The Iron Age of Europe (800-50 BC) in a Eurasian context
Submitted by mswanson on October 18, 2017 - 3:25pmSpeaker: Dr. Peter Wells, Professor of Anthropology, University of Minnesota
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In Search of Early China through Archaeology: Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Chinese Archaeology at UCLA
Submitted by mswanson on October 12, 2017 - 12:07pm
UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Graduate Student Conference
Submitted by mswanson on October 6, 2017 - 4:42pm
The Late Bronze Age Collapse in the Eastern Mediterranean: Paleoenvironmental, Archaeological, and Textual Evidence
Submitted by mswanson on August 9, 2017 - 3:27pmSpeaker: Dafna Langgut
Cores obtained from the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee were used to reconstruct past climate conditions in the Levantine region during the Bronze and Iron Ages. The records were studied in high resolution for their lithological and palynological patterns. Their chronological framework is based on radiocarbon dating of short-lived organic material. The detailed paleoclimate reconstruction points to a dramatic dry event in the later phase of the Late Bronze Age, around the middle of the 13th century BCE.
The Inka Khipu: Communicating with Strings, Knots and Colors in Ancient Peru
Submitted by mswanson on May 26, 2017 - 12:09pm
Homes and Habitat: A Mini-Symposium on Greco-Roman Architecture
Submitted by mswanson on May 26, 2017 - 12:03pm
The Indian Roots of Global Buddhism
Submitted by mswanson on April 17, 2017 - 10:46am
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Open House
Submitted by mswanson on March 3, 2017 - 7:15pmConnections
Archaeology is a collaborative field and archaeological teams always consist of specialists from many disciplines. This interconnectedness is an integral part of a holistic understanding of our past. Join us for an open house that illuminates the relationship between the Fowler Museum and archaeological research, beginning with two gallery talks in the Fowler Museum.
Screening of The Archaeologist: A Documentary by Kimon Tsakiris
Submitted by mswanson on February 28, 2017 - 12:57pmPlease join us for a screening of the documentary film The Archaeologist by Kimon Tsakiris. The film will be preceded by a panel discussion with Professor John Papadopoulos (UCLA, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology) and Professor Katerina Zacharia (Loyola Marymount University, Classics) and followed by a reception.
A synopsis of the film follows:
Sea Peoples and Neo-Hittites in the ‘Land of Palistin’: Recent Discoveries at Tayinat on the Orontes
Submitted by mswanson on January 9, 2017 - 12:01pmRecent archaeological discoveries have begun to challenge the prevailing view of the Early Iron Age (ca. 1200-900 BCE) as an era of cultural devolution and ethnic strife, or a ‘Dark Age’, in the eastern Mediterranean, as depicted in the Homeric epics and the Hebrew Bible. This illustrated talk will highlight the exciting discoveries of the University of Toronto’s ongoing excavations at ancient Tayinat.