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Archaeology

Archaeologist John "Mac" Marston holds a vile of ancient seeds found at an archaeological dig.

Environmental Archaeology

What Can We Learn from an Ancient Pea?

October 7, 2019

Photo: Student researcher Elizabeth Hannigan, a white woman with long red hair tied into a braid and wearing a black tee shirt and jeans, poses at an archaeological site.

Gender

Examining a Woman’s Role—1,300 Years Ago

July 5, 2018

Social Sciences

Office Artifacts: John Marston

January 24, 2018

Professor of Archaeology Catherine West holds a clamshell in Dutch Harbor middens where she studies ancient climate change adaptation in the Aleutian Islands.

Archaeology

Clamshells and Climate Change

November 14, 2017

Arctic Ground Squirrel

Archaeology

Arctic Squirrels: Invasive or Native Species?

February 22, 2017

Egyptologist Ava Forte Vitali speaking with a family with a mummy on the table

Culture

Archaeologists Reenact 19th-Century Mummy Ritual

October 31, 2016

James Pokines, assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology at Boston University School of Medicine

Anthropology

Bone Detective

July 21, 2016

Daniela Fernandez talks about different types of food of the Prehispanic Aztec period during "Eating Archaeology", a multidisciplinary event that unearthed ancient recipes.

Arts & Culture

Cooking Up the Past

June 9, 2016

View of temples in the ancient city of Teotihuacan, Mexico

Archaeology

Lessons from Teotihuacan

August 24, 2015

Joe Bagley, Boston City Archaeology, Three Cranes Tavern

Alumni

Secrets of the Three Cranes Tavern

November 9, 2014

Kaymakçı Citadel, Turkey, Christopher Roosevelt, Christina Luke, photogrammetry

Global

Picturing a Long-Gone Citadel

November 9, 2014

emily peschel, viking archaeology, viking teeth, forensic anthropology

Arts & Culture

Vikings: Menacing Marauders or Homebodies?

November 9, 2014

william saturno, benjamin vining, archaeology research, peru, remote sensing

Humanities

Seeing beneath the Sugarcane

November 9, 2014

Michael Danti, iraq archaeology, boston university college of arts and sciences

Global

Digging in the Shadow of Death

November 9, 2014

Boston University BU, Farouk El-Baz

Archaeology

Farouk El-Baz Tapped by Egypt President

October 6, 2014

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Archaeology site dig, Turkey, blog

Social Media

BU Archaeologists Explore Turkey, and Blog About It

July 17, 2014

Tess Davis, archaeologist, Duryodhana Cambodian statue, archaeology, stolen antiquities, looted antiquities, ancient temples of Cambodia

Ethnic

Returning Duryodhana

June 16, 2014

Catherine West, professor of archaeology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, climate change research, Chirikof Island, Kodiak Archipelago, climate change

Earth

What Ancient Dinners Tell Us about Climate Change

January 23, 2014

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS research assistant professor of archaeology Francisco Estrada-Belli, Mayan archaeological dig, Guatemala Ministry of Culture, Pacunam Foundation, the Alphawood Foundation, National Geographic Society Waitt Grants Program, Maya Archaeology Initiative, National Science Foundation funded study

Science & Technology

CAS Archaeologist Finds Near-Perfect Maya Mural

October 1, 2013

Boston University BU, Archaeologist Curtis Runnels, David Carballo, tool knapping tool making, archeology, College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Classes

Knapping Rocks

September 16, 2013

Knapping Rocks