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Supporting archaeological research by UC Berkeley scholars #archaeology #archeology #heritage #prehistory #history Our website http://arf.berkeley.edu Upcoming Events Calendar https://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/arf.html

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TODAY! Friday, October 3 exhibit open 12pm - 3pm
🐻 Berkeley on the Map: Exploring our campus history through maps and photography. Earth Sciences & Map Library in McCone Hall.
Brief remarks at 12:30pm
guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=1442...

03.10.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DΓ­Γ­ AgΓ³dzÑÑ (This Happened): The Theodore Roosevelt School Ethnographic Project Indigenous boarding schools are a complex and tragic part of North America’s history. Recent community interest in documenting and sharing these ...

Díí AgódzÑÑ (This Happened): The Theodore Roosevelt School Ethnographic Project
Prof. Nicholas Laluk (Anthropology, UCB)
Oct 1 @ 12:10 PM in ARF, Room 101
This talk will take place in person at the ARF only.
events.berkeley.edu/arf/event/29...

Other events
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30.09.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
ARF Opportunities - Google Groups

π‘΅π’†π’˜ 𝑨𝑹𝑭 π‘΄π’‚π’Šπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ π‘³π’Šπ’”π’•
We've set up a new email list to share information we receive periodically about job openings, research opportunities, or field schools from other universities, organizations, and businesses.
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30.09.2025 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fall 2025 AHMA Colloquium
Friday Sept 26 (Today) at noon (in-person only) Professor Rita Lucarelli is presenting "'When Everything is Human, the Human is an Entirely Different Thing': Animal Powers in the Ancient Egyptian Demonic Imaginary." in Room 254 of the Social Sciences Building.

26.09.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Dynamics of Mycenaean Sacred Space: Insights from the Cult Centre at Mycenae Scholars of the Greek Late Bronze Age Mycenaean religion (ca. 1600-1100 BCE) have long relied on a dichotomous β€œofficial” versus β€œpopular” ...

Today's Lunch Talk is online and in-person
The Dynamics of Mycenaean Sacred Space: Insights from the Cult Centre at Mycenae
events.berkeley.edu/arf/event/30...
Speaker: Elizabeth Keyser, Department of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies
Time: September 24 @ 12:10 PM

24.09.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Archaeological Research Facility - Berkeley UPCOMING EVENTS Tuesday, September 16, 2025 @ 2:00 Pacific Learning in Retirement - New Fragments of Euripides: The Path From an Excavated Tomb to Scholarly Publication Time: Tuesday, September 16,...

Upcoming Events
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15.09.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ARF Affiliated graduate student Leah Packard-Grams' work with the ARF's X-ray fluorescence instrument is featured in the latest issue of Berkeley Science Review.
www.berkeleysciencereview.com/article/2025...

12.09.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are pleased to co-sponsor this lecture series!
Join us on our video channel
bit.ly/arf-channel

11.09.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UPCOMING
From Stone to Clay: Rethinking Maya Art at Tonina
Esther Parpal (Anthro)
Wed Sept 10 at 12pm
events.berkeley.edu/arf/event/30...
Reg bit.ly/ARFtalks-2526

Taking Our Water for the City: Archaeology of New York's Watershed Communities
Thurs, Sept 11, 2025 @ 3
crowcanyon.org/programs/tak...

09.09.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A welcome note from our new ARF Director Kim Shelton
arf.berkeley.edu/news/welcome...

04.09.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2025-04-02 Excavations at el Hibeh 2024 Season (Leah Packard-Grams)
YouTube video by Archaeological Research Facility, UC Berkeley 2025-04-02 Excavations at el Hibeh 2024 Season (Leah Packard-Grams)

Enjoy this presentation by Leah Packard Grams on her recent work in Egypt!
youtu.be/G5-S90Tk04I

27.05.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An interesting new episode on 150+ years of history in the San Antonio neighborhood of Oakland with Mitchell Schwarzer

21.05.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2025-02-12 Greeting the Ostiarius... Doorkeepers' Rooms in the Houses of Pompeii (Cesca LaPasta)
YouTube video by Archaeological Research Facility, UC Berkeley 2025-02-12 Greeting the Ostiarius... Doorkeepers' Rooms in the Houses of Pompeii (Cesca LaPasta)

This ARF lecture is now available online
Greeting the Ostiarius: A Preliminary Exploration of Doorkeepers' Rooms in the Houses of Pompeii (Cesca LaPasta, UC Berkeley)
youtu.be/vhOa9BPgYxc

12.05.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Shanidar Cave Neanderthals Origin Stories Β· Episode

New episode
open.spotify.com/episode/0M88...

