Two of our students receive the National Science Foundation: Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
Congratulations to Mary Clarke and Maria Codlin, both recipients of the National Science Foundation: Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDRI). Mary’s project title “Producing Stone and State: The Intersection of Ancient Maya Domestic and Institutional Economies” and Maria’s “Feeding a city: Urban hunting and animal husbandry at Teotihuacan.”
Archaeology Co-Sponsored Lecture “A Healthy Long Life: Horticultural Practices for Cherry Trees in Japan”
The BU Archaeology Program, Center for the Study of Asia East Asian Archaeology Forum (EAAF), and Preservation Studies Program, are pleased to present “A Healthy Long Life: Horticultural Practices for Cherry Trees in Japan” by Professor Ron Henderson (Illinois Institute of Technology— Department of Landscape Architecture). Abstract: Japan has many ancient cherry trees – some […]
Hiring: Lecturer
The Archaeology Program at Boston University seeks a Lecturer who can serve as instructor for courses in archaeological sciences and/or geospatial analyses. The course load is 3/2, and candidates should be able to teach introductory courses in general archaeology as well as upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses providing overviews of archaeological sciences (e.g., paleobotany, zooarchaeology, […]
Sydney Hunter (CAS’19) receives an award
Sydney Hunter (CAS’19) awarded the Undergraduate Ethnobiologist Award by the Society of Ethnobiology. Sydney will receive the award at the May 2019 Society of Ethnobiology conference in Vancouver, Canada. Congratulations Sydney!
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
Daniela Hernandez Sarinana awarded Predoctoral Residence at Dumbarton Oaks
Daniela Hernandez Sarinana (GRS’20), awarded a Predoctoral Residence in Precolumbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks for Spring 2019. In the photo she’s before a mural from her dissertation site of Teotihuacan. Congratulations Daniela! In the photo she’s before a mural from her dissertation site of Teotihuacan.
Professor James Pokines study published
Searching for human remains: Study suggests methodology to improve results January 29, 2019, Boston University School of Medicine Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2019-01-human-methodology-results.html#jCp
Professor Kathryn Bard quoted on USA Today article
Mummies, pottery discovery dating to Cleopatra reflects lives of middle-class Egyptians John Bacon, USA TODAY Published 6:35 a.m. ET Feb. 4, 2019 | Updated 5:20 p.m. ET Feb. 4, 2019 “Kathryn Bard, professor of archaeology and classical studies at Boston University, said the large number of mummies found in one context, unplundered, is a rarity.” […]
Archaeology co-sponsored cultural destruction film showing with Q & A
Photos of Archaeology Seminar Series Lecture Wednesday, January 30