The Big Reveal: Airborne Laser Scanning and the Archaeology of the Northern Maya Lowlands
Concordia University, Grimm Hall South, DeNault Auditorium 1530 Concordia West, IrvineSince 2009, lidar-derived spatial imagery has been transforming the way that archaeologists approach settlement and landscape studies in the Maya lowlands. Lidar airborne laser technology allows researchers to virtually peel back the dense canopy of the Maya jungle, revealing hundreds of thousands of ancient structures and landscape modifications. Deep in the hilly Puuc Region of …
Communities and Networks in the Bolivian Tropical Mountains during the Middle Horizon (ca. CE 600-900): A Bioarchaeological Study of Migration
Concordia University, Grimm Hall South, DeNault Auditorium 1530 Concordia West, IrvineJuan’s dissertation research studies migration in the Bolivian tropical mountains when small-scale Mojocoya societies interacted with the pan-Andean Tiwanaku State (ca. CE 600-900). Moving beyond vertical control models assuming that highland-based societies controlled lower areas through direct migration practices, Juan proposes that lowland-based communities articulated long-distance networks with the highlands using multiple migration strategies without …
Relationships between ancient Maya craft specialization and social inequality during the Classic period (250-900 CE)
Concordia University, Grimm Hall South, DeNault Auditorium 1530 Concordia West, IrvineThis research investigates whether various degrees of participation in large-scale stone-tool production created inequalities among households. She conducted research at the archaeological site of Took’ Witz, located near El Palmar in Campeche, Mexico. Took’ Witz was a small rural community with one of the largest stone tool industries in the Maya area. While the massive …
Egyptian Books of the Dead at the Getty
Concordia University, Grimm Hall South, DeNault Auditorium 1530 Concordia West, IrvineDr. Sara E. Cole, assistant curator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum, discusses the Getty's collection of ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead manuscripts and a forthcoming exhibition and publication that will make this material available to the public for the first time. Sara E. Cole is assistant curator of antiquities at the …
Warfare in Ancient Persia
Concordia University, Grimm Hall South, DeNault Auditorium 1530 Concordia West, IrvineDr. John W.I. Lee explores warfare in ancient Persia with particular attention to the equipment, training, and martial values ofthe empire’s warriors
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible
La Sierra University 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, RiversideMultiple speakers will lecture on the Dead Sea Scrolls over the course of two days at La Sierra University's Center for Near Eastern Archaeology. This continues on November 12th from 1pm-4pm with additional activities both days following these lecture times. For more information, click the website below. This is not an AIA-OC event.
Archaeology Can be a Blast
Newport Beach Library - Conference Room 1000 Avocado Avenue, Newport BeachNEW VENUE!! Dr. Dan Schowalter addresses excavating in politically contested territories, and what happens when encountering modern and ancient landmines.
Let’s Talk about Ancient Apocalypse: It’s Inaccurate, Harmful, and the Real Story of Ice Age Peopling of the Americas is Far More Interesting Anyway!
Concordia University, Grimm Hall South, DeNault Auditorium 1530 Concordia West, IrvineDocuseries like “Ancient Apocalypse” attribute finds to aliens or others. This lecture highlights the actual activities ofthe human beings who populated the Western Hemisphere more than 12,000 and maybe as many as 20,000 or moreyears ago. This an AIA National lecture and FREE to all. Bonnie Pitblado is Professor of Anthropology and the Robert and …
NEW DATE: In the Footstep of King David
Concordia University, Grimm Hall South, DeNault Auditorium 1530 Concordia West, IrvineDr. Michael Hasel highlights recent discoveries related to the first kings of Israel at the excavations at Lachish that made international headlines Including the oldest alphabetic script found on an ivory comb. Michael G. Hasel, PhD, has taught Near Eastern studies and archaeology at Southern since 1998. In the 1995-96 academic year, he was the …