Archaeology Brown-Bag Workshops provide an informal, interdisciplinary venue for presentations of work in progress by students, faculty, and visiting scholars, and for discussion of developments in the recent archaeological literature. Workshops convene more-or-less biweekly, on Tuesdays at 12:00 noon, in Room 103A, on the first floor of Brooks Hall, unless otherwise noted below. Want to volunteer a talk or discussion topic? Contact Jeff Hantman, Adria LaViolette, or Fraser Neiman .

Dame Barbara Cartland and Sir Mortimer Wheeler, circa 1965.

Fall 2008 Schedule

Sept. 2

Organizational Meeting.

Sept. 16

Technologies of Power: Ritual Economy and Ceramic Production in the Terminal Preclassic Period Holmul Region, Guatemala. Michael G. Callaghan, Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University.

Sept. 30

TBA. Liz Arkush, Department of Anthropology, University of Virginia.

Oct.14

Fall Break.

Oct. 21

Reconstructing the population history of San Marcos Pueblo, New Mexico, from surface collections. Fraser Neiman, Department of Archaeology, Monticello. Based on a collaboration with Ann Ramenofsky, University of New Mexico.

Oct.28

TBA. Adria LaViolette, Department of Anthropology, University of Virginia.

Nov. 18

TBA. John Janusek, Dumbarton Oaks.

Dec. 2

Jades as Inalienable Possessions in Ancient Mesoamerica. Brigitte Kovacevich, Department of Anthropology, University of Virginia.

Workshop Schedule from Past Semesters

For topics and speakers from past semesters, click here.