Iron Coffin Mummy on PBS

Events

Speaking engagements and events.

2019

January

Office of Chief Medical Examiner Lecture Series. NYC. nyc.gov

February

William Paterson University Lecture Series. Wayne, NJ. www.wpunj.edu

March

Bloomfield Historical Society Lecture Series. Bloomfield, NJ. www.bloomfieldhistorical.org

Seton Hall. South Orange, NJ. www.shu.edu

April

Manhattanville College. Purchase, NY. www.mville.edu/about-manhattanville

May

Canton Historical Museum. Collinsville, Conn. www.cantonmuseum.org

June

Staten Island Technical High School. Staten Island, NYC. www.siths.org

Roosevelt Island Historical Society, Roosevelt Island, NYC. www.rihs.us

August

Guest Host of Channel WNET / Thirteen Fundraising Drive

September

Netter Seminar Series at the Quinnipiac University, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine. North Haven Conn.   www.qu.edu/schools/medicine.html 

October

San Jose State University College of Social Sciences Lecture Series. San Jose, ca. www.sjsu.edu/socialsciences/

Foothill College Anthropology Department Lecture Series, Los Altos Hills, Ca. www.foothill.edu

Far Western Anthropology Research Group Inc. Lecture Series, Davis, Ca. www.farwestern.com

Mendocino-Lake Community College, Lakeport, Ca. https://www.mendocino.edu/about-mendocino-college

Tehama Genealogical and Historical Society Museum Lecture Series. www.Tcmuse@tehama.net

Chico State University Anthropology Department Lecture Series. Chico, Ca. www.csuchico.edu/anth/

November

Rowan University. The Bioarchaeologists’ Northeast Regional Dialogue Conference. Glassboro, NJ.  www.rowan.edu/home/

In the News

Scott Warnasch asnj bulletin

Archaeological Society of New Jersey’s Bulletin

I’m excited to announce that my article on the early iron coffin industry has been published in the Archaeological Society of New Jersey’s Bulletin. Please contact me if you would like a copy, or go to ASNJ.org to get a copy of the entire journal.  ABSTRACT Fisk’s airtight, metallic burial cases were created in response […]

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Death, Burial and Egypt

image from https://etc.usf.edu/clipart/62600/62694/62694_church.htm Fisk developed his coffins at a unique period in early modern history when many traditions were being challenged, fading or replaced. By the early 1800s, American attitudes about death and burial had begun to move away from the puritanical views of the colonial period and the traditional concepts of the body, soul, […]

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New York Times: This Empty Lot Is Worth Millions. It’s Also an African-American Burial Ground.

Article by Kaya Laterman The flier advertising a near-one-acre plot of land for sale in Elmhurst, Queens, looks like a typical real estate listing. The oddly-shaped parcel that abuts the Long Island Rail Road tracks is available for $13.8 million. According to the flier, the lot is a great opportunity to capitalize on the growing demand for residential space […]

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