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Our second-to-last AIA Archaeology Hour lecture of the season will be on Wednesday, March 27 at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT. This month's presenter is Kisha Supernant (University of Alberta), whose lecture is entitled Finding the Children: Using Archaeology to Search for Unmarked Graves at Indian Residential School Sites in Canada.

In May 2021, the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc First Nation in British Columbia, Canada, announced that 215 potential unmarked graves were located near the Kamloops Indian Residential School using ground-penetrating radar conducted by archaeologists. In this talk, Supernant provides an overview of how archaeologists have been working with Indigenous communities in Canada to locate potential grave sites and discuss the opportunities and challenges in this highly sensitive, deeply emotional work.

Dr. Kisha Supernant Métis/Papaschase/British) is the Director of the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology and a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alberta. An award-winning teacher, researcher, and writer, her research interests include the relationship between cultural identities, landscapes, and the use of space, Métis archaeology, and heart-centered archaeological practice. Her research with Indigenous communities (including Métis and First Nations) in western Canada explores how archaeologists and communities can build collaborative research relationships and uphold Indigenous rights to cultural heritage.

Can’t make the talk on March 27? Don’t worry! A recording will be made available on our AIA YouTube Channel. Register with this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RiVnj1urRy25POn73qrCEA?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=f361d2ba0e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_10_03_04_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_640baf0738-f361d2ba0e-215949216&mc_cid=f361d2ba0e&mc_eid=c35d412611 #/registration

The 5th Annual E. John and Cleo A. Rumpakis Lecture Spring 2024 Hallie Ford Literary Series – A Reading by Terese Marie Mailhot TONIGHT 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Bestselling author Terese Marie Mailhot will be reading from her book “Heart Berries”

Attention all field school students: the Waldbaum Archaeological Field School scholarship deadline is fast approaching. This funding can help cover the costs of an archaeological field school, such as tuition, travel, and other expenses. The scholarship is open to all undergraduate juniors, seniors, and first-year graduate students who have never participated in a field school before. Apply online by Friday, March 1!

Learn more here: https://ow.ly/GyKk50QB6bz

Join us for the annual Rumpakis Lecture on March 14th! Any questions can be emailed to [email protected]. We hope to see you there!

AIA Archaeology Hour will returns on Wednesday, January 24 for “Cultural Resource Management: What Most Archaeologists Do For A Living,” presented by Jeff Altschul (SRI Foundation ). This presentation will be given at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT.

Today, there are about 12,000 archaeologists working in the US with less than 10 percent of them employed by universities. While university anthropology and archaeology departments are shrinking, the applied sector, known as cultural resource management (CRM) is growing. What accounts for these opposing trends and what, if anything, can we do about it?

Jeff Altschul is President of the SRI Foundation and co-President of the Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis. Since 1975, he has served as principal investigator on more than 1,000 cultural resource management projects in North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Can’t make the talk on January 24? Don’t worry! A recording will be made available on our AIA YouTube Channel.

Register HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bmdXIUnjQGyAuZ_YUD6H5Q?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=6d8080f448-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_10_03_04_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_640baf0738-6d8080f448-215949216&mc_cid=6d8080f448&mc_eid=c35d412611 #/registration

Photo Courtesy: Jeff Attschul

Join us as the AIA Societies Committee presents a virtual presentation and Q&A with Petra Creamer, ‘Be(com)ing Assyrian’: Navigating Imperial Power from the Bottom-Up. This presentation will be given on February 4, 2024 at 1pm Eastern/12pm Central/11am Mountain/10am Pacific. To register, follow this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_e25j5AC1SaSsWLKLeQTLtA?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=f655cf5e84-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_12_14_04_17_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_640baf0738-f655cf5e84-215949216&mc_cid=f655cf5e84&mc_eid=c35d412611 #/registration

At its height, the Assyrian Empire (c. 1350-600 BCE) stretched from modern-day Iran in the east to Egypt in the west, controlling more territory than any entity the world had yet seen. This talk will delve into the profound impact of the Assyrian Empire and its administrative structures on the lives of individuals under its hegemony. This talk particularly dives into the implementation of massive infrastructural projects across the landscape, the establishment of centralized governance systems, and the navigation of personal identities that shaped the idea of “be(com)ing Assyrian”.

