Tiffany Earley-Spadoni
University of Central Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n
October 29, 2019 @ 7:30 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Burpee Museum of Natural History, Auditorium<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n AIA Society: Rockford Fire \nbeacon communication is not simply an artistic invention of the Tolkien \nscience fiction universe. Until quite recently in human history, people \nused systems of fire and smoke to communicate messages at the speed of \nlight. The world\u2019s oldest communications networks, however, originate in\n the fortress landscapes of the ancient Near East, and this lecture will\n discuss their invention and use in times of peril.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Vayots Dzor Fortress Landscapes Project (VDFLP), an \narchaeological research project in Armenia directed by the speaker, is \ninvestigating fire beacon networks and other human responses to danger \nin a precarious alpine environment. In recent field seasons, the VDFLP \nteam has performed regional survey and targeted excavations at major \nfortress sites. The ancient fortresses that dot the landscape date to \nboth the Iron Age and the medieval Silk Roads periods, and the VDFLP is \ninvestigating the rise and fall of fortress culture during these two \nperiods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Short bibliography and\/or website on lecture topic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n A blog post on the project by a participant: https:\/\/www.penn.museum\/blog\/museum\/armenia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n A podcast (American Anthropologist) describing the research in progress: http:\/\/www.americananthropologist.org\/2018\/11\/05\/anthropological-airwaves-episode-10\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Website for the Vayots Dzor Fortress Landscapes Project: https:\/\/projects.cah.ucf.edu\/armenia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Infinite Armenias: Digital Storytelling as Public Archaeology: https:\/\/projects.cah.ucf.edu\/infinitearmenias\/<\/a> Tiffany Earley-SpadoniUniversity of Central Florida October 29, 2019 @ 7:30 pm Burpee Museum of Natural<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6709"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6712,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6709\/revisions\/6712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Vartan Gregorian Lecture<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sponsored by:<\/em> Archaeological Institute of America
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