The Chirikof Island Project
Dr. Catherine West directs the Chirikof Island Project, which is funded by the National Geographic Society, Boston University, and the Smithsonian Institution. The goal of this project is to use the animal bones in archaeological sites to understand how the island’s ecosystem has changed over the last 2000 years in response to human hunting, climate […]
Kodiak Community Archaeology Project Blog
Photo: Catherine West and Justin Hays excavate a prehistoric house on Kodiak Island, Alaska. Photo credit: Patrick Saltonstall. The Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository in Kodiak, Alaska hosts the Community Archaeology Project, where Dr. Catherine West is currently the co-director. Students from Boston University, the University of Alaska, and elsewhere join community members to excavate […]
Professor William Saturno receives NASA grant
Assistant Professor of Archaeology William Saturno has received another NASA grant for his ongoing investigation into Northern Peruvian Desert. “An Archaeological Investigation into the Northern Peruvian Desert Region Using Landsat, Hyperion, Advanced Land Imager (ALI), and ASTER Data” through the Space Archaeology Program of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate’s Earth Science Division. Congratulations to Professor […]
Professor James McCann BU Today Special Report, “Battling Ebola: Is Human Acitivity to Blame?”
Human ecology may hold key to longer-term solution says CAS professor. For historical context on the virus and the role that deforestation and human activity may have played in the current outbreak, BU Today spoke with James C. McCann, a scholar on the history of the food, ecology, and agriculture of Africa. He is a […]
Sara Belkin (GRS’16) Patriot Ledger Interview at the Wakefield Estate in Milton.
High school students uncover artifacts at Milton’s Wakefield Estate Doctoral students at Boston University are spending another summer involving teens in an archaelogical dig at Milton’s Wakefield Estate. Read more, click here.
Professors Luke & Roosevelt expand their network in Turkey
The Young Society Leaders, an arm of the American Turkish Society, gathered at Istanbul’s Sabancı Center on June 20. American Turkish Society leader Murat Köprülü and Natixis Senior Country Manager Rıza Kadılar attended the debut meeting, and Joshua Walker, Sedef Koktenturk, Melek Pulatkonak, Christina Luke, Christopher Roosevelt, Aslı Ay, Didem Altop and Şebnem Kalemli Özcan […]
Professor Bard National Geographic Interview, Artifact Trove at Egyptian Tomb
Artifact Trove at Egyptian Tomb Illuminates Life Before Pharaohs Archaeologist uncovers human sacrifices and evidence of strife. National Geographic Daily News.Click here to read the story.
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 […]
NEW EPISODE 3: “Ask An Archaeologist !”
Published on Oct 28, 2013 In this episode, Boston University’s Department of Archaeology’s Professor, Curtis Runnels, answers questions gathered from social media and man-on-the-street questions. Ask an Archaeologist: Episode 3, Professor Curtis Runnels To submit questions: Email questions to ASORmedia@gmail.com with the subject “Ask An Archaeologist”. Use #AskAnArchaeologist on Twitter or Facebook. Tweet us directly […]
Prof. Chris Roosevelt part of a $1M NSF awarded to Dept. of Electrical & Computing Engineering
Professor Chris Roosevelt to validate the techniques used by Professors Venkatesh Saligrama (ECE, SE) and David Castañón (ECE, SE), and Assistant Professor Mac Schwager (ME, SE), nearly $1M for their project, “CPS: Synergy: Data Driven Intelligent Controlled Sensing for Cyber Physical Systems.” read more.