John Marston

Assistant Professor John Marston has book published!

in John Marston, Publication

Congratulations to Professor Marston! Now Available from Penn Press Agricultural Sustainability and Environmental Change at Ancient Gordion: Gordion Special Studies 8 John M. Marston This book publishes the results of 220 botanical samples from the 1993-2002 Gordion excavations directed by Mary Voigt. Together with Naomi Miller’s 2010 volume (Gordion Special Studies 5), this book completes the […]

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Emily Johnson and Prof. Marston win best poster award

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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 […]

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Professors West and Marston Climate Change and Archaeology Radio Interview

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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 […]

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Professor Marston and PhD student Forste part of cemetery of the Philistines discovery at Ashkelon, Israel

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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 […]

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Archaeology in the News – Email from the Chair

in Alumni, Andrea Berlin, David Carballo, Emeritus Faculty, Field Research, John Marston, Research

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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