We are happy to welcome Kali Wade as the newest member of the EA Lab and our new Laboratory Manager. Kali holds an MSc in Archaeology from the University of Edinburgh and has previous experience in Near Eastern archaeology and paleoethnobotany through phytolith analysis. Kali will facilitate ongoing research in the lab in addition to […]
An article by Marston “Unlocking Ancient Environmental Change with the Help of Living Trees” appeared recently in Arnoldia, the magazine of the Arnold Arboretum. In the article, Marston explains archaeological applications of wood charcoal analysis, as well as the ongoing partnership between the Arnold Arboretum and the Environmental Archaeology Laboratory, and highlights the role this partnership plays […]
BU Today has an article on the BU Marine Program course “Scientific Diving”, which lab volunteer Mollie Yacano recently completed. Read about her adventures in cold, murky waters and her harrowing tale of surviving a crab attack here.
Kay Ueda, who completed her Ph.D. in Archaeology at BU in 2015, is now Curator of the Japanese Diaspora Initiative at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Congratulations Kay!
Kathleen Forste was one of 10 students selected to receive ASOR’s student conference travel grant to attend the 2016 annual meeting in San Antonio, TX! She is co-author on a presentation with Professoss Mac Marston of Boston University and Deirdre Fulton of Baylor University. Their talk is titled “The Animal and Plant Economies at Islamic […]
Professor John M. Marston and Kathleen Forste will be presenting a paper will Professor Deirdre Fulton of Baylor University at the ASOR 2016 Annual meeting in San Antonio, TX. They will present their recent analysis of plant and animal economy at Ashkelon during the Crusader era.
John Marston and Kathleen Forste are part of the Ashkelon excavation team, who for the last three years have quietly excavated the first Philistine cemetery every discovered. Read about it in detail on the Harvard Gazette, in shorter pieces in the New York Times and National Geographic, or other news venues worldwide (all linked on the Ashkelon […]
A new article by Marston and Scott Branting, director of the Kerkenes archaeological project, has been recently published in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. The article can be downloaded for free until August 26, 2016, using this link.
Kathleen Forste received the ASOR Heritage Excavation Fellowship for her research in Israel this summer! She is investigating agricultural practices and plant-use in the Levant during the Early Islamic era (c. 640-1099 CE). Information about the fellowship is available here.