ARCHAEOLOGY IN BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA
The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project announces its archaeological investigations for the summer of 2013!
In 2013 BVAR will continue investigations at the ancient Maya sites of Cahal Pech, Baking Pot and Lower Dover. These sites are among the largest prehistoric Maya sites in the upper Belize River Valley. Despite many years of investigations at Baking Pot, large portions of the monumental site core remain unexcavated and sections of the settlement area remain unexplored. Lower Dover, in contrast, is a recently discovered site and investigations here are only just beginning. Excavations at Cahal Pech have revealed that this site is the location of some of the earliest Maya settlements in the Maya lowlands.
During the 2013 season, BVAR will continue its research agenda with excavation in the monumental core of Baking Pot, with the purpose of understanding the nature and complexity of the polity’s decline. Research at Lower Dover will also focus on the monumental architecture in the site core in order to determine the sociopolitical development of this center. The investigations at Cahal Pech will continue in the site core and periphery in an effort to further elucidate the status and complexity of this center spanning the Preclassic to Terminal Classic periods.
Students will be involved in all aspects of these archaeological investigations, from the setting of excavation units to the production of site maps. The project also incorporates daily laboratory work where students participate in the processing and documentation of the cultural remains recovered from the site (including ceramic and lithic artifacts and human and animal remains). Weekly lectures will present an overview of Maya civilization and will provide introduction to other specific topics such as ceramic analysis, archaeological survey methods, human osteology, and ancient Maya ritual and ideology.
Dates:
Session I: June 3 to 28, 2013
Session II: July 8 to August 2, 2013
This Field Research opportunity is also available in two-week sessions:
Session I: June 3 to 14, 2013
Session II: July 8 to 19, 2013
Academic credit is available!
Registration fees for the project are $1050 U.S. per two-week session or $2100 for the one-month field school, which includes lodging, weekday meals, and transportation to and from the sites. Academic
credit, travel to and from Belize, and incidental expenses are the responsibility of the participant.
For applications and more information all interested parties should respond via e-mail to Myka Schwanke at: BVARarchaeology@gmail.com
Find them on the Web! WWW.BVAR.ORG
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Logo Design Competition for Animal Magnetism Seminar
Submission deadline: December 1, 2012 by 5:00 pm
Prize: $250 for winning design; $50 each for two semi-finalists
Eligibility: Open to all undergraduate students at RISD and Brown University
The Program in Early Cultures at Brown University solicits submissions for a logo. The logo should express the subject of a year-long Mellon Sawyer Seminar at Brown: “Animal Magnetism: The Emotional Ecology of Animals and Humans.” The successful logo is intended for use in all Seminar publicity, both on College Hill and elsewhere.
Topic
How humans live with animals and fold them into their emotional lives as pets, companions, and even family. The framework in time is the ancient world, from the Old World and New: Greece, Rome, South and Central America, China, Africa.
Winning Logo
The submission will encapsulate these deep ties of affection by graphic means. It should include the words, “Mellon Sawyer Seminar” and “Animal Magnetism.” Further, it should reference such ties in the ancient world, as inclusively as possible. The design should be bold, eye-catching, and legible.
Time Frame
— submission of designs: December 1, 2012 by 5:00 pm
— final selection: December 10, 2012
Format
Please submit a high resolution .jpg, .gif, or .pdf to Early_Cultures@brown.edu AND Stephen_Houston@brown.edu
Theoretical Archaeology Group-USA
Chicago: May 9-11, 2013.
Session Proposals due January 1, 2013
Individual Paper submissions due March 1, 2013
http://tag2013.uchicago.edu/index.html
*** 2013 Theme: “Vision” ***
Inspired by the venue of Chicago, a forcefully planned city shaped by the vision of Daniel Burnham and his political allies that prides itself on the visual assets of its modernist architecture and public art collections, as well as its ability to forecast the economy through the futures market, the theme for this year is “Vision.”
The theme will form the basis of a conversation initiated by the plenary session but participants are urged to interpret it generously and sessions will not be limited by subject. In its broadest sense, Vision represents a birds-eye view of where archaeology is headed, the vista that TAG attempts to provide through its now world-wide conferences.
Plenary speakers: Susan Alcock, Ruth Van Dyke, and Pamela Bannos.
