We will be holding elections for the President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary positions within the club. Anyone interested in one of these positions is more than welcome to join the election. To run for a position, please fill out the Council Elections google form provided below before April 22nd. The voting will be held from April 22nd to April 30th. Due to the virtual nature of this election, the ballots will be submitted on a google form. We will post all the candidates and their speeches on April 22nd, as well as open the virtual ballots. Please look out for a post in the coming week for access to the ballot via google form. Anyone can vote for any person interested in the positions, whether it be for themselves or for another person. Those who have won these positions will start their term on May 1st, up until the next year.
ANCIENT STUDIES PROFESSOR MICHAEL F. LANE AWARDED A PERMIT TO EXCAVATE IN GREECE
Congratulations to Professor Michael F. Lane of the Ancient Studies Department for being awarded a highly coveted permit to conduct the project “Kopaic Cultures, Economies and Landscapes” (KOCECOLA) in collaboration with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Boiotia over four seasons (2023-2026). The permit, one of only two awarded this year, will enable Professor Lane to excavate at the site of Agios Marina Pyrghos in order to further his trailblazing explorations of late Bronze Age agricultural practices and settlement development in the Lake Kopaïs region of Boiotia.
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]]>Introduction to Bioarchaeology Course
Deadline: March 20, 2022The Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science is launching an intensive week-long course in bioarchaeology to introduce participants to the analysis of human skeletal remains from archaeological settings. Dr. Ioanna Moutafi, a Post-Doctoral Fellow of the Wiener Laboratory and expert in bioarchaeology and Aegean prehistory, will lead the course with assistance from Dr. Dimitris Michailidis, an anthropologist/paleontologist and Coordinator of the Wiener Laboratory. Human bones are a unique strand of archaeological evidence, as they provide a vast array of both biological and cultural information about life and death in the past. This course will offer both the theoretical and basic technical skills for the analysis and interpretation of human remains, through lectures, seminars and interactive hands-on practical sessions. The objective is to familiarize with all aspects of the human skeleton and the different insights they can offer us into the past.
The course will explore key themes in bioarchaeology, such as:
- Human skeletal anatomy – bone identification
- Estimation of sex and age-at-death
- Skeletal variation
- Dealing with commingled human remains
- Paleopathology
- Nutrition and diet
- Current biomolecular advances (a-DNA, stable isotopes)
- Bones in context: social bioarchaeology and funerary archaeology
A maximum of 10 participants will be accepted for the course. Preference is given to graduate and advanced students with an interest in archaeological science, bioarchaeology, and funerary archaeology. The course is also ideal for professional archaeologists or museum curators who may occasionally need to work with human remains. This course is not geared toward people with significant experience in human osteology or bioarchaeology. No prior experience in human osteology is required.
Training fee is 400 euros for the entire course. Accommodation is not provided, but we will offer recommendations and assistance to course participants in order to arrange accommodation themselves.The course will take place from May 30 to June 3, 2022. Applications will be submitted no later than March 20, 2022 via the online application form: https://ascsa.submittable.com/submit/213813/introduction-to-bioarchaeology-course-application
Applications will include one paragraph outlining the candidate’s background and why the candidate is interested in participating in the course, a CV, and names and email addresses of two referees. Participants who successfully complete the course of instruction will receive a certificate detailing the content of the course.
For further information or questions, please contact Dr. Ioanna Moutafi (imoutafi@yahoo.gr).—American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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