William B. Trousdale is Curator Emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution and Principal Investigator of the Helmand Sistan Project. Trousdale served both at the National Museum of Natural History and at the Freer Gallery in his 35 year career in archaeology.Mitchell Allen is a Research Associate at the Smithsonian and the Archaeological Research Facility at UC Berkeley, […]
Speaker:Dr. Stella NairAssociate ProfessorUCLA, Dept of Art History
Speaker and Bio: Elizabeth Brite is a clinical assistant professor in the Honors College, Purdue University. She is also co-director of the Khorezm Ancient Agriculture Project in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. Dr. Brite received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from UCLA in 2011.Abstract:This talk explores the recent proliferation of studies on the plant-people relationship in ancient Central Asia. Over the last 25 […]
Speaker: Dr. Ann Marie YasinAssociate Professor of Art History and Classics USC
Speaker:Christine A. HastorfUniversity of California, BerkeleyAbstract:Plants have been the most common non-human set of species that people have engaged with over human existence. While most people speak of domesticating plants, they too have domesticated us. They have formed intimate relations with us, having convinced our ancestors to settle down and care for them. At times […]
The Annual Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Open House will take place onMay 18, 2019 from 11:30 to 4:00pm with the theme Technology: Ancient and ModernExplore the breadth of ancient technologies through a mosaic of talks by Drs. John K. Papadopoulos, Gregson Schachner, Monica L. Smith, and Willeke Wendrich. Then visit the labs within the Cotsen to learn more […]
Speaker:Roxanne RadpourPh.D. candidate, UCLA
Speaker:Dr. Justin DunnavantUC President’s Postdoctoral FellowUniversity of California, Santa CruzBio:Dr. Justin Dunnavant is a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowat the University of California, Santa Cruz. He holds a BA inHistory and Anthropology from Howard University and anMA and Ph.D. from the University of Florida. While hisformer research interrogated the history and representation of minority groups in southern […]
Speaker:Dr. Sungjoo LeeKyungpook National University
Speaker:Dr. Linda ReynardResearch Associate Department of Human and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard UniversityAbstract:Over the last 20-30 years, the analysis of stable isotope ratios from bones and teeth has contributed tremendously to the understanding of paleodiets, paleoenvironments, and migration. However, hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios in collagen are understudied compared to the well-known use of carbon, nitrogen, and strontium isotope ratios. Given that […]