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"The Archaeology of Homer's Heroes" Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |
Carla Antonaccio, Duke University Homer makes the funeral of Patroklos a central theme of the end of the Iliad. This lecture examines the archaeological evidence for heroic burial in Homer and in the archaeological record for the Bronze and Iron Age. Can we find Homer's heroes in the archaeological record?
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City of the Grim Reaper: Rediscovery and Demise at Mashkan-shapir, Iraq Wednesday, September 26, 2007 |
Paul Zimansky, State University of New York, Stony Brook |
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Fall Semester Archaeology Seminar "Social Memory in an Explosive Volcanic Environment: The Arenal Area of Costa Rica." Student Learning Center 248 |
The speaker for this event is Dr. Payson Sheets (University of Colorado, Boulder). Dr. Sheets has worked on sites in Costa Rica and El Salvador. The lecture is recommended for those interested in anthropology, archaeology, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and cross-cultural studies.
Sponsored by the Student Association of Archaeological Sciences |
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Symposium and Exhibition "Searching the World's Past - Archaeology at UGA" Student Learning Center 214 Exhibitions on view in Tate Center Gallery, March 26-31 |
Organized by Students from First-Year Seminar, FRES 1020; led by Professor Frances Van Keuren
Sponsored by Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, the Departments of Anthropology and Classics, the Lamar Dodd School of Art, and the Athens Society of Archaeological Institute of America |
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Matthew Bogdanos October 2006 |
Col. Bogdanos was charged with handling the investigation of the looting of the archaeological museum in Baghdad (see an NPR story about the investigation). | |
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They Are What They Ate: Bone Chemistry and Ancient Diets Tuesday, March 28 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 207 of the Student Learning Center |
Dr. Robert Tykot, Associate Professor and Director of the Laboratory for Archaeological Sciences at the University of South Florida will be giving the guest lecture for the CAS Lecture Series this year. A reception for Dr. Tykot will follow in the SLC North Tower. |
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Bronze Age Sardinia and Its Mediterranean Connections Wednesday, March 29 at 12:20 p.m. in Room 153 of the Student Learning Center |
The topic of this informal lecture will be Sardinia in the Late Bronze Age. |