*** Instructions for submitting a session or paper proposal ***
Session proposals can be submitted through the TAG-Chicago website from December 1, 2012 until January 1, 2013 (http://tag2013.uchicago.edu/reg.html). Session proposals must include a title and abstract (max 400 words), and indicate whether a 1.5 hour or 3 hour time slot is required. Organizers are free to make use of the time slot however they wish (i.e., scheduling discussants, Q&As, or round-table discussion in addition to paper presentations), but should briefly describe the format of the session in their abstract. More creative and non-traditional uses of the time frame are also welcome, but requests for additional AV equipment should be made by March 15, 2013.
Accepted sessions will be posted on the TAG-Chicago website after January 1, 2013, along with the email addresses of the organizers. Potential participants should send individual paper abstracts (max 300 words) directly to the session organizers, by email. Session organizers are responsible for selecting papers, and for sending the complete session roster along with all paper abstracts and titles to the TAG-Chicago committee by March 15, 2013.
Registration is required to submit a session proposal through the website. All participants (e.g., presenters, organizers and discussants) must be registered by March 15, 2013.
Organizers: Dept. of Anthropology, University of Chicago
Co-Hosts: Dept. of Anthropology, Northwestern University; Dept. of Anthropology, University of Illinois-Chicago; Department of Anthropology, The Field Museum
Contacts: For questions about conference registration and how to submit proposals, contact Mary Leighton (maryleighton@uchicago.edu).
Balkan Heritage (BH) Field School has just opened the application session for nine projects (in 2013) in the following areas: Archaeology, Art History, Restoration and Conservation of Artifacts, Monuments and Christian Art and Culture. Thank to the partnership with New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria 6 academic credits (for two-week projects) and 9 academic credits (for four-week projects) will be granted upon request to students who attend to these projects.
Balkan Heritage (BH) Field School (est. 2003) functions as a legal part of Balkan Heritage Foundation – a Bulgarian public, non-profit, non-governmental organization. It implements various educative projects in the areas of Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Folklore, Art History, Restoration and Conservation of artefacts and monuments, Fine Arts and Theology with participation of students, scholars and volunteers from all over the World. Balkan Heritage Mission is to support study, protection, restoration and promotion of sites, artefacts and practices belonging or related to the cultural heritage of South-Eastern Europe.
Detailed information about all Balkan Heritage Field School Projects in 2013 is available on their website at: http://www.bhfieldschool.org .
On-line applications can be submitted at: http://www.bhfieldschool.org/apply.php
Projects’ location: Bulgaria, Macedonia
Projects’ language: ENGLISH
Historical periods covered by the projects (with dates related to the Balkan Heritage projects’ sites): Early Balkan Neolithic (6000-5500 BC); Balkan Copper Age (5000 – 4200 BC), Archaic Greek (650 – 480 BC), Classical Greek (4th century BC), Classical Thracian (5th-4th century BC), Hellenistic (4th-3rd century BC), Roman and Late Roman (1st century BC – 4th century AD), Early Byzantine (4th-6th century AD), Medieval and Late Medieval (14th – 17th century AD)
“FRESCO-HUNTING” PHOTO EXPEDITION TO MEDIEVAL BALKAN CHURCHES (Western Bulgaria)
An expedition for documentation of medieval frescoes preserved in abandoned churches and chapels in remote areas of Western Bulgaria.The task of the expedition envisioned for 2013 is to enhance the database created during the previous seasons by documenting frescoes and their condition as well as collecting new data on history, architecture, artefacts and environment of the ecclesiastical buildings they belong to.
Standard Field School Session: 11 – 25 May, 2013
Academic credits available for students: up to 9
BIRTH OF EUROPE – EXCAVATION OF THE EARLY NEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT ILINDENTSI (Bulgaria)
Excavations of one of the very first Neolithic settlements in Europe (6000-5500 BC), near Ilindentsi, Southwestern Bulgaria. Two field school sessions are available:
Session 2: 30 June – 14 July, 2013
Academic credits available for students: up to 9
WORKSHOP FOR CONSERVATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ROMAN MOSAICS (Macedonia)
Dates: 15 – 29 June, 2013
Academic credits available for students: 6
WORKSHOP FOR CONSERVATION, RESTORATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ROMAN POTTERY (Macedonia)
Dates 15 – 29 June, 2013
Academic credits available for students: 6
RISE AND FALL OF THE FIRST EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION – TELL YUNATSITE EXCAVATIONS (Bulgaria) NEW PROJECT!
