An Archaeological Journey through the South Caucasus: A Nexus of Interaction (A Joint ISAC-ARISC class)

Wednesdays, September 23–October 21, 5–7pm Central/6–8pm Eastern (5 weeks) on Zoom and Recorded Week One: September 23: Introduction to Archaeology of the South Caucasus and Medieval Memory of Landscape in Armenia and Georgia (Tasha Vorderstrasse, Manager, Continuing Education Program, ISAC) What was does archaeology in the South Caucasus look like? Join experts in the archaeology of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia and hear about their work in this exciting region.

Hear about ancient animals, burials, and more! We will discover how ancient societies lived and interacted with each other and the areas beyond the South Caucasus.

After an initial introduction to the region, we will turn to specialized topics led by people who are actively involved in archaeology excavations. Registrants of the first ISAC-ARISC class will receive a 15% discount for this class.!

Please enter the discount code SAVE15 at checkout. Week Two, September 30: First millennium BCE Azerbaijan (Lara Fabian, Assistant Professor of Iranian Archaeology; Director of Undergraduate Studies, UCLA) Week Three, October 7: Mortuary Archaeology in Armenia (Maureen Marshall, Deputy Director at Illinois Global Institute and Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Week Four, October 14: Zooarchaeology in Azerbaijan (Hannah Lau, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Hamilton College) Week Five: October 21: Georgia in the First Millennium BCE (Ruth Portes, PhD candidate in Classics, Cornell University)ARISC: ARISC is an American Overseas Research Center, an independent not-for-profit, that supports research in and about Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, both in the South Caucasus and the US.

ARISC's mission is to promote and encourage American research in the region and to foster intellectual inquiry across boundaries within the South Caucasus as well as between the South Caucasus and its neighbors. The exchange of scholars and scholarly information will be encouraged by ARISC's support for conferences, fellowships, publications, teaching resources, and other forms of cooperation for use both in the United States and in the host countries where the Institute is located.

To join ARISC click here. (https://arisc.org/?page_id=44) Image credit: Standard WHS archaeology trowel used in British Archaeology, Heritage Daily, Wikimedia Commons.