Pharos Lectures 2012-2013

Pharos 2012-13

Season Programme

All lectures will take place at 7:30 pm in the 'Upper Hall'
Hellenic Community Centre|
4500 Arbutus Street
Vancouver

Enquiries: pharosvancouver@gmail.com

· October 29, 2012
Patmos: the Monastery of St. John and the Book of Revelation
Hector Williams and Robert Cousland
UBC Department of Classical, Near East &  Religious Studies

· November 26, 2012
Athenian Burial Vases
Chelsea Gardner
UBC Department of Classical, Near East & Religious Studies

· January 28, 2013
Unraveling Sacred Mysteries: Cult Centers in Roman Macedonia
Katherine Crawford,
UBC Department of Classical, Near East &  Religious Studies

· February 25, 2013
The Archaeology of Houses and Households in Ancient Crete
Kevin Glowacki
Texas A and M University

· March 25, 2013
Hesiod, Greek Poet
Christopher Morrissey,
Simon Fraser University Continuing Studies

· April 29, 2013
Traditional Music of Greece and Asia Minor
Musiki Parea

November 2012

26 November 2011 at 7:30pm

The Things They Left Behind: Athenian Burial Vases from the Geometric to the Classical Period

Chelsea Gardner

UBC Department of Classical, Near Eastern & Religious Studies.

There is a certain fascination with funerary customs, burial practices, and grave goods from antiquity: not only do they provide valuable information for archaeologists about the material culture of the past, but the treatment of the deceased often reveals as much about living people as it does the occupants of the grave itself. Two areas of ancient Athens, the Kerameikos and the Agora, have been particularly informative with regard to ancient burial customs, due to a long history of excavations and a veritable wealth of funerary deposits. This talk will examine one class of grave goods: vases used for cremation or as votive offerings, and will visually highlight the customs surrounding funerals and burials using examples of extraordinarily well-preserved pottery from the Geometric to the Classical periods. A special focus will be made upon a vessel in our very own University of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology.