Columbia Center for Archaeology
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The Columbia Center for Archaeology is designed to bring together those interested in the archaeological study of the past, materiality and the modern world, and heritage and museum studies, among other topics. We foster collaboration in teaching and research between the many archaeological researchers based in different departments and schools at Columbia and Barnard. We also arrange lectures, workshops, and other events, many of which are open to the public. More information on the Center’s history, aims and facilities.
Fall newsletter and holiday good wishes
Now out: Recommended courses for Spring 2023
List of courses for archaeology majors and concentrators (PDF)Fall Newsletter 2022
“Facing The Mannequin” – Digital Companion to the Museum Anthropology MA exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History
Dive into the unique backstories behind some of the mannequins still used in the dioramas in the Gardner D. Stout Hall of Asian Peoples, which opened in 1980 at the American Museum of Natural History. Find out how the dioramas were designed, the lifecasting process used to make mannequins and some of the problems they present. Plus much more at the link above.
Congratulations to our graduates!
Congratulations to the class of 2022! Celebrating our students’ achievements, especially those graduates in archaeology through the Center for Archaeology’s interdepartmental program James Rice (GS Archaeology) Elliot Zayas (CC Archaeology concentration) Sara Reed...Upcoming Events
march 2024
20mar2:10 am- 4:00 amFranz Boas Seminars: Dr.Anna Agbe-Davies
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March 20th, 2024: Dr.Anna Agbe-Davies, UNC Chapel Hill Title: TBA
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Time
(Wednesday) 2:10 am - 4:00 am
Location
Columbia University, 963 Schermerhorn Ext
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Department of Anthropology BOAS Seminars
21mar6:30 pm- 7:00 pm"Analogue Sites" with preservation architect Jorge Otero-Pailos
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A rendering of Biosignature Preservation on Park Avenue, a sculpture by Jorge Otero-Pailos which will be part of the Analogue Sites exhibition on Park Avenue. © Otero-Pailos Studio | Artists Rights Society ARS.
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 6:30 PM
Analogue Sites
Lenfest Center for the Arts
Artist and preservation architect Jorge Otero-Pailos, GSAPP, presents Analogue Sites, a public sculpture exhibition coming to Manhattan’s Park Avenue this spring. Wrought from the fence that protected the former U.S. Embassy in Oslo—a Saarinen-designed landmark—the sculptures raise awareness about the role of American modern art and architecture in cultural diplomacy and advocate for the preservation of these mid-century embassies. Response by visual artist and Chair of the School of the Arts Visual Arts Program, Matthew Buckingham.
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Relocated to New York, the sculptures will be in dialogue with other mid-century icons and international institutions, bringing to light the role of Park Avenue as an art and architectural laboratory of inter-cultural exchange. A related and limited-edition artist’s book of prints, Treaties on De-Fences, further intertwines the curves of the sculptures with the lines of diplomatic treaties from which the sculptures derive their names.
Co-presented by the Barnard + Columbia Colleges Architecture Department; the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, School of International and Public Affairs; and the School of the Arts Visual Arts Program.
Visit the School of the Arts website for the full season of events.
Time
(Thursday) 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
Lenfest Center for the Arts
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Columbia University School of the Arts
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Alaya Palamidis Université de Toulouse Divine Names in the Greek and West-Semitic World: The MAP Project. With a Case Study from Imbros Friday, March 22 11:00
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Alaya Palamidis
Université de Toulouse
Divine Names in the Greek and West-Semitic World: The MAP Project. With a Case Study from Imbros
Friday, March 22
11:00 am
The Italian Academy, 5th-floor seminar room
Abstract
Since 2017, the team of the Mapping Ancient Polytheisms (MAP) project led by Corinne Bonnet in Toulouse has been studying the names of the gods in the ancient Greek and West-Semitic world. Divine names provide unique insights into the representation of the divine by the ancient populations of the Mediterranean and into their communication strategies. Therefore, one of the main objectives of the MAP project was the creation of a database gathering all Greek and West-Semitic inscriptions containing divine names. The database is accessible online and almost 20 000 inscriptions have been registered so far. After a general presentation of the project and its database, a case study from Imbros will illustrate how the study of divine names can cast new light on some well-known inscriptions.
This is a hybrid event. Please fill out this form if you wish to participate remotely (a Zoom link will be circulated on the morning of the event): https://forms.gle/3uBaBxd1WH5QiDPb9
Time
(Friday) 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location
5th Floor Seminar Room, Italian Academy for Advanced Study
1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10027
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Events hosted by the Tang Center are announced on the "events" section of the Center's website. Members are welcome to log in to the website to
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Events hosted by the Tang Center are announced on the “events” section of the Center’s website. Members are welcome to log in to the website to access “forum” page for events comments.
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Time
(Friday) 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
403 Kent Hall
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Tang Center for Early China
22mar12:00 pm- 1:00 pmArchaeology Open House - Friday, March 22, 2024, 12 - 1 pm
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Archaeology Open House Friday, March 22, from 12 to 1 pm Room 954 Schermerhorn Extension If you're interested in pursuing archaeology, join us at the
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Archaeology Open House
Friday, March 22, from 12 to 1 pm
Room 954 Schermerhorn Extension
If you’re interested in pursuing archaeology, join us at the Center for Archaeology’s open house to learn about the opportunities available at Columbia.
Light refreshments will be provided.
