To celebrate our 2024-2025 Fellowship recipients, we reached out to our winners to learn about their projects and their experiences in archaeology. We're excited for you to meet Dr. John Willman, this year's Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship recipient. The Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship Recipient: Dr. John Willman; Universidade de Coimbra This year’s AIA Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship winner, Dr. John Charles Willman (University of Coimbra), will use high-resolution medical imaging data to virtually curate human…
About the Cradle of Humankind Dig in South Africa at Kromdraai and Sterkfontein Caves The Cradle of Humankind is a world-renowned site for hominid discoveries and is a UNESCO World Heritage site that is considered to be the birthplace of humankind. With over 40% of the world’s human ancestor fossils found here, it’s a must-visit destination for anyone interested in human evolution. Join us on this incredible opportunity to dig at this location. We’ll…
April 13, 2024 @ 1:00 pm
SCRAP LAB Open House - in person Join SCRAP and NHAS members for a tour of the SCRAP Archaeology Lab featuring the new NHAS space. This is an opportunity to see a working archeology lab and to view a variety of artifacts from sites in New Hampshire. You will also have a chance to meet the New Hampshire State Archaeologist Mark Doperalski. LOCATION: SCRAP Lab 99 Airport Road, Concord NH
April 11, 2024 @ 7:00 pm
Using 3D to Document and Share Vermont’s Past: The Vermont State University Digital Archaeology Project - Virtual Matthew D. Moriarty, PhD, Assistant Professor of Archaeology, Vermont State University The Vermont State University Digital Archaeology Project was founded in 2019 to explore new avenues in archaeological research, digital curation, and educational outreach using 3D technologies. Over the last four years, VTSU faculty and students have utilized 3D imaging to document archaeological, museum, and private collections, and…
April 6, 2024 @ 9:00 am
Co-hosted by the Dartmouth College Department of Anthropology, the Dartmouth Archaeology Working Group (DAWG) and the New Hampshire Archaeological Society. Speakers include: Alex Garcia-Putnam, PhD, Co-Director of the Forensic Anthropology Identification and Recovery (F.A.I.R.) Lab, UNH The Brentwood Poor Farm: Bioarchaeological Insights on Poverty and Marginalization in Historic New Hampshire. This work explores the lives and deaths of inmates of the Brentwood Poor Farm, Brentwood, NH (1841-1868). The hardships these individuals faced—poverty, otherness, forced labor—…
February 13, 2024 @ 8:00 am
Over the past few decades, archaeologists have assigned ancestors significant roles in the supernatural orders of most ancient societies. They argue that ancestors, through their connection to the divine or supernatural, wielded a power that could transform society and grant exclusive rights over limited resources to those who could argue either for a familial connection to the ancestor or have access to the dead. These arguments are primarily derived from ethnographic research carried out on…
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At the 2024 AIA Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL), we saw a variety of posters featuring work from around the world. Annual Meeting participants were treated to an incredible array of diverse research presented in a visual format. Three Poster Awards are given out during the Poster Award Sessions: the Best Poster Award, First Runner-Up, and the Student Poster Award. We asked the winner of this year's First Runner-Up Poster Award winners a few questions about…
Title: Executive AssistantReports to: Executive Director The AIA, the oldest and largest non-profit in the U.S. supporting professional archaeologists, seeks an energetic, organized, and detail-oriented individual to support the work of the Institute as an Executive Assistant. The Executive Assistant provides high-level operational and administrative support to the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer and manages all logistics for the office, the Governing Board, Council, and all committees. Supervisory Responsibilities: None Duties/Responsibilities: Operational and Administrative Support: …
AIA Session The 2023 Annual Meeting is now complete. Our first fully hybrid meeting was held from January 5-8 in New Orleans, Louisiana. We are still processing the recordings from the sessions and hope to have them posted to the meeting platform by Friday, January 27th. Once posted the videos will be available to all registered attendees (in-person and virtual) for 30 days. An email will be sent to all registrants with information on how to…
The aim of the project is to establish the character, form and extent of archaeology that was identified by a comprehensive Geo Physics survey carried out in 2023 as well as targeted trenches that uncovered Iron Age, Roman and Medieval archaeology. The village of Huttons Ambo is about 14 miles (22.5 km) north-east of York and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Malton. It consists of the villages of High Hutton and Low Hutton. The…
The Hvar – World Heritage Island campaign caters to students, adventurers, volunteers, and those eager to delve into the heritage of this region while embracing the thrill of collaborative physical work. Managed by the expert team of the Pubic Institution – Agency for Stari Grad Plain Management, the restoration program is complemented by Ventula Travel, a Destination Management Company organizing elements like boat transportation, land transfers, excursions, guides, and accommodation. This program promises numerous benefits…
Nestled in the picturesque Mopan River Valley, the archaeological site of Actuncan was home to an ancient Maya community for 2000 years—from 1100 BC to AD 900—during which time community members built huge pyramids, broad plazas, roads, water reservoirs, neighborhoods and other kinds of physical infrastructure critical to the long term success of a small city. This urban infrastructure was key to the establishment of the community’s holy lords (k’uhul ajawob). Additionally, it was critical…
The Panlongcheng site is an urban settlement in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River dating to the early Bronze Age (1600-1300BC), and is also a national cultural heritage park. In the upcoming years, a five-week summer archaeological field school and research program at Panlongcheng will focus on the landscape and environment, the daily life of the settlement, and the nature of resource utilization and social organization at the site. Students will conduct field excavations…
The Bulgarian Underwater Archaeology field school provides a comprehensive training in underwater archaeological methods through participation in an ongoing research project: discovering the submerged heritage of ancient Mesambria, present-day Nessebar (UNESCO World Heritage Site) on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Today, significant parts of the ancient town are below sea level. Remains of fortification walls, towers, staircases, gates and other structures from Classical and Hellenistic period, Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages were traced in various sectors…
