Pizza Talk

Wednesday Talk: Social History of Food in Ancient Egypt: Between Humanities and Life Sciences

Abstract: Preservation of organic food remains from Ancient Egypt is an exceptional aspect of the archaeology in this region. The level of preservation of these materials has contributed to the early development of archaeobotany and radiocarbon dating.

Wednesday Talk: Birds in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, 800-1150 CE

Abstract: In the North American Southwest, the long-term centrality of birds to Pueblo and Ancestral Pueblo life has been demonstrated both ethnographically and archaeologically. This talk explores the relationship between people and birds in Chaco Canyon during its major occupation between 800 and 1150 CE.

Wednesday Talks: Evaluating the Role of Maize During Socio-Political Transformations at Formative Tres Zapotes

Abstract: Tres Zapotes is an important site in the broader discussion of Olmec cultural continuity and formative period political economy with an archaeological record that spans the two millennia between 1000 B.C. and A.D. 1000.