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Nov. 14 AIA Fall speaker: Akin Ogundiran
June 5, 2024
Professor Ogundiran's research focuses on issues of empire, urbanism, class, gender, household formation, and landscape history over the past 2500 years in the Yoruba World (West Africa) and the Black Atlantic.
20,000 Leagues Under the Wine-Dark Sea : Bronze Age archaeology
September 1, 2023
Join as we take a deep dive into Bronze Age Mediterranean society with Professor Emily Egan (University of Maryland)!
13th Annual Paleo-Olympics! Coming up on September 22!
July 5, 2023
Join us for the 13th Annual Paleo-Olympics! The Paleo-Olympics is an annual event that brings the university community together for games, demos, and other activities. Join in and play actual ancient games!
Coming up on April 6! Archaeology of Cheese!
September 28, 2021
Dr. Peter Bogucki will discuss the archaeological evidence for the origins of cheese-making and the implications of this for our understanding of prehistoric cultures. It�s an interesting story of the interplay between cultural innovation and genetics.
Coming up on Nov 11! Medieval Ireland
November 6, 2020
Join us for "Ireland before the Saints and Scholars: Excavations at the Iron Age Site of Dún Ailinne"! Pamela Crabtree, Professor of Anthropology at New York University, will be speaking with us about mysterious Iron Age / Early Medieval Ireland.
Archaeology on Cyprus
October 20, 2020
Join in on Oct 22 for a lecture by Nick Kardulias, on recent archaeological work on Cyprus: �Tracing the Role of Marginal Regions in the Ancient Mediterranean: The Archaeology of the Malloura Valley in Central Cyprus.�
Coming up on Oct. 14! Archaeologists Making Waves!
October 8, 2019
Lightning-Round presentations by GVSU archaeologists, about current research involving water.
11th Annual Paleo-Olympics!
May 8, 2019
The Paleo-Olympics is an annual event that brings together everyone in the Grand Valley community with an interest in archaeology, history, or any aspect of the past. Everyone is welcome to join us -- have fun learning something new!
Coming up on Nov 8: Ceramics, Cuisine, and Climate at the Cloudman Site
November 7, 2018
New research focused on pottery from the Cloudman site, and multicomponent site located on Drummond Island in Lake Huron enhances prior understandings of lifeways in the Upper Great Lakes during the Woodland period.
We Dig It! Excavation Experiences -- The Real Dirt!
October 19, 2018
Hear fellow students talk about their excavation experiences! Coming up on Friday, October 19!