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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200916T130000
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SUMMARY:The Earliest Farmers of the Caucasus: A View from Masis Blur
DESCRIPTION:Kristine Martirosyan-Olshansky\, Postdoctoral Scholar\, CIoA\, UCLA \nAlan Farahani\, Assistant Professor of Anthropology\, UNLV \nSeptember 16\, 2020\, 1:00pm – 2:00pm PST \nVirtual Pizza Talk Series \nThis talk is a summary of research conducted at the archaeological site of Masis Blur\, an early farming community located in the Ararat plain of Armenia and occupied continuously for nearly a millennium from ca. 6200 cal. BC – 5200 cal. BC. While much is known about how communities in west Asia adopted a farming way of life\, much less is known about the Caucasus. The Masis Blur Archaeological Project explores the rhythms of everyday life at the Neolithic village in this understudied region using high resolution techniques to recover\, record\, and analyse the material remains of day-to-day activities. The talk highlights recent fieldwork and preliminary results from Masis Blur with specific focus on enhanced photographic techniques (photogrammetry)\, archaeological plant remains \, animal husbandry\, obsidian procurement\, and a few key discoveries such as calcified basket remains\, evidence of thatched roofs\, and pigment processing workshops  which\, to date\, are singular for the region. \nKristine Martirosyan-Olshansky is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology where she is directing the Research Program for Armenian Archaeology and Ethnography. She earned her PhD in Archaeology from UCLA in 2018 and she has been directing the Masis Blur Archaeological Research Project since 2012. As an anthropological archaeologist she uses geochemical characterization of materials to study past human behavior. In particular\, she looks at how early farming communities of the Southern Caucasus made use of the available natural resources and how these behaviors influenced the spread of technological innovation and social change. \nAlan Farahani is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas.  He is an anthropological archaeologist whose research focuses on how ancient agriculture was embedded in and influenced the social\, political\, and cultural practices of people in the past. His methodological expertise is paleoethnobotany\, or the analysis of archaeological plant remains\, as well as in the use of contemporary computational tools such as Python and R to effectively manage archaeological data. He has conducted fieldwork throughout the world\, and has been working on the Masis Blur project since 2018.
URL:https://armenianarchives.ss.ucla.edu/event/the-earliest-farmers-of-the-caucasus-a-view-from-masis-blur/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190518T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190518T160000
DTSTAMP:20260528T165015
CREATED:20260520T134343Z
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SUMMARY:2019 Annual Cotsen Open House
DESCRIPTION:The Annual Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Open House will take place on May 18\, 2019 from 11:30 to 4:00pm with the theme “Technology: Ancient and Modern.” Explore the breadth of ancient technologies through a mosaic of talks by Drs. John K. Papadopoulos\, Gregson Schachner\, Monica L. Smith\, and Willeke Wendrich. Then visit the labs within the Cotsen to learn more and see these technologies up close!
URL:https://armenianarchives.ss.ucla.edu/event/2019-annual-cotsen-open-house/
LOCATION:Cotsen Institute of Archaeology\, A210 Fowler Building/Box 951510 308 Charles E. Young Dr. North\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180512T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180512T160000
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SUMMARY:2018 Annual Cotsen Open House
DESCRIPTION:The Annual Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Open House will take place on May 12\, 2018 from 12:00 to 4:00pm with the theme Celebrations. Join us at 12:00 pm in the Fowler Museum for two gallery talks followed by a feasting forum in the Lenart Auditorium (A-Level) at 1:00 pm.  \n“Decoding textiles: the transmission of traditional knowledge with Dr. Sonali Gupta-agarwal” and \n“Archaeology and representation: empowering descendant communities through museum- based education” with Dr. Stephen Acabado. Celebrations across the world and throughout time usually involve feasting: consuming elaborate and plentiful food (and drink) in the company of others. The important social\, religious and political roles of feasting will be presented and discussed by three core members of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology\, Drs. Elizabeth Carter\, Alan Farahani\, and Monica Smith. After their brief introductions the panel will discuss this subject with the audience\, an exchange of thought moderated by Dr. Willeke Wendrich\, Director of the Institute. After the forum\, come explore our labs and interact with archaeologists from 2:00 – 4:00 pm.
URL:https://armenianarchives.ss.ucla.edu/event/2018-annual-cotsen-open-house/
LOCATION:Cotsen Institute of Archaeology\, A210 Fowler Building/Box 951510 308 Charles E. Young Dr. North\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Rediscovering Masis Blur: A Neolithic Settlement in the Ararat Plain\, Armenia
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Kristine Martirosyan-Olshansky\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology\, UCLA \nThis talk is a summary of field research conducted by Cotsen/UCLA doctoral student Kristine Martirosyan-Olshansky at Masis Blur\, Armenia\, over the course of three seasons from 2012-2014. Excavations at Masis Blur have unearthed Neolithic habitation layers (ca. 6200 – 5400 cal.BC) belonging to the Shulaveri-Shomutepe culture\, with a rich material culture and several important new discoveries. Many questions have been raised concerning the origins and sudden appearance in the Southern Caucasus of sedentary communities having fully domesticated plants and animals. The abrupt abandonment of their settlements at the end of the Neolithic period is also still just as obscure. Certain cultural elements and fragments of imported pottery within otherwise Aceramic settlements attest to relations with societies in northern Mesopotamian area. This talk highlights findings from recent fieldwork at Masis Blur and discusses the new data within the framework of Neolithization processes in the Southern Caucasus.