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(Friday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
Columbia University, 954 SCHERMERHORN EXTENSION
28mar12:00 pm- 1:00 pmSeminars on the Ancient Near East: Rana Özbal
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Rana Özbal Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey “Milking, Manure and Meadows: Isotopic Results from Neolithic Barcın Höyük” March 28, 2024 (Thursday) 12:00 pm-1:00 pm EDT
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Rana Özbal
Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
“Milking, Manure and Meadows: Isotopic Results from Neolithic Barcın Höyük”
March 28, 2024 (Thursday) 12:00 pm-1:00 pm EDT (Zoom)
You can find an abstract of Rana Özbal’s talk on the Seminars on the Ancient Near East’s website, together with further information on this event and on the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Columbia Seminars on the Ancient Near East series.
The event will take place by Zoom: to receive the Zoom link please rsvp to the following seminar link to request access to the upcoming meeting; if the link doesn’t work, cut and paste it onto your browser: https://forms.gle/CtEG3aNU45Vdi48c7
For any questions feel free to get in touch with Allan S. Gilbert at gilbert@fordham.edu.
The seminar rapporteurs, Kutay Sen and Jeiran Jahani (ss5879@columbia.edu, jeiran.jahani@columbia.edu) will send a Zoom link to all email addresses on the RSVP list the day before the meeting so that you can log in.
Time
(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
Zoom meeting
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The Columbia University Seminars on the Ancient Near East
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Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Local Administrative Centers and their Transitions during the Warring States and Qin-Han Period” Speaker:
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Early China Seminar Lecture Series
Title: “Local Administrative Centers and their Transitions during the Warring States and Qin-Han Period”
Speaker: Tao Guo, Columbia University / Central China Normal University (China)
Time: March 29, 2024 (4:30-6:30 PM EST)
Venue: Faculty House
*Please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for room information.
The Warring States and Qin-Han period marked the establishment of the county and commandery system, during which the local administrative centers gradually shifted from counties to commanderies, moving from decentralization to centralization. This talk will examine the changes in the relationship between the central and local authorities and within the regional administration during different stages from the Warring States to the early Han dynasty. It will reveal the time points and political mechanisms behind the formation of phenomena such as the dominance of commanderies, the concentration of power to the county court, the division of county magistrates and prefects, and the allocating of specific duties to officials during the Han dynasty.
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(Friday) 4:30 am - 6:30 am
Location
Columbia University Faculty House
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april 2024
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Kevin W. Schlottmann Head of Archives Processing, Columbia Rare Books and Manuscripts Library Hunt, Beynon, and Boas: Stewardship of Ethnographic Manuscripts at the Rare Book and
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Kevin W. Schlottmann
Head of Archives Processing, Columbia Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
Hunt, Beynon, and Boas: Stewardship of Ethnographic Manuscripts at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Friday April 5th, 4:10 pm
Room 951 Schermerhorn Ext
This event will be livestreamed. Please register at the following link:
https://forms.gle/gg3Ta8hoszCL6qA19
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(Friday) 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
Location
Columbia University, 951 Schermerhorn Ext.
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Roundtable New Reports from Sardinia’s UNESCO Site: Nuragic Culture in Barumini Tuesday, April 9, 4PM
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Roundtable
New Reports from Sardinia’s UNESCO Site: Nuragic Culture in Barumini
Tuesday, April 9, 4PM
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The best-known example of a nuraghe—the unique type of Bronze Age defensive complex—is found at Barumini in Sardinia. UNESCO inscribed this archaeological site, “Su Nuraxi,” on its list of World Heritage Sites in 1997, in recognition of its “outstanding universal value.” Expert researchers will gather for a roundtable talk about the long history and the recent discoveries at Barumini. The event will conclude with the opening of a linked photographic exhibition in our gallery.
Organizers:
Barbara Faedda, Italian Academy, Columbia University, and Paolo Carta, University of Trento
Speakers:
Anna Depalmas, University of Sassari
Giovanna Fundoni, University of Sassari
Emily Holt, Cardiff University
Luca Lai, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Caterina Lilliu, Barumini Foundation
Moderator:
Steven Ellis, University of Cincinnati
Co-sponsors:
The Autonomous Region of Sardinia with the collaboration of the Mont’e Prama Foundation and the Barumini Foundation
These initiatives are part of the Italian Academy’s Sardinia Cultural Heritage Project which includes a book from Columbia University Press, digital exhibitions and gallery exhibitions, and other conferences. In a related initiative, the Academy facilitated the loan of a 3000-year-old statue from Mont’e Prama to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This project is under the umbrella of the Academy’s International Observatory for Cultural Heritage.
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(Tuesday) 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America
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Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Remembrance in Clay and Stone: Early Memorial and Funerary Art of Southwest China” Speaker:
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Early China Seminar Lecture Series
Title: “Remembrance in Clay and Stone: Early Memorial and Funerary Art of Southwest China”
Speaker: Hajni Elias, University of Cambridge
Time: April 19, 2024 (4:30-6:30 PM EST)
Venue: Faculty House
*Please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for room information.
This talk, based on my manuscript of the same title, examines the artistic tradition of Southwest China in the Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 C.E.), with a focus on the geographical area of present-day Sichuan province. The ‘ancient art of Sichuan’ exhibits notable differences from the artistic traditions in other parts of the Han Empire. Pictorial brick tiles, decorated stone sarcophagi and memorial stelae are introduced in the talk to highlight some of the socio-economic, political and cultural influences that illustrate how the Southwest, which, far from being a ‘barbarian’ uncivilized border region as early historiography largely suggests, had a distinct, vibrant and sophisticated regional heritage visibly reflected in its art.
Time
(Friday) 4:30 am - 6:30 am
Location
Columbia University Faculty House
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may 2024
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