Petra Creamer is an archaeologist of the Ancient Near Eastern world researching the genesis and growth of empires and the impact of these empires on the non-elite populations under their hegemony. She is director of the excavation and remote sensing project Rural Landscapes of Iron Age Imperial Mesopotamia (RLIIM) in Iraqi Kurdistan, where her ongoing fieldwork addresses long-term settlement patterns and lifeways in the ancient Assyrian imperial core (c. 1350-600 BCE). She is an Assistant Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Emory University.

The lecture will also be available in American Sign Language and we will also enable auto captioning on Zoom. Due to Zoom limitations on mobile devices and tablets, participants interested in accessing ASL interpretation should log in using the desktop version of Zoom.

Photo: The movement of deportee populations taking place, depicted in Sennacherib’s Southwest Palace at Nineveh. Photograph courtesy of Petra Creamer.

Looking for something cozy to do next week? Cuddle up with a good book talk!

On Wednesday, December 6 at 1 pm Eastern/10 am Pacific, we’re excited to present an indoor activity that will provide educational fun for all, a book Q & A with Holton Book Award winner Mike Pitts. He will answer questions about his book Digging up Britain: Ten Discoveries, a Million Years of History in conversation with AIA VP for Outreach and Education Laura Rich (Register HERE to attend).

Feel free to come even if you haven’t read this excellent book (although we hope this inspires you to open it!) to learn about British history and prehistory that may surprise you.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OuhRm-8wSvChlQYOuJ_3NA?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=06cbf8d81a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_10_03_04_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_640baf0738-06cbf8d81a-215949216&mc_cid=06cbf8d81a&mc_eid=c35d412611 #/registration

AIA Archaeology Hour will return on Wednesday, November 15 for "Cuisine and Crisis: An Edible History of the Moche of Ancient Peru.," presented by Katherine L. Chiou (University of Alabama).

Imagine stepping into the shoes of an ancient Peruvian, tasting the flavors and savoring the meals of a time long past. In this talk, we'll journey into the rich culinary history of the Moche people, who thrived along the desertic northern Peruvian coast from AD 100-800.

How did food contribute to social unrest? Were the rich and poor eating the same meals or were there stark differences? What does a simple dish tell us about a person’s identity? These questions and more will be served up in this delicious journey into the past, blending archaeology, technology, and a good pinch of culinary intrigue.

Can’t make the talk on November 15? Don’t worry! A recording will be made available on our AIA YouTube Channel.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_toGQ79mbQmeyckhluQyyqQ?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=0f8acd78e5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_10_03_04_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_640baf0738-0f8acd78e5-215949216&mc_cid=0f8acd78e5&mc_eid=c35d412611 #/registration

Join CASA and Willamette University for the first lecture of Fall 2023! As pictured, the lecture will be held in the John C Paulus Lecture Hall at the Willamette University College of Law at 7:30 on October 25th. If you need any accommodations or have questions, please email Reyna Meyers at .

Join us on Wednesday, October 18 for an extra spooky lecture with Anne Austin (University of Missouri, St. Louis). Just in time for Halloween! 🎃 Anne's talk will explore recent discoveries that offer new insight into the practice of tattooing in ancient Egypt.

Register here: https://ow.ly/rJfe50PTsCk

This Thursday, come see the AIA Archaeology of Portugal Lecture, "Magellan's Pacific Crossing: New Discoveries in One of the World's Greatest Voyages" by Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick from the University of Oregon, at 7:30 at the Willamette School of Law.

This month you have three chances to tune in for virtual talks with Sara Gonzalez from University of Washington and the Burke Museum!