Excavations of Tell Yunatsite – one of the very first urban settlements in Europe (5000-4200 BC) belonging to the FIRST EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION, near Pazardzhik, Southern Bulgaria. Beside other areas of exploration of Copper age culture, the field school program will focus on prehistoric warfare and metal-processing. Special Two field school sessions are available:
Standard Field School Session: 20 July – 3 August, 2013
Extended Field School Session: 20 July – 10 August, 2013Academic credits available for students: up to 9
Session 2: 18 August – 1 September, 2013
STOBI (THE CAPITAL CITY OF MACEDONIA SECUNDA) EXCAVATIONS (Macedonia)
Session 2: 18 August – 1 September, 2013
WORKSHOP FOR RESTORATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ANCIENT GREEK POTTERY (Bulgaria)
ANCIENT GREEKS IN THE LAND OF DIONYSUS – EXCAVATION OF EMPORION PISTIROS, THRACE, BULGARIA NEW!
Excavations of ancient Greek emporion Pistiros in Thrace (5th-3rd century BC) began in 1988. Pistiros is among the rare points of ancient Greek trade located far inland, deep in Thrace – the land of Dionysus and Orpheus. It was located on the riverbank of the Maritsa River (Ancient Hebros) providing probably the last river-port for ancient merchants and adventures and starting point of merchant and caravan routes leading to important Thracian castles, settlements and shrines around. Once Pistiros was fortified anа looked as a small town. Nowadays the site is outside Septemvri – a small town in Southern Bulgaria, not far from the capital Sofia. The field school program will focus on both civilizations: Ancient Greek and Thracian and esp. on their commericial and cultural ties and interactions. Two field school sessions are available:
Session 1: 2-16 July, 2013
Session 2: 16-30 July, 2013
University of Southern California in Conjunction with the American Institute for Roman Culture in Rome (AIRC)
(Non-USC Students can earn 4 units of university credits through USC)
Note: those who do not need university credits can apply directly to AIRC: http://www.romanculture.org
6 week program: June 10 to July 21
1 week of walking tours of Rome & Ostia
5 weeks of excavating at Ostia
Students housed in apartments in the center of Rome
No prerequisites or previous archaeological experience necessary:
All instruction in English
For only those interested in participating and earning 4 units of university credit, email Dr. John Pollini, Professor of Classical Art & Archaeology, USC: pollini@usc.edu
The Steel Yard will be hosting the 7th Annual Halloween Iron Pour on Friday, October 26th, starting at 5:00pm. This event brings together artists and students from across New England to the Steel Yard, where they spend the week collaborating on sculptures and performances for the event. This year, the theme for the event is ‘Vikings,’ which means that there will be Norse gods, flaming axes, monsters to battle, and even a few surprises.
This event wouldn’t be possible without the help of dedicated volunteers, the Steel Yard is looking for your help with this year’s Iron Pour. We need volunteers to help set up the day of the event, staff the Pour, and help clean up afterwards the night or the day after. Volunteers get complimentary admission to the event; and don’t worry, the volunteer shifts will be shorter shifts that will allow you to still enjoy this unique event.
We would love to have your help, in any capacity! If you’re interested in helping out with Iron Pour, please contact the Steel Yard at islay@thesteelyard.org
For more details about the event, visit our website: http://thesteelyard.org/events/calendar/2012/10/26/206
Islay Taylor
Communications Director and Volunteer Coordinator
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http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/protect-hadrians-villa/
The Regione Lazio is giving serious consideration to a plan to create a new 400-acre garbage dump very close to Hadrian’s Villa, the World Heritage site near Tivoli, Italy. A group of concerned scholars and cultural heritage professionals from North America and Europe has posted an online petition to express our strong opposition to the plan. In a few short days, we have gathered over 1,100 signatures. Below are listed some of the people who have already signed and whom you may know.
Articles are starting to appear in the Italian press about our petition, which is being cited with approval by the opposition forces in the battle. These include, among many others, the City of Tivoli and the Italian Ministry of Culture. CBS News has a nice segment about the story which you can view at: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500202_162-57349208/stink-raised-over-landfill-at-ancient-rome-site/
The decision about this irresponsible plan will soon be made. Time is short. Please follow the link below and add your name to our petition:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/protect-hadrians-villa/
People you may know who have already signed the petition:
Andreae, Bernard: Professor für Archäologie, Direktor des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Rom i. R.
Arnold-Biucchi: Damarete Curato of Ancient Coins, Harvard Art Museums
Bagnall, Roger: Professor of Ancient History and Leon Levy Director, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University
Bartman, Elizabeth: President, Archaeological Institute of America
Brennan, T. Corey: Andrew W. Mellon Professor-in-Charge, Classical School, Accademia Americana in Roma
Chiappetti, Daniela: Presidente del Consiglio II Municipio Comune Roma
Clayman, Dee: Professor of Classicsm Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Past President of the American Philological Association.
