VIRTUAL PIZZA TALK: Methone – The Movie
In 354 B.C., the ancient city of Methone, a close ally of Athens, was besieged by Philip II, the father of Alexander the Great. In the course of the siege, […]
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VIRTUAL PIZZA TALK: Lord of the Rings: Archaeology in Shire, Ethiopia
SPEAKER:Dr. Willeke WendrichProfessor, Dept. of Near Eastern Language and CulturesDirector, Cotsen Institute of ArchaeologyUCLA After five years of work in Ethiopia the UCLA Shire Archaeological Project has established close collaborations with […]
VIRTUAL PIZZA TALK: ICONOGRAPHY AND SYMBOLISM OF THE CELESTIAL DOMAIN AND THE PERCEPTION OF SPACE IN THE EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE
SPEAKER:Alessandro VanzettiUniversity of Rome “La Sapienza”, ItalyAssociate Professor in Pre- & ProtohistoryShort-term Visiting ScholarThe lecture will present the main evidence for the symbolic representation of the celestial domain in the […]
VIRTUAL PIZZA TALK: WEALTH, WOMEN’S LABOR, AND FORMS OF VALUE: THINKING FROM THE STUDY OF ANCESTRAL CENTRAL AMERICA
SPEAKER:Rosemary A. JoyceProfessor and Chair of AnthropologyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThis talk builds on feminist scholarship criticizing a tacit distinction between household labor (as intimate, domestic, and ruled only by naturalized […]
VIRTUAL PIZZA TALK: MY TWO PET PEEVES IN AFRICAN ARTS: FERTILITY GODDESSES AND “DOLLS”
SPEAKER:Dr. Herbert ColeUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraProfessor Emeritus, Art HistoryIn writing my latest (and probably last) book: Maternity: Mothers and Children in the Arts of Africa, two stereotypes emerged that I ran […]
Virtual Chauvet Cave: Masterworks of the Paleolithic
We are excited to announce that our event Chauvet Cave: Masterworks of the Paleolithic will now be held virtually!In conjunction with the global digital film premiere of The Final Passage, […]
PXRF Analysis Workshop: You’ve collected your data. Now what?
Vanessa Muros, Director of the Experimental and Archaeological Sciences LabThursday, June 25th 2020 10:00am - 12:00pm (PT)Portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy has become a widely used analytical tool in the […]
Photogrammetry Workshop: Creating 3D Models from Photographs
Anthony Caldwell, Assistant Director of the UCLA Digital Research ConsortiumThursday, July 2nd 2020 10:00am - 12:00pm (PT)Photogrammetry, or Structure-from-Motion, is a technique for constructing three dimensional models from a series […]
Statistics: Basic Data Management and Regression
Alan Farahani, Assistant Professor in Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las VegasThursday, July 9th 2020 10:00am - 12:00pm (PT)This workshop will cover the basics of contemporary data manipulation using the R […]
Vector Illustrations with Adobe Illustrator
Deidre Whitmore, Digital Archaeology LabThursday, July 16th 2020 10:00am - 12:00pm (PT)Vector illustrations are common in archaeological publications and field documentation. In this workshop we'll cover how Adobe Illustrator and […]
