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Sunday, September 19, 2021: Dr. Robert B. Koehl – Hunter College: A New Look at Minoan Athletic Competitions
Sunday September 19 at 3pm The Dr. George G. Hackman Memorial Lecture Dr. Robert B. Koehl, Hunter College, CUNY A New Look at Minoan Athletic Competitions Access a recording of the presentation here. The Minoans, as the people of Bronze Age Crete have been called since the early 20th century C.E., are known to us […]
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Sunday, October 24, 2021: Dr. Michael Chazan, University of Toronto: Wonderwerk Cave: Archaeology at the Edge of the Kalahari
Sunday October 24, 2021 at 3pm Archaeological Society of America – Joukowsky Lecture Dr. Michael Chazan, University of Toronto Wonderwerk Cave: Archaeology at the Edge of the Kalahari The town of Kuruman or Ga-Sagonyana is at the edge of the Kalahari in the Northern Cape Province. The archaeology of this region is an extraordinarily rich […]
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Sunday, (NEW DATE , MARCH TBA): Special Event with the Noble Maritime Museum: Dr. James Hunter and Kieran Hosty, Australian National Maritime Museum: Cook’s Endeavor Found
Sunday, (TBA, MARCH), 2022 The Helen H. Loeffler Memorial Lecture Special Event with the Noble Maritime Museum! Cook’s Endeavour Found: Identifying an iconic shipwreck using a ‘preponderance of evidence’ approach Kieran Hosty, Manager, Maritime Archaeology Program, ANMM Dr James Hunter, Curator, Navy Archaeology, ANMM HIS MAJESTY’S BARK ENDEAVOUR is a tremendously significant […]
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Thursday, April 28, 2022: Dr. Elaine Ayers, NYU: Unnatural History: Colonial Collecting and the Politics of Display in Natural History Museums
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022 at 7pm ZOOM LECTURE PRESENTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH Staten Island Museum Dr. Elaine Ayers – NYU On Jennifer Angers’ Exhibit Magicicada Unnatural History: Colonial Collecting and the Politics of Display in Natural History Museums What does the history of collecting, preservation, and display have to do with legacies of violence and […]
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Sunday, April 10, 2022: Dr. Anthony J. Barbieri – University of California, Santa Barbara:
Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America; Danyale Z. English Lecture Dr. Anthony J. Barbieri – University of California, Santa Barbara Providing for the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt and Early China This lecture compares mortuary culture and conceptions of the afterlife realm from Middle and New Kingdom Egypt and early […]
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Sunday Oct 4, 2020: Dr. Sherene Baugher – Cornell University: Changing Heritage Narratives at the Voorlezer House: From a Dutch Schoolhouse to a French Huguenot Home
Sunday Oct 4, 2020 at 3pm The Dr. George G. Hackman Memorial Lecture Co-Sponsored by Historic Richmondtown Dr. Sherene Baugher – Cornell University Changing Heritage Narratives at the Voorlezer House: From a Dutch Schoolhouse to a French Huguenot Home Heritage and immigration are major topics among archaeologists and historians. But the big […]
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Sunday Nov 8, 2020: Dr. Gabriel Prieto – University of Florida: The Mass Sacrifice of Children and Camelids during the 13th-15th centuries in the North Coast of Peru
Sunday Nov 8, 2020 at 3pm The Dr.Esther Grushkin Memorial Lecture Dr. Gabriel Prieto – University of Florida The Mass Sacrifice of Children and Camelids during the 13th-15th centuries in the North Coast of Peru (Click on the title above to watch the recorded Zoom Lecture!) During the 13th to the 15th Centuries […]
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Sunday, December 6, 2020: Dr. Celia Bergoffen – Fashion Institute of Technology: Excavating Schnaderbeck’s Lager Cellar, Brooklyn
Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 3pm The Helen H. Loeffler Memorial Lecture Dr. Celia Bergoffen – Fashion Institute of Technology Excavating Schnaderbeck’s Lager Cellar, Brooklyn Four adjoining, massive stone and brick lager vaults were discovered fourteen feet below grade in the heart of Williamsburg’s former lager brewing district. Unlike other beers, lager yeast ferments […]
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Sunday, January 31, 2021: Dr Jennifer Shaffer Foster – University of Buffalo: Healing Places: Intersections of Archaeology, Folklore, and Health in Ireland
Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 3pm Dr Jennifer Shaffer Foster – University of Buffalo Healing Places: Intersections of Archaeology, Folklore, and Health in Ireland For the recording of this lecture, click here. Archaeological approaches to health and healing are often focused on the skeletal remains of past populations. In this lecture, I will instead address […]
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Sunday, March 21, 2021: Dr. Jean MacIntosh Turfa – The University of Pennsylvania Museum: Etruscan Women from Cradle to Grave: The Legacy of Larissa Bonfante
Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America – Larissa Bonfante Lecture Dr. Jean MacIntosh Turfa – The University of Pennsylvania Museum Etruscan Women from Cradle to Grave: The Legacy of Larissa Bonfante Ever since the Iron Age, Etruscan women have intrigued and challenged those around them. Greek and Roman authors looked askance […]
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Sunday, April 25, 2021: Dr. Brenda Baker – Arizona State University: Sifting Sand in Sudan: New Light on Life and Death in Ancient Nubia
Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America – Danyale Z. English Lecture Dr. Brenda Baker – Arizona State University Sifting Sand in Sudan: New Light on Life and Death in Ancient Nubia See the recording of the talk on AIA’s YouTube channel! The Bioarchaeology of Nubia Expedition (BONE) project area lies between […]
