The Boundary End Archaeology Research Center (BEARC) is seeking candidates to become the 2021-22 George Stuart Residential Scholar(s) (GSRS) for the academic year. Candidates may apply for either one or two semester-long residencies, but two semester-long residencies are preferred. The Fall residency spans September 1-December 30. The Spring residency spans January 1-May 30. BEARC is a research center and … Read More
Nelda Issa Marengo Camacho is the New George Stuart Residential Scholar
The Boundary End Archaeology Research Center is delighted to announce that our 2021 George Stuart Residential Scholar, Nelda Issa Marengo Camacho, will be arriving at our residential library in January. Nelda Issa Marengo Camacho is a PhD candidate in Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside, where she also obtained her MA. Nelda is from Mexico, where she earned her … Read More
Free Virtual Lecture – Trade, Recruitment, and Rebellion: Native Mediation of the Pardo Expedition into the Carolina’s and East Tennessee -1566-1568.
For those who were not able to join the live lecture for Dr. David Moore (Warren Wilson College), we have posted a recording. You can also see the other lecture recordings as well at our YouTube Channel here. How did Native peoples receive and interact with Spanish colonizers in the mid-16th century? Contrary to popular narratives, Native peoples were not … Read More
Virtual Lecture by Dr. Richard Diehl
Here’s the YouTube Link for an instant replay of this lecture. https://youtu.be/NxHla3wza-M Dr. Richard “Dick” Diehl honors the public archaeology mission of Dr. George Stuart by presenting the next Boundary End Virtual Lecture on July 15, 2020, at 6pm Eastern Time. The lecture, entitled La Mojarra, Veracruz: Stones, Scripts, and Failed Dreams of Glory, will be presented on YouTube Live, … Read More
Dr. Richard Diehl is our inaugural Director of Operations
Dr. Richard Diehl is the inaugural Director of Operations of BEARC The Boundary End Archaeology Research Center (BEARC) is proud to announce that Dr. Richard “Dick” Diehl has accepted the role of Director of Operations for the period of February 2020 – 2022. Dr. Diehl is from Pennsylvania, where he completed all of his schooling, obtaining his B.Sc., M.Sc., and … Read More
After the Entrada – a free, live stream lecture by Dr. David Stuart May 27
After the Entrada: The Memory of Teotihuacan among the Late Classic Maya You can watch a replay here: https://youtu.be/YHAJw4YQ40o?t=2 Dr. David Stuart presented a free live-streamed lecture on YouTube, May 27. The “Entrada” of 378 CE stands as one of the major events of ancient Mesoamerican history, when a new political order was established at the central Maya capital of Tikal by … Read More
New Opportunity! Call for Applications: 2020-2021 George Stuart Residential Scholar(s)
For complete details: please download the Call for 2020 – 2021 Applications PDF. The Boundary End Center (BEC) is seeking candidates to become the 2020-21 George Stuart Residential Scholars for the 2020-21 academic year. BEC accepts candidates for either one or two semester-long residencies. The Fall residency spans September 1-December 30. The Spring residency spans January 1-May 30. Summer residencies (June … Read More
Maya on the Mountain set for April 13-15, 2020
Registration is now open! Boundary End Center is delighted to announce a Hieroglyphic Workshop – Maya on the Mountain: the Lords of Tiho’ – led by David Stuart on April 13-15. Dr. Stuart will cover the monuments and inscriptions of Dzibilchaltun and Western Yucatan. His father, George Stuart, did much of the mapping and early drawings of the site’s architecture … Read More
Dr. Jill Jordan joins BEC as George Stuart Residential Scholar
Boundary End Center announces the appointment of Dr. Jillian M. Jordan as a George Stuart Residential Scholar. Jill is an archaeologist who recently received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico. Her research focuses on how people acquire and transmit knowledge, and the relationships between interaction networks and spatial/social boundaries. At the BEC, Jill is working on … Read More