Archaeology

Most recent public lectures are video-recorded. Click the title for the speaker name, a full description of the talk, and a transcript.

Video: Modern Humans’ Earliest Artwork and Music: New European Discoveries

See also: Public Lectures, Archaeology, Hallam L. Movius, Jr. Lecture, Europe

The earliest evidence of artwork made by modern humans, Aurignacian art... Read more about Video: Modern Humans’ Earliest Artwork and Music: New European Discoveries

Audio: Four Thousand Years Ago in Coastal Peru: America's First Civilization

Could the ancient city of Caral in Peru be the oldest city in the Western Hemisphere?

Four Thousand Years Ago in Coastal Peru: America's First Civilization?

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Ocarinas of the Americas: Music Made in Clay

Video-Rethinking Maya Heritage: Past and Present

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Video: All the World Is Here: Anthropology on Display at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair

See also: Public Lectures, History, Museums, North America

The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the first American fair to feature anthropology.... Read more about Video: All the World Is Here: Anthropology on Display at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair

Video: Anxieties about Race in Egyptology and Egyptomania, 1890–1960

See also: Public Lectures, Archaeology, Race, Representation & Museums, Africa, Europe, North America

Despite ideals of scientific and scholarly objectivity, both Egyptologists... Read more about Video: Anxieties about Race in Egyptology and Egyptomania, 1890–1960

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