Material Culture and Archaeology of Citizenship on the United States/Mexico Border

Martha Diaz-Longo

This work is based on my dissertation research which looks at the skeletal, material culture, and ethnographic evidence of structural violence in Latin America, and how this leads to immigration. Structural violence can be seen in these various avenues and used in conjunction with one another in providing a better framework that is not necessarily driven by the researcher’s interpretation but by the individuals who experienced this structural violence firsthand.

Identification, Institutionalization, and Landscapes of Reuse at Tuberculosis Sanatorium Sites

The Historical Archaeology Sanatorium Project focuses on tuberculosis sanatoria in California during the early twentieth century. This project investigates issues related to disability, stigma, health, identity, and archaeologies of institutions in order to understand social aspects of health and disease. The Weimar Joint Counties Sanatorium was originally a government operated tuberculosis hospital for patients who were unable to pay for treatment elsewhere.

Aaron Brody

ARF Partner

Dr. Aaron Brody, Robert and Kathryn Riddell Professor of Bible and Archaeology and Director, Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology, has studied and worked on projects in Israel, Palestine, and Jordan, and traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and Mediterranean. He has held research posts at both the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, in Jerusalem; the University of Haifa; and the American Center for Oriental Research, in Amman.

Region(s): 
Near East
Research Theme(s): 
archaeology of the southern Levant; materiality of religion, society, economy, identity, and ethnicity in Bronze and Iron Age Levant; postcolonialism; maritime and deepwater archaeology