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10/15/2026

The Research Laboratories of Archaeology is participating in the UNC Research & Discovery Fair!

If you're an undergrad interested in archaeological research, visit the Student Union on October 21 from 11 am to 2 pm to get an up-close look at what some of our researchers do and see how you can get involved in archaeology at UNC.

10/14/2026

Calling All Current & Prospective Majors & Minors!

Join us next week for an Archaeology Meet & Greet!

🍕Enjoy Sal’s pizza and chat with fellow students and curriculum faculty.
🎯Play faculty bingo by tracking down professors and asking them about their research, field experiences, and courses.
🏆Complete a bingo card to enter into a drawing to win a Meantime Coffee gift card!

Whether you’ve already declared or are just curious about archaeology, come hang out!

WHEN: Tuesday, October 20 | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
WHERE: The Courtyard outside Murphey Hall

10/13/2026

As part of the Stono Rebellion Landscape Preservation Project, which investigates the landscape and sites associated with the events of the Stono Rebellion, the project team held a community meeting over the weekend at the Caw Caw Interpretive Center in Charleston, SC.

The Stono Rebellion project leadership team is made up of Dr. Jon Marcoux (RLA), Dr. Eric Grant, (civic media producer and applied historian), Joshua Parks (historian, artist, and cultural worker of Gullah Geechee descent), and Beth Burkett (Charleston County Park & Recreation Commission).

This is the first of a series of meetings to gain community input into future preservation efforts.

10/08/2026

On Saturday, October 3, Augusta Onyeka and Angela Bailey presented at the Elizabeth Keckly Center at the Burwell School in Hillsborough, North Carolina. This presentation served as the kickoff for an upcoming ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey scheduled for November 21–22, which will be open to the public. The presentation focused on community archaeology and the use of GPR to identify potential archaeological features at plantation sites.

10/07/2026

Get to Know our PhD students in Archaeology!

Hi all! My name is Saylor Fortner, and I’m a first-year PhD student in the Anthropology Department. I have a BA in Archaeology from Mississippi State University and an MA from the University of Louisville. My research interests focus on cultural heritage and materiality within contexts of enslavement in the Southeast, with particular emphasis on how artifacts and landscapes shape memory and community. I will be working with Dr. Jon Marcoux as my advisor.

10/01/2026

Archaeology & Engineering!

Last week, Engineering at Carolina hosted a collaborative event with the Society of Undergraduate Anthropologists to learn about technology in archaeology and to brainstorm solutions to challenges in the lab and the field!

Two of our graduate students, Angela Bailey and Regina Lowe, showcased practical examples of technology used in local archaeological surveys. Yusuf Kusibati, Director of the Innovation Ambassador Program, and Caroline Beigel, Archaeology Innovation Ambassador, also spoke about opportunities for technological collaboration between engineering and archaeology.

09/28/2026

Tomorrow!

The first fall meeting of the Carolina Seminar on the Ancient World will feature two archaeologists from Classics and History, Dr. Tim Shea and Dr. Henry Gruber, talking about space/land/place.

This event is on campus, and all are welcome to attend!

📅 When: Tuesday, September 29, 5:00*–6:30pm
* Refreshments will be served 5:00-5:15; program start 5:15
📍 Where: Murphey Hall, Room 104

09/25/2026

We are excited to share that one of our PhD students, Ece Erlat, is giving a talk at Brown University next week! She will be presenting a talk titled, “From Collaboration to İşbirliği: Community-Engaged Archaeology in Sardis-Türkiye.”

09/23/2026

The Archaeological Institute of America’s 2026-2027 Archaeology Hour Series is beginning!

The first lecture, "Homer, Hollywood, and Historical Context: Comments scribbled in a Bronze Age Archaeologist’s Notebook," will be presented by Eric Cline on Zoom today, September 23rd, at 8pm.

Find more information about this lecture and the upcoming lectures this fall here:
https://www.archaeological.org/programs/public/lectures/archaeologyhour/

All lectures in the AIA 2026 Lecture Series are free and open to the public, and no AIA membership is required to attend.

09/22/2026

On Thursday, September 17th, members of the RLA attended the Cherokee Archaeological Symposium! Drs. Heather Lapham, Mary Beth Fitts, and Jon Marcoux created a poster on RLA collections from Cherokee territory, Dr. Claire Auerbach served as a NAGPRA panelist, and Dr. Heather Lapham participated in the luncheon mentorship program.

Pictured from left to right are PhD student Katherine Esposito and Drs. Claire Auerbach and Heather Lapham at the symposium.

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108 Alumni Building, UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
27599

Telephone

+19199626574

Website

http://rla.unc.edu/

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