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2020-2021 Lecture Series Calendar
Archaeology Society of Staten Island Archaeological Institute of America Staten Island Society 2020-2021 Lecture Series All lectures presented via Zoom. Invitations and links will be shared via email approximately two weeks prior to the event. Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 3:00 PM Dr. Sherene Baugher, Cornell University The Dr. George G. Hackman Memorial […]
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Sunday, March 29: An Ancient Remedy: The Intersection of Archaeology, Folklore, and Health in Ireland: Jennifer Shaffer Foster
An Ancient Remedy: The Intersection of Archaeology, Folklore, and Health in Ireland Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America – Forsyth Lecture Jennifer Shaffer Foster The reuse of archaeological sites by contemporary populations, both today and in the past, is a well-known phenomenon. In Ireland, domestic and monumental sites were reused over […]
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Sunday, February 23, 2020: The Woman in the Iron Coffin: Dr. Rhonda Quinn
Biogeochemical evidence for residence, diet and health of the Woman in the Iron Coffin (Queens, New York City) Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 3pm Dr. Rhonda Quinn In 2011, the mummified body of a Black adult female was discovered in a mid-19 th C. Fisk iron coffin buried in Queens, New York City. Archival research […]
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Sunday, January 26, 2020: Kurt Hirschberg: The Voorlezer’s House – A New Place In History
Sunday, January 26, 2020 (1:00-3:00 PM) The Dr. George G. Hackman Memorial Lecture Kurt Hirschberg, Jan Hird Pokorny, Assoc. The Voorlezer’s House – A New Place In History The Voorlezer’s House at Historic Richmond Town in New York City has long been believed to be one of the oldest school houses […]
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Sunday, April 26, 2020: Dr. Celia J. Bergoffen: Excavating Schnaderbeck’s Lager Cellar, Brooklyn
Sunday, April 26, 2020, at 3pm The Lynda Nilsen Memorial Lecture Dr. Celia J. Bergoffen Excavating Schnaderbeck’s Lager Cellar, Brooklyn Four adjoining, massive stone and brick lager vaults were discovered fourteen feet below grade in the heart of Williamsburg’s former lager brewing district. Unlike other beers, lager yeast ferments at the bottom […]
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September 15, 2019: Stones of the Butterfly: Archaeological Investigation of Yapese Stone Money Quarries in Palau, Micronesia
Sunday, Sept 15, 2019 at 3pm Archaeological Institute of America English Lecture Dr. Scott M. Fitzpatrick Stones of the Butterfly: Archaeological Investigation of Yapese Stone Money Quarries in Palau, Micronesia For centuries, peoples from the island of Yap in the western Pacific voyaged southward to the Palauan archipelago to quarry their famous stone […]
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October 27, 2019: Dressing Up as an Ancient Assyrian Queen in Life and Death
Sunday Oct 27, 2019 at 3pm The Dr.Esther Grushkin Memorial Lecture Dr. Amy Rebecca Gansell Dressing Up as an Ancient Assyrian Queen in Life and Death This presentation takes us into the palaces of ancient Assyria in […]
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November 10, 2019: Legacies in the Landscape: Transformations of the Chaupiyunga Borderland in the Upper Moche Valley of Peru
Sunday Nov 10, 2019 at 3pm Dr. Patrick Mullins Legacies in the Landscape: Transformations of the Chaupiyunga Borderland in the Upper Moche Valley of Peru One need not look further than the present political discourse on border security in the United States to appreciate the complex, ambiguous, and often volatile nature of frontiers and borders. […]
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September 2018: Dr. Alison Carter, “Looking Beyond the Temples: Exploring the Residences of the Ancient Angkorians”
Sunday, Sep. 16, 2018 at 3:00PM Archaeological Institute of America Lecture-English Lecturer Dr. Alison Carter Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Oregon Looking Beyond the Temples: Exploring the Residences of the Ancient Angkorians Angkor, centered in the modern nation of Cambodia, was one of the largest pre-industrial settlements in the world and has been the […]
About Us
The Archaeology Society of Staten Island was formed in 1962 at Wagner College in Staten Island, NY. In 1963, the Society began a series of lectures that have brought prominent scholars in the various fields of archaeology and anthropology to Staten Island. The Society affiliated with the Archaeological Institute of America in 1964 as The […]
Membership
Membership in the Society is open to anyone interested in archaeology and related areas. Membership covers entrance to any of our events. For admission to a single event we ask for a 10.00 fee. Note, however, that all national AIA events are free to the public (check our calendar of events). To join, click on […]
Directions
Directions to Wagner College The Society holds its monthly meetings at Wagner College. TRAVEL BY CAR Verrazano Bridge: From Brooklyn, Queens and Points East Take the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to Staten Island. From the toll booths, follow Interstate 278 to the “Richmond Road/Clove Road” exit. Follow the service road to the third traffic light and […]
About Us
The Archaeology Society of Staten Island was formed in 1962 at Wagner College in Staten Island, NY. In 1963, the Society began a series of lectures that have brought prominent scholars in the various fields of archaeology and anthropology to Staten Island. The Society affiliated with the Archaeological Institute of America in 1964 as The Staten Island Society, AIA.