Davis, Lindsey: famous author and winner of the 2010 Premio Colosseo of the Comune di Roma (Greenwich, UK)
Degli Esposti, Lorenzo: Direttore, Architectural & Urban Forum, Milano
Ebbinghaus, Susanne: Curator of Ancient Art, Harvard University Art Museums
Furtwängler, Andreas: Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Halle (Germany); son of the conductor Adolf Furtwängler
Giuliani, Fulvio Cairoli: Professore Emerito, Università Roma Sapienza. Professor Giuliani is the world’s foremost expert on Roman building technique. He has worked for many decades at Villa Adriana.
Gruen, Erich: Professor Emeritus of Ancient History, University of California, Berkeley
Hupperetz, Wim: Director, Allard Pierson Archaeological Museum, Amsterdam
Meier, Richard: Architect and Pritzger Prize Winner
Quilici, Lorenzo: Professore Ordinario, Dipartimento di Archeologia, Università di Bologna. Prof. Quilici is the foremost authority on the archaeology of Lazio in antiquity.
Reggiani, Anna Maria: Former Soprintendente, Soprintendenza Archeologica per il Lazio
Rose, C. Brian: Director, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania; former President, Archaeological Institute of America
Sandberg, Kaj: Former Director, Institutum Romanum Finlandiae
Smith, Christopher: Director, British School at Rome
Stanish, Charles: Director, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA
Vidler, Anthony: Dean, Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, Cooper Union (New York)
Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew: Master of Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge; former Director of the British School at Rome
Zeitlin, Froma: Professor Emerita, Department of Classics, Princeton University
June 21‐July 25, 2012 Santa Clara, California
The 2012 Santa Clara University summer field school in historical archaeology offers students hands‐on training in archaeological methods in the heart of Silicon Valley. Students will learn skills including site mapping, archaeological excavation, field recording, and basic laboratory procedures through an investigation into the historic cultural landscape directly north of the Santa Clara campus. Excavations will focus on areas known to have housed Native Americans who lived and worked at the Spanish colonial mission of Santa Clara de Asís. More recent deposits including those related to an early German immigrant community will likely also be encountered.
Tuition:
$3000 for 4 units of credit; cost includes on‐ campus housing but not food.*
For more information or an application:
Contact Dr. Lee Panich at lpanich@scu.edu
*Students not requiring housing, or who wish to earn fewer credits, may enroll at a lower cost.
DEADLINE: March 15, 2012
The San Gemini Preservation Studies Program, now in its 13th year, is dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage and offers students the opportunity to study and travel in Italy. The courses offered are listed below:
Building Restoration* (May 20th thru Jun 16th, 2012)
Introduction to Art and Building Restoration in Italy
Surveying and Analyzing Historic Buildings
Ceramics Restoration (May 20th thru Jun 16th, 2012)
Introduction to Conservation of Archeological Ceramics
Workshop on Ceramics and Ceramics Conservation in Italy
Traditional Painting Materials & Techniques (July 1st thru July 28th, 2012)
Traditional Painting Methods and Techniques in Italy, including Issues of Weathering and Aging
Restoration Issues and Theory in Italy
Paper Restoration (July 1st thru July 28th, 2012)
Introduction to Paper Restoration
Preservation Theory and Practice in Italy
*Field Projects:
Restoration of the Porta Burgi
Surveying the 12th Century San Giovanni Battista Church complex
Archaeological survey of the public baths in Carsulae
To find out more about our program and review the syllabi, please visit their WEBSITE.
Courses are open to students from various disciplines, both undergraduate and graduate. All lessons are taught in English.
The Anthropology Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is offering a 6-credit field school in Akko, Israel. Students can choose to focus on archaeological excavation, field survey, geographic information systems (GIS), conservation, heritage studies, public archaeology, or underwater archaeology/science diving.
Located in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on the only natural harbor in the region, the UNESCO World Heritage site of Akko (Acre) is the focus of this unique and cutting-edge archaeological field school. Akko was first settled 5000 years ago, and throughout its history Akko has served as a major trading center for the region. During the Bronze and Iron Ages, Akko appeared prominently in ancient Egyptian, Ugaritic, Assyrian, Classical, and Biblical documents.
The UMass archaeological field school at Akko is led by Michael Sugerman. The larger Tel Akko Total Archaeology Project is co-directed by Ann Killebrew of Pennsylvania State University, and Michal Artzy of Haifa University.
