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The Center for Heritage and Archaeological Studies (CHAS) brings together scholarly research, education, and public outreach with a broad focus on heritage, identity, and community engagement. Our work ranges from archaeological excavations to public programs for students and community to collaboration with museums and historical societies.

Geographically, our work takes place in New Jersey and the surrounding areas, as well as in other parts of the world, such as Italy and the Caribbean, where faculty, students, and community members with common interests are engaged.

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Archaeological Field School at Genzano di Roma

This field project, now in its third season, will continue to explore the remains of a Roman imperial villa, the "Villa degli Antonini," located close to Rome, at the 18th mile of the ancient Via Appia in the Alban Hills region. Based on literary references and the discovery in the 18th century of marble busts of imperial figures (now in the Capitoline Museums), the villa is believed to have been the property of the second century CE imperial family of the Antonines. Our current work at the site is focused on an intriguing curved structure near the baths that is filled with mosaic tesserae and fragments of luxurious, imported marbles.


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News & Events
July 2012 Archaeological Field School
Genzano di Roma, Italy

July 2012

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EVENTS SPRING 2012
Winter Roses for Caesar:
plants and trade in Roman Empire

by

Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay Lewis

Date:  Monday, February 13, 2011
Time:  7:00 P.M.
Place: Dickson Hall, Cohen Lounge,
          Montclair State University

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The Collapse of the Mycenaean Palaces and the Survival of the Periphery

by

Dr. Marina Thomatos

Date:  Monday, March 19, 2011
Time:  7:00 P.M.
Place: Dickson Hall, Cohen Lounge,
          Montclair State University

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Via Egnatia:
A journey across the lower Balkans through time

by

Dr. Yannis Lolos
(AIA Kress Lecture)

Date:  Thursday, April 19, 2012
Time:  7:00 P.M.
Place: Dickson Hall, Cohen Lounge,
          Montclair State University

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EVENTS FALL 2011
Borrowed Gods?
The Reception and Translation of Greek Myth in Archaic Cyprus

by

Dr. Derek Counts
(AIA Kershaw Lecture)

Date:  Thursday, October 13, 2011
Time:  7:00 P.M.
Place: Dickson Hall, Cohen Lounge,
          Montclair State University

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The “Villa of the Antonines”:
Exploring a Second Century CE Roman Site on the Appian Way

by

Dr. Deborah Chatr Aryamontri
and
Dr. Timothy Renner

Date:  Tuesday, October 19, 2011
Time:  7:00 P.M.
Place: Montclair State University

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Pharaoh at the Bat:
Egyptian Bat and Ball

by

Dr. Peter A. Piccione

Date:  Thursday, November 17, 2011
Place: Montclair Art Museum

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