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“Religious Ritual On Board the Greco-Roman Ship”

02 Tuesday Nov 2021

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On Thursday, November 11 at 6 pm, Dr. Carrie Atkins (University of Toronto, Mississauga) will present a webinar lecture entitled “Religious Ritual On Board the Greco-Roman Ship.” Please join us!

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Abstract: For Greco-Roman sailors or passengers aboard a ship, aspects of daily life occurred within a ship’s physical boundaries while at sea. These activities were related not only to sailing and trading, but also to eating, sleeping, and performing rituals. The material remnants of these ritual activities have been little studied, yet represent key evidence in understanding the impact of mobility on ritual practices aboard the Greco-Roman ship. In this lecture, I discuss archaeological evidence for potential ritual objects from shipwrecks in the Mediterranean alongside textual and iconographic depictions of these rituals. Not all ritual objects found in shipwrecks provide evidence for shipboard ritual but instead were likely transported as cargo. For some multifunctional objects that had a potential use both in religious ritual or for general activities, I suggest these objects could construct temporary sacred spaces aboard the ship when employed at poignant times in the voyage. These rituals, however, were not prescriptive nor ubiquitous but instead were chosen by individuals, shaped by cross-cultural connectivity and mobility.

“The Tektaş Burnu Shipwreck: Shedding New Light on Classical Ionia”

05 Friday Apr 2019

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On Thursday, April 18 at 6 pm in Jepson Hall room 118 at the University of Richmond, Deborah Carlson (Associate Professor of Nautical Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology at Texas A&M University, and President, Institute of Nautical Archaeology) will present “The Tektaş Burnu Shipwreck: Shedding New Light on Classical Ionia.” As the only 5th-century B.C. shipwreck ever to be fully excavated in Aegean waters, the Tektaş Burnu ship sheds important light on local trade networks at a time when Ionia was thought to be mired in an “economic paralysis” brought on by the high cost of Athenian imperialism in the decades following the Ionian Revolt of 499 B.C.

Co-sponsored by the Richmond Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the UR Department of Classical Studies, the lecture will be free and open to the public.

“Recent Underwater Discoveries in Israel”

06 Friday Apr 2018

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Our last regular lecture of the academic year will be held on Thursday, April 12 at 6 pm. Bridget Buxton (Associate Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island) will present “Recent Underwater Discoveries in Israel.” Members may remember that Bridget gave a fascinating lecture to our society just two years ago on the ‘big ships’ of the Hellenistic era. This time she will be sharing some exciting discoveries made since 2016. Sponsored by the Richmond Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the University of Richmond Department of Classical Studies, the lecture is free and open to the public.

The lecture will be held on the campus of the University of Richmond in Jepson Hall, Room 118. For directions and parking information, click here. Jepson Hall is #17 on the campus map. Visitor parking is available after 5 pm in all lots. For Google Map or GPS directions, use 37.578540, -77.537278.

“The Monitor Excavations”

23 Friday Feb 2018

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On Thursday, March 8 at 6 pm, Tane Casserley (Research Coordinator with the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary and Diving Officer for the National Ocean Service) will present “The Monitor Excavations.” He will share his firsthand experiences excavating and studying the remains of the USS Monitor, the Civil War Ironclad that sank off the coast of North Carolina in 1862. Sponsored by the Richmond Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the University of Richmond Department of Classical Studies, the lecture is free and open to the public.

The lecture will be held on the campus of the University of Richmond in Jepson Hall, Room 118. For directions and parking information, click here. Jepson Hall is #17 on the campus map. Visitor parking is available after 5 pm in all lots. For Google Map or GPS directions, use 37.578540, -77.537278.

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Archaeology Day 2017, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Archaeology Day 2017, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Archaeology Day 2017, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Diggin' RVA: Archaeology Day at the Science Museum of Virginia, Oct. 2016
Diggin’ RVA: Archaeology Day at the Science Museum of Virginia, Oct. 2016
Diggin’ RVA: Bernard Means (Virtual Curation Laboratory, Virginia Commonwealth University) demonstrates 3D scanning
Diggin’ RVA: Bernard Means (Virtual Curation Laboratory, Virginia Commonwealth University) demonstrates 3D scanning
Diggin’ RVA: Map a Shipwreck! activity provided by NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
Diggin’ RVA: Map a Shipwreck! activity provided by NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
Diggin’ RVA: Katelyn Coughlan (Monticello Archaeology) explains how we can date ceramics
Diggin’ RVA: Katelyn Coughlan (Monticello Archaeology) explains how we can date ceramics
Diggin’ RVA: David Brown (Fairfield Foundation) presents “Public Archaeology in Virginia” (photo: Ellen Chapman)
Diggin’ RVA: David Brown (Fairfield Foundation) presents “Public Archaeology in Virginia” (photo: Ellen Chapman)
Diggin’ RVA: Joseph Jones (College of William and Mary) explaining skeletal analysis (photo: Ellen Chapman)
Diggin’ RVA: Joseph Jones (College of William and Mary) explaining skeletal analysis (photo: Ellen Chapman)
Diggin' RVA: stratigraphy activity
Diggin’ RVA: stratigraphy activity
Fotini Kondyli begins a fascinating lecture on Byzantine Athens, at the spring banquet in memory of Gertrude Howland, May 18, 2017
Fotini Kondyli begins a fascinating lecture on Byzantine Athens, at the spring banquet in memory of Gertrude Howland, May 18, 2017

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