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Archaeological Research Center
Professor Thomas Stoellner Ruhr-University Bochum The Beginnings of Social Inequality: The World’s Earliest Gold Mine
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe rise of social inequality in early societies has been a matter of long-standing debate in archaeology. Often archaeologists explicitly focus on long-distance networks and the accumulation of wealth as driving factors, and the consumption of precious metals plays a prominent role in this discussion. However, seldom are the interwoven roles of producers and the […]
Modeling Culture: 3D Archaeology and the Future of the Past
McHenry Library UCSC, Room 4286Organizers: Elaine Sullivan, UC Santa Cruz J. Cameron Monroe, UC Santa Cruz Conference Theme: The past decade has witnessed a dramatic surge in the availability and use of digital technologies in Archaeology, where the increasing power and declining cost of computing technology has transformed the way we think about collecting, analyzing, and presenting archaeological […]
Mireille Lee “The Archaeology of Ancient Greek Dress”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe UCSC Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and The UCSC Archaeological Research Center present: Archaeology provides important evidence for ancient Greek dress, which was essential to the construction of social identities. Although no complete garments survive, preserved fragments of silk and embroideries indicate the elite status of the wearer. Jewelry, dress fasteners, toilet […]
Critical Conversations in Cultural Heritage
University Center, UCSC College Nine and College Ten, Santa Cruz, CA, United States3rd Annual Research Conference Free and Open to the Public Advance Registration Required Appeals to "heritage" have become increasingly common and visible in recent decades. Whether within the realms of the promotion and re-creation of history, claims to sovereignty, protection of landscapes and climate, or economic development, connection to the past is often utilized as […]
Emerging Ecologies: Arcaeologies of Slavery, Landscape, and Environmental Change
University Center University Center University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Atlantic Era was a period of intense commercial integration linking key economic players in Western Europe, the Americas, the Indian Ocean littorals, and West and Central Africa. The period was marked by dramatic increases in the volume of commerce at both the regional and global levels, radically transforming the societies and environments of […]