S2601 Archeology From the Stone Age to the Space Age
Class | Registration opens Monday, March 16, 2026 10:00 AM EST
Archaeology has been called "the past tense of Cultural Anthropology," meaning that archaeologists attempt to answer the same questions about past societies that anthropologists ask of living people. In our attempts to answer these questions, archaeologists have turned more frequently to advanced technologies, using cutting-edge tools and methods borrowed from natural sciences. This class will explore some of the ways archaeologists have harnessed technology to glean otherwise unobtainable insights into the lives of past people.
In Person at The Hawk - Recorded
William Pestle
Will Pestle is an anthropological archaeologist specializing in the lifeways of the ancient Indigenous peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean. His research focuses on topics including subsistence, human-environment interaction, mobility, exchange, and the emergence of social complexity, resulting in over 90 publications. In addition to conducting fieldwork in Tunisia, Israel, Greece, Puerto Rico, and Chile, Pestle has held a variety of museum roles, from collections-based research on four continents to collections management and exhibitions curation.