the best poster award at the 2017 Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology, for the poster entitled “Elite Feasting and Monumental Dedication at Early Phrygian Gordion, Central Turkey”. This was the result of research Emily did as a UROP project with Prof. Marston in Spring 2017. Congratulations […]
Professors West and Marston Climate Change and Archaeology Radio Interview
Climate Change and Archaeology April 12, 2017 Hosted by Dr. Joseph Schuldenrein – Indiana Jones: Myth, Reality and 21st Century Archaeology Click here for podcast. Episode Description In this episode we explore the role of archaeology in climate science, examining contemporary and ancient climate change. Our guests, Assistant Professor Dr. John Marston at Boston University’s […]
Professor Marston and PhD student Forste part of cemetery of the Philistines discovery at Ashkelon, Israel
Professor John (Mac) Marston and Archaeology PhD student Kathleen Forste are members of the Ashkelon excavation team that recently announced its discovery of a Philistine cemetery. The first and only Philistine cemetery ever discovered has been found outside the walls of ancient Ashkelon. As one of the major Philistine city-states during the Iron Age, Ashkelon […]
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 […]
Professor John Marston recipient of an American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) award
Professor Marston received an award of $5,000 from the American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) for his upcoming summer fieldwork. The project is entitled “Empire and Environment in Late Bronze and Iron Age Anatolia”. Congratulations!
Profs. Runnels and Marston contribute to Atlas Obscura article on defining current age of humanity
The article may be accessed here: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/stone-age-bronze-age-plastic-age-the-race-to-define-our-epoch
Congratulations to Anna Goldfield and faculty sponsor Mac Marston on being awarded an NSF dissertation improvement grant: Comparative Utilization Of Animal Resources In Long Term Perspective.
Archaeology at the SAA Meetings!
From the Stone Age to the Drone Age: Archaeologists gathered to discuss the past at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology held in San Francisco, California, April 15-19, 2015. Boston University Department of Archaeology was in attendance with posters, papers, and exhibits.
Professor Marston announces the formation of the Northeast Environmental Archaeology Network (NEEAN)
The formation of a new regional professional organization for environmental archaeologists and other scholars interested in the history of human-environmental interactions, the Northeast Environmental Archaeology Network (NEEAN). A new regional professional organization of environmental archaeologists and other scholars interested in the history of human-environmental interactions worldwide. While it is based in the Northeastern US, the organization is […]
Professor John Marston’s SAA article: Navigating the Interdisciplinary Academic Job Market in Archaeology
The SAA Archaeological Record January 2014 – Volume 14 – Number 1 Marston SAA Record Article 2014