01.05.2025 06:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Archaeological Research Facility - Berkeley UPCOMING EVENTS Tuesday, April 29 The reuse of Greek epic tradition in the poetic dedication of Isidoros at Narmouthis Speaker: Prof. Anastasia Maravela, University of Oslo Time: Tuesday, April 29,...

Upcoming events
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28.04.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Archaeological Research Facility - Berkeley UPCOMING EVENTS Wednesday, April 2 ARF LUNCH TALK Excavations at el Hibeh, 2024 Season https://events.berkeley.edu/arf/event/295681-excavations-at-el-hibeh-2024-season Speaker: Leah Packard-Grams,...

Upcoming events
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31.03.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2025-02-19 The Itinerary of a Lead Repair, or: How to Do an Archaeology of Slavery...(Sara Eriksson)
YouTube video by Archaeological Research Facility, UC Berkeley 2025-02-19 The Itinerary of a Lead Repair, or: How to Do an Archaeology of Slavery...(Sara Eriksson)

This recent ARF Lunch talk is now viewable online
The Itinerary of a Lead Repair, or: How to Do an Archaeology of Slavery in Ancient Greece (Sara Eriksson, UC Berkeley & University of Bonn)
youtu.be/IKIfUvVPfcg?...

10.03.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DΓ­Γ­ AgΓ³dzÑÑ (This Happened): The Theodore Roosevelt School Ethnographic Project Indigenous boarding schools are a complex and tragic part of North America’s history. Recent community interest in documenting and sharing these ...

ARF Lunch Talk on Wed. March 12 at noon
Díí AgódzÑÑ (This Happened): The Theodore Roosevelt School Ethnographic Project
Nicholas Laluk (Anthropology, UC Berkeley)
In person at ARF
events.berkeley.edu/arf/event/29...

10.03.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nomadic Hubs: Urban Flourishing in Mobile Pastoral Landscapes Lidar technology has revolutionized archaeology by providing unprecedented insights into landscapes and structures that remain hidden to the naked ...

ARF Lunch Talk
Nomadic Hubs: Urban Flourishing in Mobile Pastoral Landscapes
events.berkeley.edu/arf/event/29...
S. Mehendale, Tang Center for Silk Road Studies, UC Berkeley
Wed March 5 at 12:10 p.m.
Location: In person at the ARF (2251 College Building); there is no remote option for this talk.

03.03.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pomerance Award for Scientific Contributions to Archaeology - Archaeological Institute of America Learn about and apply for the Pomerance Award for Scientific Contributions to Archaeology from Archaeological Institute of America. Find scholarships, fellowships, and grants for excavation, research,...

Congratulations to ARF Faculty Director Christine Hastorf the recipient of the Pomerance Award for Scientific Contributions to Archaeology !
www.archaeological.org/grant/pomera...

26.02.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cultural Resource Management Panel Discussion Please join us to learn about opportunities for archaeologists in cultural resource management (CRM). This event will feature brief presentations, ...

Join us for this Cultural Resource Management Panel Discussion and networking opportunity on Fri March 7 at 3pm
events.berkeley.edu/arf/event/29...

24.02.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Digital Horizons: Embracing Heritage in an Evolving World. CAA 2025. 5-9 May. University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.

Digital Horizons: Embracing Heritage in an Evolving World. CAA 2025. 5-9 May. University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.

The conference program for CAA 2025 in Athens is out!

