Alum, Dan Fallu accepts a five-year postdoc!
Alum, Dan Fallu (GRS’17) accepted a five-year postdoc at the Tromsø University Museum in Norway to research soil DNA and the Geoarchaeology of agricultural terraces across Europe. Congratulations Dan!
CAS AR101, Introduction to Archaeology, students visit two late 17th/18th c. burial grounds in Boston
Professor Robert Murowchick took some students from CAS AR101 (ones interested in a meet up – going on their own time, on a Saturday) to visit two late 17th/18th c. burial grounds in Boston, the Granary Burial Ground and King’s Chapel Cemetery, to look first-hand at the the type of archaeological seriation that Edwin Dethlefson […]
Marston, Scott, Luke, and Shin are co-authors on the 2014-2017 Research report at Kaymakci
BU Archaeology Program Professor John Marston, graduate student, Catherine Scott (GRS’19), alumna Nami Shin (CAS’15), and Christina Luke, Adjunct Associate Professor are co-authors on Exploring Space, Economy, and Interregional Interaction at a Second-Millennium B.C.E. Citadel in Central Western Anatolia: 2014–2017 Research at Kaymakçı, published by AJA. Congratulations to all! Click here to read article.
Kathleen and Amalia attend the EAA Meetings in Barcelona
Kathleen Forste, Graduate Student, and Professor Amalia Perez-Juez, attended the EAA Meetings in Barcelona this September. “New Archaeobotanical Evidence of Early Islamic Agricultural Economy at Ashkelon and Caesarea Maritima” – Kathleen Forste “Manurqa: Islamic Medieval Archaeology in the Balearic Island of Menorca, Spain. Is it still condemned to Damnatio Memoriae?” – Amalia Pérez-Juez and Elena […]
Sydney Hunter (CAS’19) tweeted by CAS News
Sydney Hunter, Archaeology major, tweeted by CAS News on her research work in Uzbakistan this summer through the CAS Honors Travel Research Fund.
US News and World Report ranked archaeologist as the 5th best science job to have
US NEWS & World Reports ranks #archaeology 5th best science job to have. Read the full report here https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/archaeologist?src=usn_fb
Professor Bard National Geographic interview about the Ancient Burial Ground of 800 Egyptian Tombs
“From this area, there really aren’t very many tombs that are known, except for the royal tombs there,” says Kathryn Bard, an archaeologist at Boston University who was not involved in the work. “That’s why this cemetery is important.” Read the entire article here https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/09/news-800-egyptian-tombs-lisht-middle-kingdom-parcak-archaeology/?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=social_experts
Professor Catherine West a 2018 – 2020 Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellows
Professor Catherine West is one of 12 Pardee Center Research Fellows for academic year 2018 – 2020. Fellowship comes with seed money for a two or three year interdisciplinary research project. The funds will assist Professor West with her Symposium on Circumpolar Climate Change, Resource Management, and Applied Archaeology. Read more about Professor West and […]
Professor Bard publishes a new book “Seafaring Expeditions to Punt in the Middle Kingdom Excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt”
Archaeology Professor Kathryn Bard with co-author, Rodolfo Fattovich, August 2018 published the book Seafaring Expeditions to Punt in the Middle Kingdom, Excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt. From the series Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Volume: 96 In the 12th Dynasty (ca. 1985-1773 BC) the Egyptian state sent a number of seafaring expeditions […]
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!