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2010-2011 |
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September 12th, 2 PM
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AIA Speaker: Dr. Patrick Hunt
Director of the Stanford Alpine Archaeology Project, Stanford University
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“Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History” - Learn the amazing stories of ten archaeological discoveries that changed our view of human history.
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October 24th
*** NOTE *** **SPECIAL** ****TIME****
***7PM***
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AIA Speaker: Martha Joukowsky
Dr. Lynne C. Lancaster Associate Professor, Department of Classics and World Religions, Ohio University
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| “Technological Innovation in Imperial Rome: What Can Ancient Concrete Tell us About Roman Society?” - Developments of concrete and building construction and their impact on Rome's economy and society are described. |
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November 14th, 2 PM |
Dr. John Shea
Professor, Anthropology Department, Stony Brook University
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“Omo Kibish, Ethiopia: The Archaeology of the Oldest 'Modern' Humans” - Recent archaeological research on the oldest-dated skeletons of Homo sapiens and stone tools in Ethiopia leads to a new look at human origins.
Endowed by AIA/LIS Member, James Foy |
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December 5th, 2 PM |
Dr. Richard Burger
Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, Yale University
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“The Golden Age of Peruvian Archaeology: Recent Discoveries on Peru's North Coast” - The discovery of the royal tomb of Sipan, filled with gold objects, spurred a boom in archaeological research resulting in a new understanding of the Moche culture (200-700 AD). |
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January 9th, 2 PM |
AIA/LIS Members' Presentation
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“Origins of Archaeology” - Two DVD lectures from the The Teaching Company's "Classical Archaeology of Ancient Greece and Rome" by noted archaeologist Dr. John Hale, University of Louisville, will be presented. A question and answer discussion session led by AIA/LIS members will follow.
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February 13th, 2 PM |
Dr. Christopher N. Matthews
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Executive Director, Center for Public Archaeology, Hofstra University
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| “The Archaeology of Captivity and Freedom in Early New York” - This presentation discusses archaeological findings from the African Burial Ground site in Manhattan and the King Manor site in Jamaica, Queens, to explore the archaeology of slavery and freedom in early New York. |
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March 27th, 2 PM |
AIA Speaker: Dr. Sarah Milledge Nelson
John Evans Distinguished Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Denver |
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- Exotic artifacts found in Korean burials reveal the various trade routes traveled from as far away as the Mediterranean world. |
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April 10th, 2 PM |
Dr. Betsy M. Bryan
Alexander Badawy Professor of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Johns Hopkins University |
“The Early Development of the Temple of Mut: New Findings” - Recent excavations at the Temple of Mut in Karnak, Egypt reveal a lion-headed goddess, a festival of drunkenness and an earlier temple dating to the 19th century BCE.
Endowed by AIA/LIS Member, Herb Loewenthal and family. |
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All lectures are held on Sundays at 2:00 PM
1st floor Breslin Hall, Hofstra University
unless indicated otherwise |
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... for directions to Hofstra |
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