Join us next week on Tuesday, April 18 at 7 pm Pacific Time for Sara's AIA Archaeology Hour lecture, "With, For, And By: Doing Archaeology In A Grand Ronde Way". Sara will give the same lecture on Wednesday April 19 at 7 pm Eastern Time. Registration for the Tuesday lecture can be done here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Nt9O-DEzTj2C5y-s5QeS-w?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=64a5e8911e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_03_15_02_39_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-9f7f462f3e-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=64a5e8911e&mc_eid=c35d412611 #/registration Registration for the Wednesday lecture can happen here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lWZCRSafQnSIwNnX83IYsg?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=64a5e8911e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_03_15_02_39_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-9f7f462f3e-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=64a5e8911e&mc_eid=c35d412611 #/registration

In this talk, Sara will explore how the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon makes archaeology work for and in accordance with its heritage values and cultural protocols. Sara's work shows how Indigenizing archaeology not only transforms our discipline’s relationship with Indigenous communities, but also enhances our collective capacity to care for and protect tribal heritage for future generations.

Sara will return Thursday, April 27 at 2 pm Eastern for an Archaeology Abridged talk on The Science of Storytelling. Registration for the event can happen here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8PCf7EG2QfqOshkeZvNNTg?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=64a5e8911e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_03_15_02_39_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-9f7f462f3e-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=64a5e8911e&mc_eid=c35d412611 #/registration

If you can't make either of the talks, don't worry! Recordings of both lectures will be made available on our AIA YouTube Channel.

Virtual Lecture Featuring David Carballo

David will return next Thursday, March 23 at 2 pm Eastern for an Archaeology Abridged talk on "Traitors or Native Consquistadors? The Role of Tlaxcala in the Fall of Aztec Mexico", where he’ll provide an overview of Tlaxcaltec resistance and resilience both during the Aztec period and early New Spain. Registration for the event can happen here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iWusMtOfQEGk6oT7sPrMkA?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=9f7f462f3e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_03_15_02_39&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-9f7f462f3e-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=9f7f462f3e&mc_eid=c35d412611

If you can't make the talk, don't worry! Recordings of both lectures will be made available on our AIA YouTube Channel!

March Virtual Lecturer: David Carballo

Join us this month for virtual lectures with David Carballo!

Tune in for David's AIA Archaeology Hour lecture, "Collision Of Worlds: An Archaeological Perspective On The Spanish Invasion Of Aztec Mexico", on either Tuesday, March 14 at 7 pm Pacific or Wednesday, March 15 at 7 pm Eastern. Registration can happen here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vbNeUguIQT67ZCAn4WODHg?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=f5a5402bb2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_10_07_07_08_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_640baf0738-f5a5402bb2-215949216&mc_cid=f5a5402bb2&mc_eid=c35d412611

David will return on Thursday, March 23 at 2 pm Eastern for an Archaeology Abridged talk on "Traitors or Native Conquistadors? The Role of Tlaxcala in the Fall of Aztec Mexico". Registration can happen here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iWusMtOfQEGk6oT7sPrMkA?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=f5a5402bb2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_10_07_07_08_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_640baf0738-f5a5402bb2-215949216&mc_cid=f5a5402bb2&mc_eid=c35d412611

David's talks will be recorded and added to our AIA YouTube Channel. All AIA Archaeology Hour and Archaeology Abridged talks are free and open to the public. ASL interpretation and autogenerated closed captions will be provided.

This is your last chance to buy $10 Early Bird Tickets for ArchaeoCon 2023!

ArchaeoCon will take place in less than two weeks on Saturday, March 11 and features hands-on activities, exclusive interviews, and live presentations on Stonehenge, Easter Island, and Egyptomania. You won't want to miss it!

