St. James Excavations – on video!
CIAMS MA student, Alex Dorosin, shares two short films he shot and edited of the 2023 St. James excavations.
Read moreIn 2012 we launched the Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies (CIAMS), a unique initiative that links archaeology and material studies through multidisciplinary collaboration among a wide range of departments and units. The new Institute grows out of Cornell’s long-standing Archaeology Program. Founded in 1967, the Archaeology Program is one of the few entities in the United States to offer both an undergraduate major and master’s degree in archaeology. We seek to combine theory and method, practice and analysis.
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CIAMS MA student, Alex Dorosin, shares two short films he shot and edited of the 2023 St. James excavations.
Read moreCornell student Madeleine Wenger '24 presents a dendrochronology tour of the wood samples collected from St. James AME Zion Church.
Read moreCIAMS M.A. student Emma Zilke presents a preliminary analysis of some faunal remains recovered from St. James AME Zion Church.
Read more“The conference showcased the true intergenerational and diverse group of scholars involved in Andean Studies,” said Prof. Cohen-Aponte.
Read moreThe St. James AME Zion Church Community Excavations were featured in a recent story for The Cornell Daily Sun.
Read moreCIAMS M.A. student Arnov Tandon explains his analysis of glass artifacts recovered from St. James AME Zion Church.
Read moreCornell student Ruth Rajcoomar '24 discusses the need for a more inclusive and equitable field and how the community excavations at St. James highlight the potential for financially inclusive fieldwork experiences.
Read moreCornell Historic Preservation graduate student, Kami Cai, presents an ArcGIS StoryMap about the Underground Railroad in Ithaca.
Read moreCongratulations to former CIAMS M.A. student Samuel Disotell (M.A. '21), who successfully defended his master's thesis this past December. Sam's thesis is titled, "An Analysis of Faunal Materials From the White Springs Site, a 17th-18th Century Seneca Town in Upstate New York." Sam's research interests are in zooarchaeology; ritual, ceremony and feasting; inequality; and Neolithic Europe. Sam was also a founding member of the Archaeological Science Group at Cornell, one of two graduate groups affiliated with CIAMS.
Click here to explore profiles of our current CIAMS graduate students, and here to view a list of our CIAMS alumni and their thesis and dissertation titles.