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Paso de la Amada: An Early Mesoamerican Ceremonial Center | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
"The sheer amount of contextual information reported, the excellent imagery, and the rich detail added to the published literature for early village life in...
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Get Involved | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Do you find yourself spending your vacations wandering among Maya ruins and visiting archaeology museums across the globe?
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The Stones of Tiahuanaco | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
The remains of the artful gateways, platforms, walls, and sculpture at Tiahuanaco, an important Middle Horizon site at the southern end of Lake Titicaca in...
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https://ioa.ucla.edu/content/ucla-recognizes-sharon-gerstel-lasting-public-impact
UCLA Recognizes Sharon Gerstel for Lasting Public Impact | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
In 2022, Sharon Gerstel took a group of UCLA students to the village of Geraki in southern Greece, seeking ways to use their scholarly interests to benefit the...
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STEPHEN ACABADO authors on-line article on return of urns to the Philippines | UCLA Cotsen...
Stephen Acabado, professor of anthropology at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, authored an article on Rappler, the Philippine on-line news website,...
https://rabbionanarrowbridge.blogspot.com/2025/03/in-honour-of-chazan-stephen-cotsen.html
Rabbi on a Narrow Bridge: In Honour of Chazan Stephen Cotsen - A Eulogy
Stephen grew up and grew to love Tefillah, in the then-great Jewish community of Cardiff under the tutelage of Chazan Tzvi Finkelstein. He w...
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Light and Shadow: Isolation and Interaction in the Shala Valley of Northern Albania | UCLA Cotsen...
Winner of the 2014 Society of American Archaeology Book Award in the Scholarly CategoryThere are few places in Europe as remote as the Shala Valley of northern...
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Thomas Wake | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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https://www.ioa.ucla.edu/content/pacatnamu-papers-vol-2
The Pacatnamu Papers Vol. 2 | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
This volume includes the results of a five-year excavation (1983-1987) at Pacatnamu, Peru, combining archaeological excavation with physical anthropology,...
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https://ioa.ucla.edu/content/summer-cultural-heritage-program
Summer Cultural Heritage Program | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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https://ioa.ucla.edu/content/memoriam-ioanna-kakoulli
In Memoriam Ioanna Kakoulli | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
We are profoundly saddened by the untimely passing of our UCLA colleague, Professor Ioanna Kakoulli, on January 1, 2026. She had been battling cancer for some...
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https://globalantiquity.ucla.edu/event/cotsen-wednesday-talk-the-land-past-transylvania-and-the-transformation-of-bronze-age-europe-with-colin-quinn/
Cotsen Wednesday Talk- The Land Past: Transylvania and the Transformation of Bronze Age Europe with...
Feb 28, 2026 - The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology invites you to the next iteration of it regular series of Wednesday afternoon talks. On Wednesday, March 4, Colin Quinn...
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Chotuna and Chornancap: Excavating an Ancient Peruvian Legend | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Christopher Donnan's Chotuna and Chornancap: Excavating an Ancient Peruvian Legend, explores one of the most intriguing oral histories passed down among...
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Solange Ashby | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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https://globalantiquity.ucla.edu/event/cotsen-wednesday-talk-with-paige-hillman/
Cotsen Wednesday Talk- Ethical and Legal Obligations of Conservators to Stolen Cultural Heritage...
Nov 17, 2025 - The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology invites you to the next in its series of Wednesday talks. On Wednesday, November 19 at 12:00 pm, Paige Hillman...
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https://globalantiquity.ucla.edu/event/cotsen-wednesday-talk-approaches-to-studying-statuary-reuse-in-ancient-egypt-with-kylie-thomsen/
Cotsen Wednesday Talk: Approaches to Studying Statuary Reuse in Ancient Egypt with Kylie Thomsen -...
The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology is pleased to invite you to its first Wednesday Talk of 2024-25. On October 9 at 12:00 pm, Kylie Thomsen (PhD Candidate,...
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TH: Travel and Purchasing Requests for Faculty, Students, and Staff | UCLA Cotsen Institute of...
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From the Field: Turin, Italy | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
The collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts in Museo Egizio is among the most important in the world.
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Brian Damiata | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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https://ioa.ucla.edu/content/new-publication-foraging-nexus-brian-stewart
New Publication: A Foraging Nexus by Brian A. Stewart | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
https://globalantiquity.ucla.edu/event/cotsen-wednesday-talk-with-solange-ashby/
Cotsen Wednesday Talk with Solange Ashby - Global Antiquity
Feb 13, 2026 - The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology invites you to the next iteration of it regular series of Wednesday afternoon talks on Wednesday, February 18. Titled On...
