FAST Lecture | Updates from IPAMAA Students
Erica Venturo, Laurel Fricker, and Lauren Alberti, IPAMAA
FAST is kicking off the semester with presentations from three IPAMAA graduate students: Erica Venturo, Laurel Fricker, and Lauren Alberti. Light refreshments will be provided at 5:30 PM, with the talk to begin at 6:00 PM.
Erica is a fourth-year PhD candidate in IPAMAA who studies wine, pottery production and reuse, and trade within the economy of the Roman world. This summer, Erica participated in several field projects in Italy and Greece, including Tulane University’s I.14 Project in Pompeii. Region I Insula (city block) 14 is located on the southeastern side of Pompeii, just inside the Porta Nocera. Tulane’s I.14 Project aims to address questions surrounding domestic economic activity and infrastructure. As part of the team, Erica analyzed some of the ceramic material excavated from the past two seasons, including a series of vessels that were essential to the commercial activity that occurred within this space.
Laurel Fricker is a PhD candidate in IPAMAA, writing her dissertation on the experiences that children had growing up in ancient Greek houses. As a long-time team member of the Olynthos Project, a field project centered on the classical city of Olynthos in northern Greece, she has been tasked with publishing the loom weights from the excavations and field survey. This summer, she visited the Archaeological Museum of Polygyros in Greece and participated in a study season at Olynthos to help move toward the publication of these artifacts.
Lauren Alberti is a graduate student in IPAMAA with interests in prehistoric cult practices in the Aegean. She has completed a fourth year assisting Professor Natalie Abell and her team on a project that explores the metallurgical traditions of Ayia Irini, a Bronze Age settlement on the island of Kea in Greece. For this talk, Lauren will highlight how the team looks for evidence of metallurgy as well as what the team accomplished this past season.
FAST (Field Archaeology Series on Thursday) Lectures are free and open to the public. This event will take place in Room 125 of the Kelsey Museum’s Newberry Hall.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
Erica is a fourth-year PhD candidate in IPAMAA who studies wine, pottery production and reuse, and trade within the economy of the Roman world. This summer, Erica participated in several field projects in Italy and Greece, including Tulane University’s I.14 Project in Pompeii. Region I Insula (city block) 14 is located on the southeastern side of Pompeii, just inside the Porta Nocera. Tulane’s I.14 Project aims to address questions surrounding domestic economic activity and infrastructure. As part of the team, Erica analyzed some of the ceramic material excavated from the past two seasons, including a series of vessels that were essential to the commercial activity that occurred within this space.
Laurel Fricker is a PhD candidate in IPAMAA, writing her dissertation on the experiences that children had growing up in ancient Greek houses. As a long-time team member of the Olynthos Project, a field project centered on the classical city of Olynthos in northern Greece, she has been tasked with publishing the loom weights from the excavations and field survey. This summer, she visited the Archaeological Museum of Polygyros in Greece and participated in a study season at Olynthos to help move toward the publication of these artifacts.
Lauren Alberti is a graduate student in IPAMAA with interests in prehistoric cult practices in the Aegean. She has completed a fourth year assisting Professor Natalie Abell and her team on a project that explores the metallurgical traditions of Ayia Irini, a Bronze Age settlement on the island of Kea in Greece. For this talk, Lauren will highlight how the team looks for evidence of metallurgy as well as what the team accomplished this past season.
FAST (Field Archaeology Series on Thursday) Lectures are free and open to the public. This event will take place in Room 125 of the Kelsey Museum’s Newberry Hall.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
| Building: | Kelsey Museum of Archaeology |
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| Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
| Tags: | Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Archaeology, excavation, Food, Free, Graduate Students, Lecture, Mediterranean |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Interdepartmental Program in Ancient Mediterranean Art and Archaeology, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Lectures, Archaeology at Michigan |
