Advocacy
Founded in 1879, the AIA was chartered by the United States Congress in 1906, in recognition of its role in the development and passage of the Antiquities Act, which Theodore Roosevelt signed into law that year. Today, the AIA remains committed to preserving the world's archaeological resources and cultural heritage for the benefit of people in the present and in the future.
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News, Issues, and Initiatives
An overview of how law enforcement works to protect cultural heritage.
Thanks to your response, the AIA sent in hundreds of letters to the U.S. Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) on your behalf. CPAC met May 6-7, 2010 to review the Memorandum of Understanding with Italy.
As the prospect for war in Iraq gains momentum, archaeologists have become increasingly concerned about the fate of that country’s archaeological sites, antiquities, and cultural property.
Latest News
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Gault Holds Teacher's Workshop
An update from AIA Site Preservation Grant Winner, the Gault School of Archaeological Research (Texas), about a recent Teacher's Workshop held at the Gault Site.
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Understanding the U.S. Border: Archaeologists, Law Enforcement, and the Preservation of Cultural Heritage
An overview of how law enforcement works to protect cultural heritage.
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A Museum’s Online Artifact Database as a Tool to Support Teaching and Research
Staff members from the Museum of Anthropology at Wake Forest University discuss how implementing a well designed artifact database greatly increases accessibility to the museum's collections.
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Endangered Sites
