Smyrnea Archaeological Research Institute

10/06/2026

It's time to vote! You can VOTE each day until October 15th. Help put Archaeology on a national podcast stage. Rebecca has dedicated her life to bringing accessible content to the public. Help her spread the reasons we should care about the past and need to be an active participant in saving the past for the future!

09/23/2026

https://tophost.org/2026/rebecca-l-harris

Will Rebecca L Harris be a guest on an episode of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, win $25,000, and lead a podcast produced by iHeartRadio?

09/21/2026

What happens to anthropology when the archives disappear?

Fieldnotes, photographs, recordings, datasets, correspondence — anthropologists produce far more than what gets published. And as digital formats multiply and preservation challenges grow, the question of what gets kept, who controls access, and how it survives is more urgent than ever.

Join us on September 23 at 2 PM ET for What Will Remain: Archiving Anthropology for the Future, a webinar bringing together three leading voices in anthropological archiving to tackle the practical and ethical realities of preserving our discipline's knowledge for future generations.

🔗 Register at https://my.americananthro.org/nc__event?id=a0lUO00000DOyGTYA1

01/21/2026

January 21, 1757: in the snowbound primeval forest not far from the French fort at Ticonderoga, Robert Rogers and 70 of his snowshoe-wearing rangers hold off a force of French and Indians outnumbering his by two to one. They employ ranger tactics, three separate units holding the right, center, and left flanks of the hill, with a fourth unit held in reserve to rush to any threatened point. When night fell, the rangers were able to sneak through the enemy lines and return to their headquarters, just before reinforcements of French and Indians arrived.

01/21/2026

The infrastructure of humanity's journey into space may only be decades old, but some of it has already been lost. Now, "space archaeologists" are scrambling to save what's left.

01/21/2026

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is one of the most iconic and historic space launch sites in the world. But beyond the rockets and missions lies a deeper story—one of preservation and innovation. This website explores groundbreaking digital preservation projects that use cutting-edge di...

08/06/2025

Friends, colleagues, any scientific type out there-----LEND ME YOUR EARS AND EYES. I am working on a something for publication on John Kunkel Small and his work here in Volusia County last century and I have been furtively looking for a copy of this book. Do you have a copy? Do you know someone who has a copy? I really could use an assist! Please help!!

07/21/2025

Totally a "best seller"!

07/02/2025

sometimes the Archaeology Gods give you an articulated comparative specimen!!

06/21/2025

In Memory.....
Maysie with the murder mitts, you were an amazing side kick and will be missed so much. Until we meet again.