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https://ioa.ucla.edu/press/online-catalog
Online Catalog | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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Cotsen Affiliates Co-author Paper Published in Antiquity; Cited Internationally | UCLA Cotsen...
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Success of the Graduate Archaeology Research Conference Reflects Teamwork and Growth | UCLA Cotsen...
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Digital Archaeology Lab | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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Undocumented Migration Project Lab | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
The Undocumented Migration Project (UMP) is a long-term anthropological study of clandestine movement between Latin America and the United States that uses...
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https://ioa.ucla.edu/people/sharon-ej-gerstel
Sharon E.J. Gerstel | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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https://ioa.ucla.edu/content/field-deir-el-ballas-egypt
From the Field: Deir el-Ballas, Egypt | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Amr Shahat, PhD candidate at the Cotsen Institute, and Nicholas Brown, PhD candidate in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, recently...
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Jo Anne Van Tilburg | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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Charles Stanish | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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Christopher Donnan | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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Lothar von Falkenhausen | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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https://ioa.ucla.edu/content/cotsen-institute-welcomes-sarah-beckmann
The Cotsen Institute Welcomes Sarah Beckmann | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Sarah Beckmann, assistant professor in the Department of Classics, has recently been appointed core faculty member of the Cotsen Institute. Beckmann describes...
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cotsen critix | Pop Goes the Page
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https://www.princeton.edu/news/2017/05/16/alumnus-lloyd-cotsen-emeritus-trustee-and-transformative-benefactor-dies-88
Alumnus Lloyd Cotsen, emeritus trustee and 'transformative' benefactor, dies at 88
Lloyd Cotsen, a member of the Class of 1950 and one of Princeton's most generous donors, died May 8 of natural causes at home in Beverly Hills, California. He...
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Kubler in Cuzco: Shaping Architectural Modernity After the 1950 Earthquake | UCLA Cotsen Institute...
The Andean Working Group presents "Kubler in Cuzco: Shaping Architectural Modernity After the 1950 Earthquake" by Dr. Lucia Allais, Associate Professor in the...
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Cotsen Wednesday Talk- Hidden Histories of the Archipelago: Genomic Insights from the Philippines...
The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology invites you to the first in its regular series of Wednesday afternoon talks of the winter quarter. On Wednesday, January...
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Who is Afraid of Basketry | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Who is Afraid of Basketry is a guide to recording basketry and cordage for archaeologists and ethnographers. This is a very practical, well-illustrated...
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https://ioa.ucla.edu/press/divine-consumption
Divine Consumption: Sacrifice, Alliance Building, and Making Ancestors in West Africa | UCLA Cotsen...
Winner of the 2023 Society of African Archaeologists Book AwardKirikongo is an archaeological site composed of thirteen remarkably well-preserved discrete...
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Ofer Bar-Yosef (1937-2020): Celebration of Life | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
It is with great sadness that we received the news that Ofer Bar Yosef passed away. Bar Yosef was Professor Emeritus at Harvard and a celebrated archaeologist...
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Andean Lab | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
The Andean Lab is directed by Stella Nair, Associate Professor of Indigenous Arts of the Americas in the Department of Art History. Nair has worked in the...
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https://ioa.ucla.edu/content/program-archaeology-and-global-heritage-awarded-global-education-grant
Program in Archaeology and Global Heritage Awarded Global Education Grant | UCLA Cotsen Institute...
A $50,000 grant has been awarded to UCLA to support the development of the Program in Archaeology and Global Heritage (PAGH), a collaboration among the...
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Associated researchers | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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Justin Dunnavant | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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https://ioa.ucla.edu/people/richard-lesure
Richard Lesure | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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https://cotsen.blogs.princeton.edu/2021/08/beatrix-potter-retells-little-red-riding-hood/
Little Red Riding Hood Retold by Beatrix Potter and Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury - Cotsen...
Aug 18, 2021 - Beatrix Potter understood very well the power of hunger. The fox and wolf she cast as villains in her two versions of Little Red Riding Hood are wily rascals...
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Waystation Initiative Awarded $350k NEH Tier II Research and Development Grant | UCLA Cotsen...
The Waystation, an initiative dedicated to advancing ethical stewardship and return of cultural heritage
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Willeke Wendrich Opens International Egyptology Conference | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Willeke Wendrich delivered the opening address to the th
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Jo Anne Van Tilburg | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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https://www.ioa.ucla.edu/people/deidre-brin
Deidre Brin | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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https://ioa.ucla.edu/people/stephen-acabado
Stephen Acabado | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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https://www.ioa.ucla.edu/content/remembering-merrick-posnansky
Remembering Merrick Posnansky | UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
I was searching for a meaningful future when I left Stanford for UCLA in the Winter of 1965. I had majored in history at Stanford, finishing with an honors...
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