…or, the catalog formerly known as the Intermediate Area Catalog. From January 12th to 19th, the Pre-Columbian Studies department held […]
Why Archaeology Matters Podcast
Why Archaeology Matters, November 13, 2013 The episode of Indiana Jones: Myth, Reality and 21st Century Archaeology, titled “Why Archaeology […]
Why Archaeology Matters: A Crisis in Federal Funding of Archaeological Research
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Notes from the Cenote
While at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, we saw some very special materials made of […]
Peabody Museum Connections – Costa Rica and Panama
This past week, some members of the Dumbarton Oaks catalog team (Colin, Juan Antonio, and myself) joined leading scholars in […]
Why Research on Mayan Architecture Saves Lives
“With limited funding, we must prioritize. Congress is right to ask why NSF chooses to fund research on Mayan architecture […]
Profiling the “Axe-Gods”
In class, while discussing Olmec art, we took a look at the “Kunz” jadeite axe in the collection of the American […]
Intermediate Area Catalog, Beginnings
Since beginning at Dumbarton Oaks in July, I’ve begun traveling intellectually south from the Maya area and into the Intermediate […]
Frieze!
Spectacular finds from Holmul, my old stomping grounds, via National Geographic. And, just for fun, I dug up an […]
Moche Feathered Shield
Great new find from Lisa Trever and team at Pañamarca, Peru! More at LiveScience.
