WHY STUDY ARCHAEOLOGY & MATERIAL CULTURE?
Archaeology is a science—the scientific study of the human past through material remains—but archaeology is also the art of telling stories about silent remains, not just how they have meaning but also how they have been used and misused in contemporary debates. Essentially, archaeology addresses our unspoken cultural heritage—the stories that are not widely told, deciphering what happened in the past through the sites, objects, and other things humans leave behind. Interdisciplinary by nature, it involves both the practical work of the laborer excavating trenches and the intellectual work of the detective piecing together clues. It also relies upon a number of other disciplines (ranging from Art to Zoology) and relies upon complex methodologies for analyzing and interpreting data.

Howard University Sesquicenennial 1867-2017
FIFTEEN BLACK CLASSICISTS
Spring-Fall 2018
curated by Michele V. Ronnick PhD (Wayne State University)
Center for Hellenic Studies, 3100 Whitehaven Street, NW

organized by Caroline Stark PhD (Classics Department, Howard University) and made possible by a Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS) Leadership Initiative Grant

John Wesley Gilbert (pictured)
Fellow of the American School of Classical Studes at Athens