Archaeological survey is an important starting point for understanding past human activity and occupation patterns. Systematic ground reconnaissance involves the search for sites and material remains through visual inspection of the surface. Archaeological survey can give us answers about when a given place was occupied and by whom and sometimes even what they were doing and why. An AIA-NEH grant funded fieldwork for the Small Cycladic Islands Project in 2020 and 2021. In July of 2020,…
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…
Andrew Finegold is Assistant Professor of Art History with the University of Illinois Chicago. He holds his degrees from Columbia University (Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.A.) and the University of Houston (B.A.), and his area of specialization is the visual culture of the ancient Americas. His current publication projects include Vital Voids: Cavities and Holes in Mesoamerican Material Culture (2021), and The Temporalitites of Art in Mesoamerica (manuscript in progress).
Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski (July 10, 1910 - December 24, 2007) American Archaeologist and Pioneer of Garden Archaeology Wilhelmina Jashemski, AIA Gold Medal Recipient 1996Photo Credit: Jashemski Archives/University of Maryland Library. April is National Garden Month and we would like to honor Wilhelmina Jashemski, the noted pioneer of garden archaeology. Wilhelmina Jashemski is perhaps best known for her contributions to the archaeology of Pompeii, where she focused on the evidence of gardens and worked to help…
Darian Marie Totten is Assistant Professor of History and Classical Studies with McGill University, and holds her degrees from Stanford University (Ph.D.) and the University of Chicago. Her areas of specialization are the economy and society of the Roman Mediterranean, late antiquity and the transition to the early Middle Ages in Italy, ceramic studies, and landscape studies. She is currently a Co-Director of the Salapia Exploration Project, a comprehensive survey and excavation project designed to investigate both the…
Carrie Atkins is Assistant Professor with the Department of Historical Studies at the University Toronto, Mississauga. She holds her degrees from Cornell University (Ph.D.), Texas A&M University, and Bowdoin College. Her research interests include the maritime connections of the ancient Mediterranean, particularly the conceptualization of shipwrecks in the ancient economy. Professor Atkins is currently the Principal Investigator of the Assessing the Anchorage at Maroni-Tsaroukkas project, and the Principal Co-Investigator of the Between Land and Sea: An archaeological survey of the eroding…
Funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.National Endowment for the Humanities: Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at neh.gov. In October 2019, the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) and…
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AIA Session The 2024 AIA and SCS Joint Annual Meeting took place January 4-7, in Chicago, Illinois. The academic program began on the morning of Friday, January 5th and finished on the afternoon of Sunday, January 7th. Sessions were scheduled within morning, midday, and afternoon blocks. Paper order within a session may not reflect the final time slots. Please check the annual meeting app and printed program for exact order and times. SESSION BLOCK 1: FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 8:00-10:30…
The AIA Committee on Archaeology in Higher Education has composed this directory of graduate programs in the United States and Canada for persons intending to apply for admission to a graduate-level program in Classical/Mediterranean archaeology and/or a related field, including Near Eastern and Egyptian archaeology, the study of Classical/ancient art, museum studies, and art conservation. Listings are by state and then university. We encourage members to submit corrections, additions, and comments to kalbert@archaeological.org. USA Arizona…
The Committee has broad responsibilities for organizing the academic program for the Annual Meeting of the Institute. This includes selecting papers, colloquia, posters and workshops; and determining the format and scheduling for the presentation of this scholarship. The Committee determines time limits for all presentations. In a handful of cases—e.g., the Gold Medal Session—some other approved entity accepts a narrowly specified colloquium or group of papers. In such narrowly defined cases, the job of the…
This Subcommittee will review applications and select the recipients of the Jane C. Waldbaum Field School Scholarship, in accordance with guidelines determined by the Subcommittee.
All applications must be made entirely online. The deadline for submission of all completed forms is March 1. Submissions made via regular mail, fax, or other means will not be accepted. There are four parts to the applications including a portion to be completed by the publisher. Please review the Guidelines and Required Information pages prior to completing the forms linked below. Guidelines for Submission Checklist for Applicants Form I (to be completed by Primary…
October 25, 2018 @ 12:30 pm
Peer into an active archaeological excavation and learn about the oldest section of North America’s first college, founded in 1636. Harvard archaeology students will answer your questions, demonstrate archaeological methods, and display recent finds from the seventeenth century that reflect how Harvard College students—centuries ago—ate, dressed, and amused themselves, among other experiences. Drop by any time during this 90-minute event. The site is in Harvard Yard, steps away from the famous John Harvard statue. Free…
Lorenzo Nigro (Rome 1967), MA, PhD, Associated Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology (since 2002), is the Coordinator of the Oriental Section of the Department of Sciences of Antiquities of Rome “La Sapienza” University (Faculty of Letters and Philosophy). He has participated in several archaeological expeditions in the Near East and the Mediterranean (among which the most renowned are Tell Mardikh/Ebla, in Syria, in 1989-1997, and Tell es-Sultan/Jericho in Palestine as co-director, in 1997-2000). He is…
The Myanmar Archaeology Association (MAA) will be offering two types of events for IAD 2018.Program 1 will consist of training the new generation of archaeology students from universities in the Yangon and Mandalay Regions with regard to ethical considerations and current issues in Myanmar archaeology.Program 2 encompasses outreach to areas that are under the threat of development plans or urban extension: particularly the Cultural Heritage Regions of Began, Ava and Amapura. MAA will offer a Lecture and Discussion Program to educate…
Preparations for International Archaeology Day (IAD) 2018 are well underway and more than 120 organizations have committed to host and/or publicize archaeological events during the month of October. If your organization hasn't committed yet, sign up to add an event to the calendar OR fill out the Collaborating Organization agreement form.
Forty organizations signed up as 2016 International Archaeology Day Collaborating Organizations during the month of June. Many of the groups have participated for the past several years. Organizations that signed up for the October event last month include several organizations from the United States as well as one in Colombia. Event submissions also indicate that International Archaeology Day, or Mezinárodní den archeologie, continues to enjoy strong support in the Czech Republic, with seven events already placed on the…
With October still five months away, twenty-two organizations joined the list of International Archaeology Day (IAD) collaborators in May. New collaborators added several events to the IAD event map, including celebrations in Puerto Rico, the Czech Republic, and throughout the United States. The Collaborating Organizations added during the month of May are: Advocates for Poverty PointAmerican Research Center in Egypt, Northern California ChapterArchaeological Society–MaltaBrown University's Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient WorldButtonwoods MuseumDelaware State Parks—Time…
Organizations are just starting to sign up for International Archaeology Day 2016. Twelve groups from the United States and the Netherlands joined as Collaborating Organizations during the month of April. This year International Archaeology Day will be celebrated on October 15. We expect many more organizations to join in the months to come! Collaborating Organizations added in April are: Classical Association of the Atlantic StatesCollege of Charleston, Historic Preservation and Community Planning ProgramHistoric Vehicle AssociationHunebedcentrumIdaho Archaeological SocietyMcClung Museum…
