Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary
University of Calgary T2N 1N4 Calgary, AB, Canada

Next : Shasta’s Simple Sourdough & Quick-Pickled Onions with Shasta E. Webb (PhD candidate) Date and time: Tuesday Nov 24, 2020. 6 pm. Zoom: Meeting ID: 963 0238 8456, Passcode: 313123... Abstract: Have you ever smelled the alluring aroma of a hot, fresh loaf of sourdough? Have you ever heard the song of sourdoughthe crinkle of the crust cooling after being pulled from a hot oven? Have you ever seen photos of glorious, plump loaves, and wanted to try a big bite? Have you ever paused to ask what sourdough actually is, or wanted to make it yourself? In the broadest sense, a sourdough bread is any bread made using naturally occurring yeast and bacteria, as opposed to commercial active yeast or other rising agents. Sourdough has a long history and global reach. For an evening, we will discuss the origins of sourdough and other fermented foods, talk about sourdough through the ages, and learn the basics of making it. Since the process requires long fermentation times, the live event will go over the steps in condensed time, but will leave you with the skills you need to produce beautiful bread with an interesting evolutionary and cultural history. All you need is salt, water, flour, microorganisms, and patience! Consult the images below for ingredients and instructions. . Please email Chelsea at [email protected] by November 20th to request your starter. Recipes Near and Far,' is a GAASA organized event with AnthArky grad students leading cooking sessions of recipes from the field or their home countries or heritages. A list of ingredients [with alternatives for dietary restrictions] will be provided beforehand so that you can follow along if you so choose. Note: you can still participate without cooking! We will also learn about and discuss cultural contexts and histories of the dishes we create! If you're interested in sharing a cultural dish close to you, email [email protected].

Congratulations to Matt Munro (PhD candidate) and co-authors (M. McCallum, M. Beckmann, S. Nardelli, and G. Baker) for their recent publication highlighting the findings of their 2019 field season in Italy: Excavations at the so-called Villa di Tito, Castel Sant’Angelo (RI), May to June, 2019. Matt is working with a team of researchers from St. Mary’s University and McMaster University, and his supervisor is Dr. Gerald Oetelaar. This publication details the results of their... 2019 field season at the Villa di Tito in central Italy. Last year, the team uncovered more of the villa architecture, including a niche that required immediate structural conservation, they excavated a sealed fill deposit that allowed them to date a major building phase, and they also discovered evidence for post-Roman occupation at the site in the form of Lombard-period structures and a hearth feature radiocarbon dated to between AD 650 to 750. Be sure to check out the publication below for pictures of the 3-D terrain model created with drone photography! http://www.fastionline.org/mod_code/download.php Matt provided a photo of excavation in Room 10 showing the apse and niche, a photo of the pilasters and the cryptoporticus on the south side of the site facing the Lago di Paterno and the Velino Valley, and also a photo from his hike up the Gran Sasso Massif in central Italy. It’s the highest mountain in the Apennines! Cool stuff Matt!

THIS WEDNESDAY ANARKY Talk: Primate Communities in Comparative Macroecological Context by Dr. Lydia Beaudrot, (Department of Biosciences, Rice University). Abstract: Understanding the mechanisms of community assembly, which are the processes that result in a site containing some species and not others, is a fundamental goal of community ecology. How ecological communities are assembled and why they consist of the species that they do are fundamental questions in biology. Dr.... Beaudrot is interested in the processes that shape the structure, or species composition, of biological communities and how community assembly varies across taxonomic groups, ecological systems, and spatial scales. Understanding the drivers of variation across communities informs questions of both ecological theory and conservation, particularly regarding future community composition in the face of rapid anthropogenic change. In this talk, Dr. Beaudrot will address the influences of multiple assembly mechanisms on primate community composition because primates are a key to understanding tropical forests and how they differ among biogeographical regions. Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 12 1pm Via Zoom (meeting ID:966 0119 8221, passcode: 553762) All welcome!

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TODAY - online presentation: " , , ". Dr. Elizabeth Paris (Assistant Professor) will be presenting this talk for the Canadian Latin American Archaeological Society (CLAAS) webinar series with co-authors Dr. Roberto Lopez Bravo (Univ. de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas), and Dr. Gabriel Lalo Jacinto (Inst. Nacional de Antropologia e Historia). Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020... 1 pm Can be viewed on Facebook Live (https://fb.me/e/3PHBrRfHt) ABSTRACT. Archaeological excavations have identified an ancient marketplace at the Maya site of Tenam Puente, one of the most important political capitals on the western Maya frontier. The site’s occupation spans the Late Classic (AD 600-900) and Early Postclassic (AD 900-1250) periods, an era of transition and instability for much of the Maya culture area. Current research on the ancient Maya is identifying evidence of increasing commercialization of the economy during these periods, including institutions such as marketplaces, merchants, and currency use. The Tenam Puente marketplace presents an important opportunity to investigate the development of commerce at the city, as its construction represents a massive renovation of the site’s Main Plaza, and a significant labor investment that occurred relatively late in the site’s occupation. New radiocarbon dates and stratigraphic test excavations provide evidence for the construction of the marketplace itself, as well as several other architectural features in Tenam Puente’s urban core, which included renovations to the site’s principal ballcourt, the filling and resurfacing of the Main Plaza itself. The marketplace also includes features that facilitated the monitoring and policing of the space by political authorities, providing new insights into the investigation of economic surveillance in past societies, which are relevant to similar concerns in modern cities.