COALITION PARTNERS​

The Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies at Aarhus University (Denmark) provides a dynamic cross-disciplinary environment for research and teaching. We are particularly interested in issues of synthesis and cross-sectorial work as well as data curation, sharing and analysis in connection with both research and public participatory work.

Arizona State University’s Center for Archaeology and Society addresses enduring issues in the present using archaeology’s unique access to solutions developed by ancient Southwestern cultures. The Center has an active research program, manages extensive archaeological collections, and offers public exhibits at its Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve and on-campus Innovation Gallery.

Center for Public Archaeology at Capital Normal University is a research center which conducts public outreach and engagement based on archaeological and related research in China. We can help archaeological synthesis and archaeologists carry out exchange and cooperative programs with Chinese archaeological institutes.

The Doctoral School Societies, Communication, Arts, Letters and Languages (SCALL) is one of the four (04) Doctoral Schools of the University Félix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB). It intervenes in the fields of Human and Social Sciences and is housed at the Scientific Pole of Bingerville in the suburbs of Abidjan. SCALL brings together, at the current stage of its evolution, eight (08) Research Units including PAMELCHID (HERITAGE, ARCHEOLOGY, MEMORY, LITERATURE, CULTURE, HISTORY AND IDENTITIES) which addresses archaeology, history, literature, heritage and anthropology.

Harvard University’s Department of Anthropology is one of the world’s leading institutions for anthropological research. Our PhD programs provide in-depth conceptual and methodological training in archaeology and social anthropology, with faculty whose work covers every time period from the Paleolithic to the present and every major world area.

The Role of Culture in Early Expansions of Humans is a 20-year project sponsored by the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. ROCEEH synthesizes archaeological, paleoanthropological and paleoenvironmental data from Africa and Eurasia dating between three million and 20,000 years in the web-based ROCEEH Out of Africa Database (ROAD): https://www.roceeh.uni-tuebingen.de/roadweb/.

We focus on interdisciplinary research focusing on the complex and dynamic relationships between socio-ecological systems. We have the potential to support CfAS by providing extensive data on the past socio-ecological dynamics in the Near East while engaging research with emphasis on the future of the region.

CACHE promotes transdisciplinary research, especially that combining HASS and STEM methods, to investigate the ancient past and ask what we can learn from it. Current themes include: humans in the their ancient urban and natural environments, ancient models of leadership, and receptions of ancient cultural heritage.

The Santa Fe Institute is an independent, nonprofit research and education center that leads global research in complexity science. SFI scientists seek the shared regularities and principles across complex physical, biological, social and technological systems. A number of projects involving archaeological synthesis have been conducted at SFI.

The School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona houses an internationally recognized program in archaeology with students and faculty conducting field and laboratory work around the globe. Synthesis is part of every aspect of what we do from research, to teaching, to outreach.

The Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology (IEMA) is a premier research center at the University of Buffalo with interdisciplinary faculty and strategic partnerships with European universities. IEMA offers interdisciplinary master’s programs, fieldwork opportunities, scholarships, laboratories, and publications with SUNY Press and the international, peer-reviewed graduate student journal CHRONIKA.

The Hearst stewards a vast collection of objects spanning the infinite breadth of human cultures to advance knowledge and understanding. Inspired by Phoebe Hearst, the Museum promotes the tools of humanists and social scientists, encouraging people to reflect on alternative perspectives, connect with others, and take action for positive change.

The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA is dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and conservation of archaeological knowledge and heritage. It provides a forum for innovative research, print and digital publication, graduate education, and public programs in an effort to have a positive influence on academic, local, and global communities.

Department faculty are involved with CfAS as associates and participate in CfAS initiatives in the US and abroad.

The archaeology program at the Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, emphasizes training in methodologies, comparative approaches, theoretical frameworks, and fieldwork worldwide. Our faculty, graduate students, and other researchers work to integrate research results with impactful synthetic evaluations of findings from comparative sites and subjects.

Our mission integrates leading-edge research, teaching, and dissemination with collection care/curation. We conduct original research/collaboration that extends the boundaries of archaeology, provide innovative teaching, turn our graduate students into outstanding next generation archaeologists, use our collections/laboratories to provide undergraduates their first hands-on scientific encounters, and preserve objects for future generations.

The University of Missouri Department of Anthropology promotes data driven scientific approaches to the study of human biology, behavior, culture, and evolution.  Synthesis is a core component of our approaches to research and engagement

The University of San Carlos Museum is the flagship museum of the Anthropology, Sociology and History program of the University. The museum houses archaeological, ethnographic, and ecclesiastical collections from over 70 years of USC field research in the region. The USC Museum invites research collaboration with Phillippines and international partners.

Washington State University Department of Anthropology supports the objectives of CfAS through training and research that address synthetic, foundational questions from the nature of domestication and the formation of successful societies, to the characterization of economic and political systems and the explanation of change.