Spring 2012
Fridays, 3:30-5:00 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Denny Hall 401
Coordinator: Ben Marwick
Friday March 16, 2012
Helen Lewis
University College, Dublin
"River landscapes, with a focus on the Jomon Shinano"
3:30-5:00
Denny Hall, 401
Friday March 23, 2012
Spring Break!
Friday March 30, 2012
Speakeasy Friday
Topic: Hard Work and Meritocracy: Untangling the Contradictions in Diversity Efforts
This 50-minute workshop will raise topics that challenge us to think through both group and individual experiences that influence public discourse on diversity and underrepresented group members’ persistence in nontraditional fields . Our goals are 1) to unpack key concepts such as meritocracy and hard work to understand how diversity challenges us at individual, interpersonal and structural levels; and 2) to discuss as a group the contradictions involved in challenging structural factors related to access in higher education while encouraging individual persistence.
Sponsored by the Diversity Committee
3:30-5:00
Denny Hall, 401
Friday April 6, 2012
Lisa-Marie Shillito, University of York
"Feeding Stonehenge: biomolecular and isotopic analysis of food residues in pottery from Durrington Walls"
3:30-5:00
Denny Hall, 401
Friday April 13, 2012
Lisa-Marie Shillito, University of York
"Çatalhöyük under the microscope – unpacking palimpsests with microarchaeological methods"
Abstract:
The Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük provides an important case study for understanding the transition from the pre-pottery to pottery Neolithic in central Anatolia, and for investigating the nature of agricultural development and early animal management. The site is famous for its well preserved buildings rich in paintings and symbolism, which provide an important insight into the culture. However there is limited evidence for primary ‘domestic’ activities within buildings as the floors were kept meticulously clean. This contrasts with the large midden deposits located directly adjacent to the buildings, from which the majority of artefact and ecofacts are recovered. The stratigraphy of these middens is complex, with many layers being less than 1mm thick. Thus they are excavated as broad units, which combine several fine layers together to produce artificial palimpsests, which can then make it difficult to make interpretations at a higher temporal resolution. By combining microarchaeological methods (thin section micromorphology, microbotany and targeted geochemical analysis), we can investigate formation processes and activities at the level of the individual layer, and this approach has demonstrated significant implications for the way in which these deposits are interpreted.
3:30-5:00
Denny Hall, 401
Friday April 20, 2012
Society for American Archaeology Conference
April 18-22, 2012
Memphis, Tennessee
www.saa.org
Friday April 27, 2012
Graduate Student Film Fest - "Stargate"
Simpson Center for the Humanities, Communications 120
3:30-7pm
Friday May 4, 2012
TBD
3:30-5:00
Denny Hall, 401
Friday May 11, 2012
Graduate Student Film Fest - "Flock of Dodos"
Burke Room, Burke Museum
3:30-7pm
Friday May 18, 2012
Graduate Student Film Fest - "As Long as the River Runs"
Burke Room, Burke Museum
3:30-7pm
Friday May 25, 2012
Yeager Award Ceremony
Award Talk: Ben Marwick
"Archaeology,
phylogenetics and Buddhism in Thailand"
This is a very important event for students and faculty in the
archaeology program to show gratitude to the Yeager family (who will be
present). The Yeagers have made (and continue to make) substantial
financial contributions that allow us to recognize and reward
outstanding graduate students.
Please come and help us celebrate!
3:30-5:00
Denny Hall, 401
Friday June 1, 2012
Lisbeth Louderback
"12,000 years of climate and vegetation change in the northern Uinta Mountains, Utah and Wyoming, USA"
Practice talk for the 2012 American Quaternary Association (AMQUA) meeting taking place June 21-24 in Duluth, MN
3:30-5:00
Denny Hall, 401
Friday June 8, 2012
Kent Lightfoot
“The Archaeology of Colonialism in California: New Perspectives”
Lecture Abstract:
California presents an unparalleled situation to examine what happened to complex hunter-gatherers when they entangled with different colonial regimes (e.g., Spanish, Russians). This lecture will begin with a discussion of some of the salient characteristics of complex hunter-gatherers in California (linguistic diversity, high population densities, landscape management practices). It will then consider how the negotiations and outcomes that took place between complex hunter-gatherers and colonial regimes were different, in several fundamental respects, than those that unfolded among other indigenous populations in North America. The implications that this has for rethinking the models we employ in the archaeology of colonialism will be explored. The continuing legacies of colonialism concerning complex hunter-gatherers will also be considered.
3:30-5:00
Denny Hall, 401