We look forward to seeing the community for "Session 19: Reusable Digital Research Workflows for Archaeology"🏺

πŸ”Ά CAA Conference Program: buff.ly/3Qwh3t9
πŸ”Ά Read more about our ATRIUM session: buff.ly/4bd5kJs

24.02.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Hidden History of the Hermitage: Revealing the Enslaved Peoples’ Cemetery at Andrew Jackson’s Plantation through GPR Survey The legacy of the enslaved peoples working and living at The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson’s plantation, was previously lost within the overarching n...

ARF LUNCH TALK
The Hidden History of the Hermitage: Revealing the Enslaved Peoples’ Cemetery at Andrew Jackson’s Plantation through GPR Survey
Juliette Lovell (Anthropology)
Wed Feb 26 at 12:10 p.m. Pacific
In person / on Zoom. Link:
bit.ly/ARFtalks-2425

events.berkeley.edu/arf/event/29...

24.02.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Itinerary of a Lead Repair, or: How to Do an Archaeology of Slavery in Ancient Greece How can unfree labor be rendered visible in the archaeological record? How can we do an archaeology of slavery in contexts that offer no unambiguou...

The Itinerary of a Lead Repair, or: How to Do an Archaeology of Slavery in Ancient Greece
Sara Eriksson, UC Berkeley & University of Bonn
Today! Wed Feb 19 at 12:10 p.m. Pacific
Online Only; Register here
bit.ly/ARFtalks-2425

events.berkeley.edu/arf/event/29...

19.02.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What should I do if I find a cool artifact in the US? Spotting artifacts in the U.S. is common, but archaeologists want you to leave them in place.

www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

19.02.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Asta MΓΈnsted, a specialist in prehistoric archaeology, reveals Greenland through the Inuit oral tradition - Berkeley News The UC Berkeley assistant professor prioritizes Indigenous knowledge and narratives, seeking to integrate them with scholarly theories and methods.

ARF Affiliated Faculty Asta MΓΈnsted is featured in this story about archaeology and Greenlandic Inuit oral traditions.
news.berkeley.edu/2025/02/13/a...

19.02.2025 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Managing Wildfires Using A Centuries-Old Indigenous Practice The Karuk Tribe in Northern California has stewarded its home using prescribed burns for millennia. Now, they’re training others on the skill.

A recent episode of the Science Friday podcast focuses on cultural burning with the Karuk tribe.
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/kar...

13.02.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Greeting the Ostiarius: A Preliminary Exploration of Doorkeepers’ Rooms in the Houses of Pompeii Ancient Roman authors regularly discuss the doorkeeper, ostiarius in Latin, typically an enslaved person who was stationed near the front of a hous...

Upcoming Events
Lunch Talk: Greeting the Ostiarius: A Preliminary Exploration of Doorkeepers’ Rooms in the Houses of Pompeii
events.berkeley.edu/arf/event/28...
Cesca LaPasta, DAGRS, UC Berkeley
Wed Feb 12 Noon
ARF or Zoom
Reg bit.ly/ARFtalks-2425

Other events...
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10.02.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
01-29-2025 Black+Archaeology: Being a Member of the Society of Black Archaeologists...(W.A. White)
YouTube video by Archaeological Research Facility, UC Berkeley 01-29-2025 Black+Archaeology: Being a Member of the Society of Black Archaeologists...(W.A. White)

Enjoy this recent talk by Dr. Bill White (Anthropology, UC Berkeley), one of the founding members of the Society of Black Archaeologists.
youtu.be/IPNHBzM5LRI

10.02.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Birds, Reciprocity, and Knowledge Exchange in Northern New Mexico: Zooarchaeology and Oral Histories at Picuris Pueblo Based on oral historical interviews funded in part by the Stahl Fund conducted in August of 2024, this talk explores community and Indigenous value...

Join us at Noon tomorrow for the ARF Lunch Talk!
Wed, Feb 5 at 12:10 pm
Birds, Reciprocity, and Knowledge Exchange in Northern New Mexico: Zooarchaeology and Oral Histories at Picuris Pueblo Melanie Cootsona (Anthropology)
In person at the ARF (no Zoom option).
events.berkeley.edu/arf/event/28...

04.02.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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