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Spring 2026 Archaeology Lecture Series
Spring 2026 Archaeology Lecture Series
March 2 Bryn Mawr Archaeology Lecture Series: Tia Sager (University of Toronto), "The Poetics and Politics of Space in Late Bronze Age Crete (LM II- LM IIIC)"
March 2 Bryn Mawr Archaeology Lecture Series: Tia Sager (University of Toronto), "The Poetics and Politics of Space in Late Bronze Age Crete (LM II- LM IIIC)"
March 16 Bryn Mawr Archaeology Lecture Series: Emily Smith-Sangster (Princeton, BMC), "Decentering Thebes: Material Expressions of Local Identity and Power in Early New Kingdom Abydos"
March 16 Bryn Mawr Archaeology Lecture Series: Emily Smith-Sangster (Princeton, BMC), "Decentering Thebes: Material Expressions of Local Identity and Power in Early New Kingdom Abydos"
March 23 Bryn Mawr Archaeology Lecture Series: Amanda Ball (Institute for the Study of the Ancient World), “Ash and Memory in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace"
March 23 Bryn Mawr Archaeology Lecture Series: Amanda Ball (Institute for the Study of the Ancient World), “Ash and Memory in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace"
March 30 Bryn Mawr Archaeology Lecture Series: Bice Peruzzi (Rutgers University), "Failure and Experimentation at the Potters Quarter: Evidence of 6th century pottery production at Corinth"
March 30 Bryn Mawr Archaeology Lecture Series: Bice Peruzzi (Rutgers University), "Failure and Experimentation at the Potters Quarter: Evidence of 6th century pottery production at Corinth"
Material from the Potters’ Quarter at Corinth reveals that experimentation was a regular part of the Middle Corinthian pottery industry (6th century BCE), despite the fairly uniform appearance of the finished pots famous for their large-scale distribution throughout the Archaic Mediterranean. However, to date, analyses of ceramic finds from the Potters’ Quarter have focused mainly on their formal and stylistic classification, leaving this rich source of information about ancient pottery manufacture relatively untapped. Our ongoing project examines and documents the Potters’ Quarter’s try-pieces ceramic wasters, misfires, and other vestiges of the production. Ceramic debris from the Potters’ Quarter offers glimpses into workshop procedures and the decisions potters made in response to the vicissitudes of their craft and conditions at each step, including preparing raw materials, potting, decoration, kiln construction, and firing.
Archaeology Department Website
Archaeology Department Website
TriArte: online database of art and artifacts from Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore
TriArte: online database of art and artifacts from Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore
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