URL:https://armenianarchives.ss.ucla.edu/event/rediscovering-masis-blur-a-neolithic-settlement-in-the-ararat-plain-armenia/
LOCATION:Cotsen Institute of Archaeology\, A210 Fowler Building/Box 951510 308 Charles E. Young Dr. North\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170513T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170513T160000
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SUMMARY:Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Open House
DESCRIPTION:Connections \nArchaeology is a collaborative field and archaeological teams always consist of specialists from many disciplines. This interconnectedness is an integral part of a holistic understanding of our past. Join us for an open house that illuminates the relationship between UCLA’s museum collections and archaeological research\, beginning with a 12pm gallery talk with Sonali Gupta-Agarwal.
URL:https://armenianarchives.ss.ucla.edu/event/cotsen-institute-archaeology-open-house/
LOCATION:Fowler A204\, 308 Charles E. Young Dr. North\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170513T110000
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SUMMARY:New Finds\, New Insights: Advances in Armenian Archaeology Over the Last Decade
DESCRIPTION:Excavations at Areni-1 Cave Site\, Vayoc Dzor\, Armenia. Photo courtesy of Dr. Gregory Areshian.\nWe are happy to announce the 3rd Hampartzoum and Ovsanna Chitjian Conference on Armenian Studies. The conference will feature 5 speakers from Armenia\, who will discuss advances in our understanding of prehistoric and historic periods in Armenia\, starting with the earliest hunter-gatherers that inhabited the region some 250\, 000 years ago and ending with the role of Armenia within the greater Silk Road economy.
URL:https://armenianarchives.ss.ucla.edu/event/new-finds-new-insights-advances-armenian-archaeology-last-decade/
LOCATION:Main Conference Room\, Young Research Library\, UCLA\, 405 Hilgard Ave\, Los Aangeles \, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170512T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170512T180000
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CREATED:20260520T144343Z
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SUMMARY:The Synthesis of Archaeology and World Systems Analysis and its Application to the Region of Southern Caucasia
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Pavel Avetisyan\, Director\, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography\, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia \nThis talk is dedicated to the investigation of the main concepts in World-system analysis such as border\, border-line\, frontier\, and contact zone. Taking in to account the privileges of World-system analysis in archaeological investigations\, this contribution\, through demonstration of concrete cases\, argues the idea of formation of “Near Eastern World-system” during the mid phase of Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPNB) as a result of Agricultural Revolution. This oldest World-system was disintegrated during the first half of the 7th millennium BC with the establishment of new historical systems of regional significance: the result of these developments was the appearance in historical arena of Bronze Age World-systems.
URL:https://armenianarchives.ss.ucla.edu/event/the-synthesis-of-archaeology-and-world-systems-analysis-and-its-application-to-the-region-of-southern-caucasia/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160430T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160430T160000
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CREATED:20160125T182753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160125T182753Z
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SUMMARY:Cotsen Open House
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Armenian Archives and Research Program during its 19th annual Open House of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. Stop by and find out what current research the faculty is undertaking and visit the different labs housed at the Institute.
URL:https://armenianarchives.ss.ucla.edu/event/19th-annual-cotsen-open-house/
LOCATION:Fowler A204\, 308 Charles E. Young Dr. North\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160311T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160311T230000
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SUMMARY:The gift of the Berekian Family Manuscripts   to the Chitjian Archives and Armenian Research Program at UCLA
DESCRIPTION:The Berekian family archive includes letters\, postcards\, diaries\, photographs\, and books\, which belonged to Kacher Berekian and Nevarte Berekian Nahabedian\, survivors of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. Kacher Berekian was born in Hajin and Nevarte Berekian Nahabedian in Constantinople. Orphaned during the massacres they arrived to the US and were raised by strangers who became family. Their grandchildren\, Gale\, Annie\, Nancy\, and Beverly\, will donate their family history preserved in these documents for preservation of their family’s legacy. \nPlease\, join us for the ceremony and celebration of this wonderful donation!\nRSVP @ kristineolsh@ucla.edu by Wednesday\, March 9.
URL:https://armenianarchives.ss.ucla.edu/event/gift-berekian-family-manuscripts-chitjian-archives-armenian-research-program-ucla/
LOCATION:Fowler A204\, 308 Charles E. Young Dr. North\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151114T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151114T171500
DTSTAMP:20260528T165015
CREATED:20160125T181003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160125T181155Z
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SUMMARY:Armeno-Persian Relations and Persarmenian Community Through the Ages
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URL:https://armenianarchives.ss.ucla.edu/event/armeno-persian-relations-persarmenian-community-ages/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150502T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150502T160000
DTSTAMP:20260528T165015
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260518T181051Z
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SUMMARY:2015 Annual Open House
DESCRIPTION:The UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology is holding its annual Open House this Saturday\, May 2nd\, from 1-4. Stop by and find out what current research the faculty is undertaking and visit the different labs housed at the Institute. Make sure to stop by room A410 to visit our lab and learn about the different methods we use to examine archaeological objects.
URL:https://armenianarchives.ss.ucla.edu/event/2015-annual-open-house/
LOCATION:Cotsen Institute of Archaeology\, A210 Fowler Building/Box 951510 308 Charles E. Young Dr. North\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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