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october, 2024
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Wolfgang Alders Friday, October 4th, 5:00 - 6:00 PM
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Wolfgang Alders
Friday, October 4th, 5:00 – 6:00 PM
951 Schermerhorn Extension
Join us for an engaging discussion with anthropological archaeologist Wolfgang Alders as he delves into his research.
Abstract
Social Transformation in the Shadow of the Stone Town: The Archaeology of Rural Landscapes in Zanzibar, Tanzania
This talk describes the use of multitemporal satellite data to facilitate archaeological research on ancient rural landscapes within areas of modern rapid peri-urban growth. Results inform an understanding of how rural and non-elite societies shaped sociopolitical and environmental change in Zanzibar, Tanzania over the last millennium, as the urban center of Stone Town developed from a small Swahili port into the wealthiest city in eastern Africa, the hub of a plantation economy, and the capital of the 19th-century empire of Oman. Archaeological data suggest that rural Swahili people on the island incrementally produced landscapes that enabled them to pursue both autonomous and integrative strategies with respect to different sources of power over the course of the second millennium CE. An orientation toward integrative strategies in particular may have shaped the emergence of political systems characterized by competitive patron-client interactions and heterarchical power distributions, even following multiple episodes of colonial consolidation. These political characteristics influenced the long-term trajectories of social transformation in eastern Africa and the emergence of the globalized Indian Ocean world.
Time
(Friday) 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location
Columbia University, 951 Schermerhorn Ext.
17oct6:10 pm- 7:00 pm"The Met: A History of a Museum and Its People" with Jonathan Conlin
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Jonathan Conlin "The Met: A History of a Museum and Its People"
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Jonathan Conlin
“The Met: A History of a Museum and Its People”
Thursday, October 17, 6:10 PM – 7:00 PM
951 Schermerhorn Extension
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photo (c) John Cairns
If you would like to read the first chapter of Professor Conlin’s new book, please contact us at archaeology@columbia.edu. We kindly ask everyone to respect the intellectual property of our speaker’s published manuscript. Please refrain from circulating this chapter without permission from the speaker.
If you missed the registration deadline and wish to attend by Zoom, please contact archaeology@columbia.edu to request the link.
Time
(Thursday) 6:10 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
Columbia University, 951 Schermerhorn Ext.
19oct1:00 pm- 4:00 pmInternational Archaeology Day
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Archaeology Day Saturday, October 19th 1-4 PM Gatehouse Garden, Amsterdam Avenue (between 118th and 119th streets) Please come along!
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Archaeology Day
Saturday, October 19th 1-4 PM
Gatehouse Garden, Amsterdam Avenue (between 118th and 119th streets)
Please come along!
Time
(Saturday) 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST
Location
Gatehouse Garden
118th and Amsterdam Avenue
24oct5:10 pm- 7:00 pmJustin Goldstein: "A Reintroduction to Forensic Anthropology"
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Justin Goldstein (New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner’s Forensic Anthropology Unit)
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Justin Goldstein
(New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner’s Forensic Anthropology Unit)
“A Reintroduction to Forensic Anthropology”
Thursday, October 24, 5:10 PM – 7:00 PM
951 Schermerhorn Extension
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Abstract
Forensic anthropology is a specialized field that utilizes the principles of biological anthropology to analyze skeletal remains in medicolegal settings. This typically includes evaluating forensic significance, estimating biological profile parameters (e.g., biological sex, age, population affinity, stature), interpreting skeletal trauma, assessing pathology and taphonomy, and identifying anatomical anomalies. Although this work is commonly viewed as constrained to death scene response and laboratory analysis, the medicolegal context is in fact expansive and requires a critically engaged, holistic approach that is informed by both theory and practice. Rather than focus on analytical techniques, this presentation will provide an overview of the range of roles forensic anthropologists carry out in a medical examiner’s office, emphasizing the importance of a humanitarian approach. This perspective is crucial not only for daily casework and identification initiatives, but also for effective mass fatality response.
Time
(Thursday) 5:10 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
Columbia University, 951 Schermerhorn Ext.
