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Archaeological Institute of America -- Columbus Chapter
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Happening @ Denison University Tuesday October 22nd 4:30pm.
Lecture by Prof. Steven Ellis (University of Cincinnati) on "The Making of Pompeii: A Behind the Scenes Look at the Excavations of a Pompeian Sub-elite Neighborhood" Higley Auditorium (room 105), Tuesday October 22, 4:30-5:30pm. Questions, contact kennedyr@denison.edu.
October 16, 2024 at 1:32 PM
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The Columbus AIA is sponsoring a lecture on October 14 at Denison Edge (300 Marconi Blvd #200) in Columbus at 7-8pm:

"Africans, Europeans, and Finding Castle Cormantine: Archaeology and Cultural Entanglement on the 17th century Gold Coast" by Prof. Christopher DeCourse (Syracuse University)
Poster is with the following information: Talk Title: Africans, Europeans, And Finding Castle Cormantine: Archaeology And Cultural Entanglement On The 17th Century Gold Coast Speaker: Prof. Christopher Decorse (Syracuse University) Date, Time, And Place: Monday October 14 7pm-8pm Denison Edge 300 Marconi Blvd #200, Columbus Abstract: Castle Cormantine, founded in 1632 on the coast of what is now modern Ghana, was England's first outpost in Africa. Occupied for little more than three decades before its capture by the Dutch, the fort nonetheless played a key role in shaping African-European interactions and the nascence of the Atlantic slave trade. In time, the name Cormantine or Coromantee became synonymous with slaves from the entire Ghanaian coast throughout the English-speaking colonies of the Americas, and the name resonates down to the present day. Castle Cormantine is an iconic symbol of a trade that brought millions of enslaved Africans to the Americas.
October 4, 2024 at 6:27 PM