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Ethnography
November 11th, 2010
The Field Museum houses one of the nation’s largest mummy collections. Discover what we can learn about ancient life by examining beliefs about death in Inside Ancient Egypt.
October 24th, 2011
We continue our discussion with Dr. Chap Kusimba to explore his research on the trade and exchange of glass beads and glazed ceramic in the Indian Ocean.
October 21st, 2011
Sticky is a 'seated man' from the Pacific island of Malekula. It's been at The Field Museum for almost 100 years and JP Brown is working to preserve it for at least 100 more. Check it out!
October 17th, 2011
We continue our discussion with Dr. Gary Feinman to explore his research on the prehispanic production of the famous and unusual pigment, Maya Blue, in Mesoamerica.
October 10th, 2011
We continue our discussion with Dr. Ryan Williams to explore his research on trade and political relationships between early states in South America.
October 06th, 2011
To better understand how ancient peoples traded and exchanged goods and services curators in the Anthropology Department conduct field and laboratory research on the archaeology of ancient exchange.
September 29th, 2011
We continue our discussion with Dr. Chap Kusimba to explore his research on the archaeology of urbanism in Eastern Africa.will do
September 26th, 2011
We continue our discussion on urbanization with Dr. Gary Feinman to explore his research on the role of households in the regional economy of prehispanic Mesoamerica.
September 22nd, 2011
We continue our discussion on urbanization with Dr. William Parkinson to explore his research on the social dynamics of early village societies in Europe.
March 31st, 2011
ECCo collaborated with three Energy Action Network sites in Roseland to identify what “green” means to residents and to become demonstration sites for climate action.