The objectives of the Society are:
- To promote study, exploration, and research in the field of archaeology
- To conduct lectures relating to archaeology
- To sponsor and encourage archaeological tours
- To establish and issue publications that disseminate archaeological information
Update regarding Society Status, June 22, 2022:
Dear Archaeology Friends,
I want to send warm summer greetings and heartfelt thanks to all of you who have been part of our archaeology societies (Archaeology Society of Staten Island and the Staten Island Society of the Archaeological Institute of America). It has been an amazing SIXTY YEARS for the ASSI.
As I have shared with you over the past two years via our newsletters, we have been struggling to keep the Society afloat given the workload involved (financials, outreach, and planning and running 7 events every year). At this point we have only 5 active Board members, 4 of whom are stepping down at the end of this month. In order for the Society to continue, we need at least 6 active Board members. We have not, despite our requests, seen enough interest from our membership nor other contacts/attendees in joining the Board.
In April the vote passed to dissolve the societies at the end of June (this month), and gift our financial resources to Wagner College for the purposes of creating an endowed fund which will support an archaeological lecture/event each year to be run by the College. This event will be open to the public and the college community. While it is unfortunate we will dissolve, the Board is very much in support of and happy about this endowed lecture program. Community members, students, scholars, and like-minded cultural organizations will be able to participate and benefit from this educational opportunity, and it will keep the mission of the Society alive here in Staten Island.
We encourage folks to maintain and/or join the Archaeological Institute of America and affiliate themselves with another local society. These exist in NJ, Long Island, Westchester, and Manhattan. Their programming is just as robust and exciting as ours has been. AIA memberships include a subscription to ARCHAEOLOGY magazine, complimentary access to Archaeology Abridged Premium online lectures, and other exciting benefits.
Our website and social media presence will become inactive at the end of this month. However, once details are finalized for the annual program at Wagner (sometime this fall), I will share information via our email list.
Be well, and keep on digging!
-Sarah J. Scott
President
- Events for 2021-2022
- Sunday, (NEW DATE , MARCH TBA): Special Event with the Noble Maritime Museum: Dr. James Hunter and Kieran Hosty, Australian National Maritime Museum: Cook’s Endeavor Found
- Thursday, April 28, 2022: Dr. Elaine Ayers, NYU: Unnatural History: Colonial Collecting and the Politics of Display in Natural History Museums
Events for 2021-2022
Sunday September 19 at 3pm The Dr. George G. Hackman Memorial Lecture ZOOM ONLY Dr. Robert B. Koehl, Hunter College, CUNY A New Look at Minoan Athletic Competitions The Minoans, as the people of Bronze Age Crete have been called since the early 20th century C.E., are known to us primarily from […]
Sunday, (NEW DATE , MARCH TBA): Special Event with the Noble Maritime Museum: Dr. James Hunter and Kieran Hosty, Australian National Maritime Museum: Cook’s Endeavor Found
Sunday, (TBA, MARCH), 2022 The Helen H. Loeffler Memorial Lecture Special Event with the Noble Maritime Museum! Cook’s Endeavour Found: Identifying an iconic shipwreck using a ‘preponderance of evidence’ approach Kieran Hosty, Manager, Maritime Archaeology Program, ANMM Dr James Hunter, Curator, Navy Archaeology, ANMM HIS MAJESTY’S BARK ENDEAVOUR is a tremendously significant […]
Thursday, April 28, 2022: Dr. Elaine Ayers, NYU: Unnatural History: Colonial Collecting and the Politics of Display in Natural History Museums
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022 at 7pm ZOOM LECTURE PRESENTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH Staten Island Museum Dr. Elaine Ayers – NYU On Jennifer Angers’ Exhibit Magicicada Unnatural History: Colonial Collecting and the Politics of Display in Natural History Museums What does the history of collecting, preservation, and display have to do with legacies of violence and […]