Conference 1 Workshop_flyer.pdfLink to register for Workshop, Saturday November 5 (afternoon) at the UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden: https://theforgottencanopy.create.fsu.edu/workshop-i/*Registration for in-person attendance closes on Monday, October 31, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. PST. The conference portion of the event will be also livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel. No registration is needed to watch the livestream.Link […]

Abstract and Bio: Dr. Sarah A Lacy is a paleoanthropologist and associate professor at California State University Dominguez Hills. Her work on Neanderthals and early modern humans has explored differential oral and respiratory health to understand why we're the only living taxonomic group of humans on the planet today. She is now working with a team in North […]

Abstract: During August of 2022 a collaborative archaeological team led by Stephen Acabado (UCLA) and Kevin DiModica (University of Namur) conducted forensic archaeological investigations at a US WW2 aircraft crash site in eastern Belgium.  The purpose of the project was to recover material evidence pertaining to a still missing member of the US aircrew.  We discuss the […]

Abstract: For at least 2,000 years before Spanish arrival in 1502, the province of Bocas del Toro, Panama, sustained numerous vibrant cultures. However, little archaeological research has been done in this area. For decades, this area has been considered a ‘cultural backwater’ with only simple, small-scale settlements. Dr. Tom Wake’s excavations at Sitio Abuelitas and Sitio […]

Abstract: The city of Selinous, on the southern coast of Sicily, was founded by Greek settlers at the end of the 7th century BCE. After being destroyed by the Carthaginians at the end of the fifth century BCE it was used as a fortress and subsequently rebuilt as a civil settlement with distinct material characteristics […]

Abstract: Tres Zapotes is an important site in the broader discussion of Olmec cultural continuity and formative period political economy with an archaeological record that spans the two millennia between 1000 B.C. and A.D. 1000. It is a key site for understanding the emergence of Classic period civilization from ancient Olmec roots in Mexico’s southern Gulf […]

ABSTRACT: Migrants are thought to have facilitated the exchange of goods and ideas around the Mediterranean throughout Greek history, yet the lived experiences of these individuals, families, and communities remain relatively under-studied. The cultural identities of migrants are often fixed to their place of origin, perceived by scholars as “others” in the new societies in which they […]

A conversation withGiorgio BuccellatiMarilyn Kelly-BuccellatiMaryanne Wolf February 16, 20236:00 PM PTRemote via Zoom Join us in unearthing the secrets of a 5,000-year-old civilization when cities first began to take shape. In northeastern Syria, the Hurrian city of Urkesh had been excavated and studied for twenty-five years before the work was halted by war. Learn how the study […]

 ABSTRACT:  Archaeological publishing rests on two basic pillars: printed reports and digital databases. We propose to use the website as an epistemic system that allows for a better integration of the two.  We will first present a concrete implementation of the system as it applies to the excavations at Tell Mozan, ancient Urkesh. The digital […]

Parker VanValkenburghAssociate Professor in the Anthropology Department at Brown UniversityFriday, March 3rd 12pm PTRegister at https://tinyurl.com/AWGKuelapOrganized by the Andean Working Group and cosponsored by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and the UCLA Latin American Institute