April 30, 2026

To celebrate our 2026 Research Grant recipients , we connected with this year’s awardees to learn more about their projects and the unique paths that led them into the field of archaeology.

We’re thrilled to introduce Dominique Langis-Barsetti, one of three recipients of the prestigious 2026 Kathleen and David Boochever Endowment for Fieldwork and Scientific Analyses Grant !

Dominique Langis-Barsetti (Université Laval)

Tell us about your project:

The project “Exploring gilding and polychromy in central Anatolian Iron Age ivory, bone, and antler inlays” seeks to bring back some shine and color to the still-expanding corpus of decorative pieces recovered from the city of Kerkenes.…