Buy your $10 ticket before the sale ends tomorrow, February 28! ⏰

Ticket prices go up to $15 starting March 1. 🎟️ They can be bought here: https://www.archaeological.org/product/archaeocon-2023-ticket/

Virtual Lectures Featuring Joan Connelly On Tuesday And Thursday

This week, you have two chances to tune in for virtual talks with Joan Connelly of NYU!

Join us tonight, Tuesday, February 21 at 7 pm Pacific for Joan's AIA Archaeology Hour lecture, "A Maritime Small World in Western Cyprus: Yeronisos Island, Maniki Harbor, and Cape Drepanum". Joan will introduce us to Yeronisos, a.k.a. Holy Island, a tiny islet off the western shores of Cyprus, inhabited during the first century BCE.

Joan will return this Thursday, February 23 at 2 pm Eastern for an Archaeology Abridged talk on "Why are Islands Sacred?" where she’ll talk about islands as a symbol of transformation and their association with the divine in Greek history and myth. Registration for the event can happen here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wexduYetSQWjairvA9j-wQ?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=b3b72d665f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_10_03_04_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_640baf0738-b3b72d665f-215949216&mc_cid=b3b72d665f&mc_eid=c35d412611

If you can't make either of the talks, don't worry! Recordings of both lectures will be made available on our AIA YouTube Channel.

Last Chance For $5 Early Bird Tickets tickets go up to $10 on February 1!

ArchaeoCon 2023 is Saturday, March 11! Spend a day geeking out on all things archaeology with live presentations and activities.

We'll have presentations about Stonehenge, Egyptomania, and Easter Island from some of the world's foremost experts as well as hands-on activities you can try out at home

TOMORROW is the last day you can buy Early Bird tickets! Register by Tuesday, January 31, to secure your tickets for just $5 here: https://www.archaeological.org/product/archaeocon-2023-ticket/?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=9698b79001-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_02_04_06_41_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_640baf0738-9698b79001-215949216&mc_cid=9698b79001&mc_eid=c35d412611

Society Sunday is February 5, 2023! Join us at 1PM EST for "Going to Work in the Roman Empire: The Archaeology of Potters and Potting" a free public presentation by Elizabeth Murphy. Registration can happen at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8ad4U_d-R3ys0rtY1-UHmQ?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=640822ab25-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_12_14_04_17_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_640baf0738-640822ab25-215949216&mc_cid=640822ab25&mc_eid=c35d412611

Professional working lives define our place in society and structure the rhythms of our daily experience—how, then, were such lives lived in the past? In this talk, Elizabeth Murphy, an Assistant Professor of Roman Archaeology in the Department of Classics at Florida State University, will investigate the everyday working lives of ancient craftspeople by venturing into the workshops of a single, common profession—potters.

With many hundreds of kilns documented from the Mediterranean, with elaborate trade networks reconstructed from distributed pottery, and with workshops appearing in a range of settings (from cities to rural estates), potters and their ceramic products are arguably the most archaeologically visible craft profession of the ancient world, yet we have no biographical accounts or personal narratives from the period on the lives of these workers. Using the rich archaeological record, she will investigate their workplaces and working lives—from the technologies of production to the rituals and magic of workshops.

Elizabeth A. Murphy is an archaeologist specializing in the study of the Mediterranean during the Roman Imperial and Late Antique periods. Her research and teaching concern the social and economic organization of the Roman world; more specifically, her work focuses on the history and archaeology of labor, production, and technology. She is a specialist in material culture studies, with particular emphasis on the artifactual record of crafts production, and her fieldwork projects have spanned the ancient Mediterranean world from Asia Minor to Italy. She currently co-directs the Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia project (LASS), a diachronic landscape project in the modern region of Sulcis (Sardinia, Italy). With LASS, she is investigating the settlement organization, landscape exploitation, and daily life practices of this rural region during the period of the Roman Empire.

The lecture will also be available in American Sign Language and we will also enable auto captioning on Zoom. Due to Zoom limitations on mobile devices and tablets, participants interested in accessing ASL interpretation should log in using the desktop version of Zoom.