Yale University Anthropology

Past Colloquium > 2004-2005 Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture Series

Fridays, 12:00-1:00
Room 1, 158 Whitney Avenue
Lunch potluck

The Friday lunch "Brown Bag Lectures" held by the Council of Archaeological Studies, is an opportunity for both students and professors to share the results of their recent research and to receive invaluable feedback. In addition, by inviting distinguished scholars and students from nearbyinstitutions, it has provided our archaeological community with a chance to widen their intellectual knowledge as well as their academic social sphere.

Colloquium Organizer: Yukiko Tonoike

Fall 2004 Calendar

Friday, September 10
Organizational meeting

Friday, September 17
Yukiko Tonoike, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Anthropology, Yale University
My Cappadocian Wedding

Friday, September 24
Professor Nicholas Kouchoukas, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Chicago
Human-Environment Interactions on the Upper Khuzestan Plains, Southwest Iran:  Geoarchaoelogical and remote sensing perspectives on land use legacies, 6000 BP-present

Friday, October 1
Heather Hurst, PhD Student, Dept. of Anthropology, Yale University
A lecture on the most recent research of the murals at San Bartolo, Guatemala

Friday, October 8
Professor Thomas Tartaron, Dept. of Anthropology, Yale University
Vayia and Vassa:  A New Class of Early Bronze Age Fortified Site in Southern Greece

Friday, October 15
Professor Marcello Canuto, Dept. of Anthropology, Yale University
Living on the Edge:  The Study of Ethnicity in the Southeastern Classic Maya Periphery

Friday, October 22 (In cooperation with the Peabody Museum)
Professor Andrew Hill, Dept. of Anthropology, Yale University
Fossil Fragments: The Riddle of Human Origins

Friday, October 29
Raina Croff, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Anthropology, Yale University
Beyond the House of the Slaves:  Preliminary Excavations on Goree Island, Senegal, A.D. 16-19th Centuries

Friday, November 5
Professor Ann H. Peters, Dept. of Anthropology and Latin American Studies, Cornell University
Nets, Bags and the Transformation of Headdress in the Southern Andes

Friday, November 12
Sarah Barber, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder
Tradition, Community, and Complexity:  Negotiating the Polity in Formative Oaxaca

Friday, December 3
Jason Nesbitt, PhD Student, Dept. of Anthropology, Yale University
The Archaeology of Andean Pilgrimage and Apu Worship:  A Case Study from Cerro Icchal

Spring 2005 Calendar

January 14
Organizational meeting

January 21
Professor Richard Burger, Department of Anthropology, Yale University
Looking for Peruvian Obsidian Sources: The End of the Road

January 28
Claudia Brittenham, Department of History of Art, Yale University
The Artists of the Cacaxtla Battle Mural

February 4
Professor Karen Foster, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University
The Hanging Gardens of Nineveh

February 11
Professor James Stemp, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology,@Keene State College
Rockin' on Temptation Island: Stone Tool Use in the Maya Coastal Economy of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize.

February 18
Sharri Clark, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Anthropology, Harvard University
Engendering Archaeological Myths:  Terracotta Figurines from the Bronze Age Site of Harappa (Pakistan)

February 25
Archaeology Masterpiece Theatre:  The Potters of Thrapsano (Narrated by Philip Betancourt)

March 4  (5:20 p.m.)
Adam Menzies, PhD Student, University of Pittsburgh
Problems and Prospects in the Archaeology of Central Pacific Panama

March 25
Dr. Nick Bellantoni, Connecticut State Archaeologist
(arranged by Russell Schimmer, Dept. of Anthropology, Yale University)
Lecture on Connecticut archaeology and the role of volunteers

April 8
Film:  Kawelka: Ongka's Big Moka (by Andrew Strathern)
Related Talk (Sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program)

April 12   (2:30 p.m.)
Dr. Michael Moseley, University of Florida
Convergent Catastrophe and Cultural Collapse in the Ancient Andes

April 15
Karina Yager, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Anthropology, Yale University
High Altitude Archaeology in the Andean Puna

April 29
Dr. John Walker, Research Associate, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
South American Archaeology and the Commons

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