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Thursday, April 3, 2014
Squeaky Wheel: Exhibition Opening
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Buffalo History Museum: Lecture
Wednesday, April 9th, 2014
* AIA Kress Lecture *
"They Died With Their Boots On: The Roman Hobnail
Burials at Gordion (Turkey)"
Andrew Goldman, Gonzaga University
Where: Buffalo History Museum
When: Wednesday April 9th
at 6:30 p.m.
Directions: http://www.buffalohistory.org/
Co-Sponsored by IEM
Abstract:
Burial practices tend to vary widely between disparate
cultures, and this is perhaps nowhere more evident than at the site of Gordion,
located in central Turkey approximately 95 km. southwest of modern Ankara.
Situated at the confluence of two rivers and at the nexus of several ancient
trade routes, Gordion was occupied almost continuously from the Early Bronze
Age to Medieval times. Among the wide variety of burial types are Hittite
pithos burials, the great tumuli of the Phrygian kings and nobles, simple
Lydian and Persian inhumations, Hellenistic chamber tombs, wooden coffins of
the Roman period, and Byzantine cist graves. Three Roman cemeteries were
excavated at the site between 1950 and 1994, and the objects and skeletal
remains recovered from these necropoleis have helped to shape our understanding
of Roman life at this rural town. Perhaps the most enigmatic of all the burial
types are those containing the remains of hobnail boots, found in nearly a
third of the total Roman period graves currently known. This burial type,
dating from the 1st to 3rd century A.D. and common to sites along the Rhine and
Danube frontiers, are unattested elsewhere in Anatolia. Their appearance at
Gordion, in the graves of men, women and children, represents an intriguing
phenomenon. Such boots have often been found at military sites, a fact which
led the original excavators to hypothesize that either veterans or soldiers
lived at Gordion during the Roman Empire. New excavations at the site in 2004
and 2005 have now settled this issue: the discovery of Roman weapons, armor and
a barracks building have provided conclusive evidence that soldiers inhabited
this small settlement. Indeed, as the chance discovery in 1997 of a Roman
auxiliary soldier’s tombstone has shown, at least some of these men never made
it home alive from their post on the Anatolian plateau, dying with their boots
on.
Suggested Bibliography/Websites
“Roman Military Occupation at Yass?höyük (Gordion), Ankara
Province, Turkey”. With J. Bennett. Antiquity 81, Issue 314 (forthcoming December
2007). “The Roman-period Cemeteries at Gordion in Galatia”. Journal of Roman
Archaeology 20 (2007) 299-320. “From Phrygian Capital to Rural Fort: New
Evidence for the Roman Military at Gordion, Turkey”. Expedition 49.3 (Winter
2007) 6-12. “Reconstructing the Roman-period Town at Gordion,” Chap. 5 in Lisa.
K. Kealhofer (ed.), The Archaeology of Midas and the Phrygians: Recent Work at
Gordion (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum Press, 2005).
Monday, March 3, 2014
Canisius College: Lecture
Andi Zeisler of BITCH magazine, "Why Pop Culture Matters to Feminism, Activism, and Social Justice."
Andi Zeisler is co-founder and creative/editorial director of BITCH magazine: "A fresh, revitalizing voice for feminism. One that welcomes complex arguments, showcases witty and whip-smart critiques of popular culture, and refuses to ignore the contradictory and sometimes uncomfortable details that constitute the realities of life in an unequivocally gendered world"
This event is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Friday, March 7 @ 7 pm in Montante Cultural Center
Andi Zeisler is co-founder and creative/editorial director of BITCH magazine: "A fresh, revitalizing voice for feminism. One that welcomes complex arguments, showcases witty and whip-smart critiques of popular culture, and refuses to ignore the contradictory and sometimes uncomfortable details that constitute the realities of life in an unequivocally gendered world"
This event is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Friday, March 7 @ 7 pm in Montante Cultural Center
Buffalo History Museum: AIA Kress Lecture
* AIA Kress Lecture *
"Celts and La Tène
Culture – a View From the Periphery
"
Hrvoje Potrebic
University of Zagreb and President of the Croatian Archaeological Association
University of Zagreb and President of the Croatian Archaeological Association
Where: Buffalo History Museum
When: Wednesday March 5th at
6:30 p.m.
