PIZZA TALK: PROCESSIONS AND COMMUNITY BOUNDARIES AMONG THE NORTHERN LOWLAND MAYA
Speaker: Dr. Travis Stanton, Professor, Department of Anthropology, UC Riverside
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Annual AIA Los Angeles County Society Fall Garden Party
The Annual AIA Los Angeles County Society Fall Garden Party will be in the amphiteaterat the Fowler Museum on the UCLA campus on Sunday, October 7th from 2-4pm. Afterrefreshments and conversation we will move into Fowler A222 to hear reports from our two 2018Field School Scholarship awardees: Alexander Lin and Samantha Stott both of USC. […]
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PIZZA TALK: Architectural Models from 6th century BC Selinunte as Votives: Reconstruction, Dating, Function
Dr. Henner von Hesberg, Visiting Scholar, Getty VillaFragments of the imitations of smaller buildings are known from different sites in archaic Selinunte: the agora, the sanctuary of Demeter and from the acropolis. They can be reconstructed in three different types, or as a sort of open or closed box, or as a small temple with […]
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An Enduring Legacy of Discard: The Archaeology of Garbage
Since our humble beginnings, human’s have created and discarded unwanted objects: garbage is a human universal, and the archaeological record is brimming with it. Indeed, the everyday human experience – the routine domestic tasks we perform, the foods we process and eat, the goods we consume – is arguably best documented with our discards. Rarely […]
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FRIDAY SEMINAR: Material History: New Insights from the Study of Ancient Binding Media, Tutankhamun’s Dagger, and Red Lake Pigments
Dr. Austin Nevin CNR Researcher, Politecnico MilanoBinding media, metals and pigments in works of art are material history - and are evidence of technology, artist practice, exchange and trade. Through the study and identification of materials, crucial data can be collected regarding physical and chemical stability thus informing conservation decisions. Three case studies of works […]
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PIZZA TALK:The Bubasteion and its New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara. Results and Challenges.
The Bubasteion and its New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara. Results and Challenges.Dr. Alain Zivie, Director, French Archaeological Mission of the Bubasteionat Saqqara
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FRIDAY SEMINAR:The Origins and Spread of Agriculture in SW Asia: A Zooarchaeological Perspective from Anatolia
Dr. Levent Atici, Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas The revolutionary socioeconomic transformation of societies from foraging to farming in Southwest Asia shortly after 10,000 calibrated years BC and the subsequent spread of emergent agropastoral lifeways across Anatolia and into Southeast Europe (a.k.a., Neolithization) have been one of the most ruminated topics in archaeology. Recent […]
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Graduate Student Workshop and Public Lectures: Urban Animals Past and Present
Urban Animals Past and PresentGraduate Student Workshop and Public LecturesSaturday October 20, 2018UCLA La Kretz GardenPavilionCities are full of animals: wild and domestic, tame and feral. In this workshop, we will focus on all of the ways that animals exist within human urban ecosystems as sources of food, companionship, and aesthetic pleasure, and how animals also act as scavengers, […]
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Ahmanson Lecture: “Pictures of the Past: Introduction to the Rock Art of Western North America”
An Ahmanson lecture, co-sponsored by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and in recognition of International Archaeology Day, will be on Saturday, October 20th at 2PM at the Fowler Museum Room A222 at UCLA. David Lee, an independent scholar, will present “Pictures of the Past: Introduction to the Rock Art of Western North America”
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PIZZA TALK: Meroitic Kush and Rome: The Politics of Temple Piety and Religious Identities
Dr. Salim Faraji, Professor, Department of Africana Studies, CSU Dominguez Hills
