Christmas in August at Penn Museum! August 9, 2017 796 0 During his visit to the Penn Museum last month, Cyler Conrad opened some boxes that had been sent to Joyce White by Miriam Stark some years ago with materials from Chet Gorman’s work in northwest Thailand. Bags from “Site 19” aka Spirit Cave were found! Could be the long missing collection, or parts of it!…
Repatriation News! March 22, 2017 852 0 The Department of Anthropology of the University of Hawai´i at Mānoa reports that the collection of Ban Chiang human remains excavated by the Penn Museum and the Fine Arts Department of Thailand have been shipped back to their home in Thailand. Congratulate Mark Oxley, Mike Pietrusewsky, and Miriam Stark for their efforts in making this
Report from the Field: Survey in northern Laos March 22, 2017 829 0 While Philadelphia and much of the rest of the world was celebrating the holiday season, the Middle Mekong Archaeological Project (MMAP) was conducting site survey in northern Laos. We collected data in the Ou River Basin as part of our study region in Luang Prabang Province. See more photos with captions of the 2016 MMAP
ISEAA research at the Society for American Archaeology Vancouver meeting March 22, 2017 912 0 Two papers present ISEAA research at the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) meeting in Vancouver March 30-April 2. Joyce White (with co-author Elizabeth Hamilton) is presenting “Applying a Life History Framework to Analyzing the Ban Chiang Metals Assemblage” 8 AM Saturday April 1. Fabian Toro (with co-authors Chantel White and Joyce White) is presenting “Developing a Legacy Collection of Traditional Rice
A post by visiting scholar, Cyler Conrad March 22, 2017 826 0 Hi all, This week I’m visiting Joyce White and the Ban Chiang archives at ISEAA and the Penn Museum. I am researching for my PhD Chester Gorman’s excavations in the 1960s and 1970s at Spirit Cave, Steep Cliff Cave, and Banyan Valley Cave in northwest Thailand! At the moment I am working with the digitized
ISEAA 2016 Appeal November 22, 2016 851 0 The Institute for Southeast Asian Archaeology (ISEAA) has had an amazing third year! Going on now is the ISEAA annual appeal to support our activities, including (1) the publication of the Ban Chiang metals monograph (now in peer review), (2) bibliographic enhancements, (3) developing our image database, and more. Please make your secure tax-deductible contribution online
Award for Expert Witness Work November 2, 2016 801 0 Dr. Joyce White, Consulting Scholar and archaeologist at the University of Pennsylvania Museum and Executive Director of ISEAA, was honored for her work as an Expert Witness in the US Justice Department’s Operation Antiquity. The award was bestowed at the Fifteenth Annual Law Enforcement Award ceremony of the United States Attorney’s Office Central District of
2016 ISEAA Early Career Award September 13, 2016 860 0 Announcement: The Institute for Southeast Asian Archaeology announces the second round of the biannual award of $1000 for early career Southeast Asian archaeologists. ISEAA Early Career Award Committee Charge: The committee solicits nominations and selects recipients for the Early Career Award in Southeast Asian Archaeology. The committee selects a single peer-reviewed article or chapter published within
Metals Monograph handed in for peer review! September 13, 2016 763 0 On Wednesday September 7, 2016, the Ban Chiang Gang handed in the manuscript for the next Ban Chiang monograph to Museum Publications for the next step: peer review. The volume entitled Ban Chiang, a Prehistoric Village Site in Northeast Thailand II: The Metal Remains in Regional Context has been in the works for a very
“Hot Pots” talk at the Smithsonian in October! August 2, 2016 783 0 Hot Pots, Museum Raids, and the Race To Uncover Asia’s Archaeological Past Thursday, October 6, 2016 6:45pm to 8:45pm S. Dillon Ripley Center 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW Washington, DC Metro: Smithsonian (Mall exit) Fifty years ago, a Harvard undergraduate, Stephen Young, son of the former U.S. ambassador to Thailand, tripped over the roots of a kapok
The International Conference on The 5 decades of Ban Chiang’s Discovery May 18, 2016 782 0 The Fine Arts Department of Thailand with the Provincial Government of Udon Thani are hosting an international conference on Ban Chiang May 26-28, 2016 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the site. For the schedule of speakers, click here. Presenters range from the Minister of Culture, the co-director of the Penn/FAD excavations