Abstract:
While the concept of “Celts” emerged from the Western Hallstatt circle more or less as a result of the cultural evolution, in southeastern Pannonia it was not a question of the chronological shift, as much as of the contextual one. The mechanism of transfer and acceptance of the Early La Tène elements into local cultures was significantly different from the process that took place in later periods of the Late Iron Age, when this area was occupied by compact new La Tène communities that developed as some sort of amalgam consisting of local communities and incoming groups of people that were recognized as “Celts”. Therefore we have to differentiate between the processes of “Celtization” and “Latènization”. It would appear that the “Celtic world” was a kind of a patchwork, composed of different communities or cultures. In such a world, in which the distinctive periphery and the core area are replaced by a dynamic communication network between different communities, it is hard to find any community that would define itself as “Celts”.
Co-Sponsored by IEMA and the
Kress Foundation
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Friday, February 28, 2014
WNYBAC: Exhibition Opening
Mickey Harmon: The Life and Times of Grovey Cleves
March 21st – May 10th, 2014
Opening: March 21st, 6pm-9pm
Opening: March 21st, 6pm-9pm
On his deathbed, Grover Cleveland reportedly said: “One day, I will be better remembered.” Unfortunately for him, that day has finally arrived. From his lust for life as a bachelor in the burgeoning city of Buffalo, to his reckless climb to the top of the political and social ladder of the 19th century, to his entirely fabricated mental angst and inner turmoil, to his remarkable mustache, The Life and Times of Grovey Cleves remembers our 22nd (and 24th!) President better than he ever could have hoped.
Originally cast as a series of illustrations by artist Mickey Harmon, The Life and Times of Grovey Cleves project has expanded into an artist book that will feature writing by local author Scott Mancuso. Mancuso will give a reading from the book at the Opening Reception on March 21st at 7:30pm.
Mickey Harmon is a graphic designer and illustrator born and raised in Buffalo, New York. His work has been featured in numerous local outfits such as Block Club, City Dining Cards, and Visit Buffalo Niagara. He is an illustrator who prides himself on using our local cityscape as his inspiration. He is 30 years old and resides in the Elmwood Village and has no plans of leaving.
Scott Mancuso is a man. He is also a cuso. Fittingly, he was born in Western New York’s place of birth, Batavia, and now lives in Western New York’s place of living, Buffalo. He currently writes for buffaBLOG, the website, and has had fictional work published in Block Club, the magazine.
Harmon & Mancuso’s show is the second in the 12 x 14 series at WNYBAC, which features 5 artists over the course of 12 months; each artists is charged with conducting a free hands-on workshop that will be open to the general public, as well as producing a print that measures 12″ x 14″ that will be compiled in an end-of-the-year, limited-edition portfolio.
12 x 14 is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Cuomo & New York State Legislature.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Lecture: Hallwalls
Monday, March 3 at 6:00 p.m.
The Way to Clufffalo: Advance or Retreat?
7:00 Clufffalo Institute talk in the Hallwalls Cinema
Charles Clough accounts for his time in the studio for the past forty-some years and what he hopes to accomplish in the time that remains. This illustrated talk extends Bruce Adams' Buffalo Spree article of December 2013 and accompanies the exhibition: Charles Clough, Magnitudes: Paintings from the 1980s & 1990s at Hi-Temp Fabrication, 79 Perry Street, Buffalo February 21-March 15, 2014, by appointment, 646-283-6964.
See more at: http://www.hallwalls.org/visual/5470.html#sthash.lS5u5EFG.dpuf
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
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