#jiaaw – Art and Artifacts of Rhode Island Hall

December 7, 2023December 13, 2023 by jcarrino

Reflections on View the Vault Autumn 2023

This autumn, I, Joseph Carrino, a second year PhD student at the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology, ran monthly View the Vault sessions. View the Vault events serve as public hours for the campus and community residents to get a glimpse at the artifacts housed in the Joukowsky Institute collection. Fortunately, I was assisted by Leah…

November 14, 2022September 19, 2023 by JIAAW

Virtual Vault: Cypriot Drinking Cup

This light brown, buff colored vessel with dark brown geometric designs may seem fairly innocuous at first glance. However, its production, shape, and decoration are all tied to dramatic shifts in trade and exchange in the Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1650-1050 BCE). The Late Bronze Age Mediterranean, particularly the eastern Mediterranean, was…