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Princeton Colors the Past with Archaeology

This year for International Archaeology Day, the AIA-Princeton Society hosted a coloring event for the public! With partners from the Visual Resources division of Princeton University’s Department of Art and […]

Spokane Celebrates Archaeology

Spokane hosted an Archaeology Day in early October! At the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, the AIA-Spokane Society and other local organizations tabled to talk to visitors about archaeology, […]

Archaeology Day Fair at Mizzou!

One of our very last International Archaeology Day events of the year was held in Missouri earlier this month. Several academic departments at University of Missouri came together to host […]

2024 AIA Awards Ceremony to Take Place at the 125th Annual Meeting

The AIA will hold its 2024 Awards Ceremony, on the evening of Saturday, January 6, from 6:00 – 7:00 PM, at the Hilton Chicago. The ceremony will take place during […]

AIA-St. Louis Celebrates IAD

At Mastodon State Park on October 21, the AIA-St. Louis Society held an International Archaeology Day celebration complete with atlatl practice! Gail Lundeen, past president of the Missouri Archaeological Society, […]

Cruising through Athens on IAD

In Piraeus Harbor in Athens, Greece, Dr. Michael Fuller gave an International Archaeology Day lecture on the Viking Neptune Cruise Ship. The lecture, on “Greek Civilization and Archaeology,” was attended […]

Arkansas ArcheOlympics

The Arkansas Archeological Survey’s annual International Archaeology Day event, ArcheOlympics, was another great success! This year we had 11 teams from 4 Universities and one group of 4H members competing […]

Troy: New Data from Old Excavations

Troy—the ancient city that looms larger than life for its role in the Trojan War as documented in the epic poem the Iliad—has long been the object of curiosity about […]

Kings, Queens, Commoners, and Captives at AIA-DC

In the evening on October 26, the AIA-Washington, D.C. Society hosted a lecture on the Kingdom of Dahomey, in the modern Republic of Benin, which stands as one of the […]

AJA Museum Review Editor Announcement

We’re pleased to welcome Dr. Lindsay Der as the next Museum Review Editor for the American Journal of Archaeology! Dr. Der is an Honorary Research Associate at The University of […]

IAD at the Rochester Museum & Science Center

The AIA-Rochester Society and the Rochester Museum and Science Center celebrated International Archaeology Day on October 28! They had hands-on activities including archaeology toys, a sandbox dig, artifacts, books, coloring […]

Ancient Geopolitics at the National Arts Club

October 2 marked the date of an auspicious event held at the National Arts Club in celebration of International Archaeology Day: a talk called The Ancient Geopolitics Of Cyprus with […]

AIA-Western MA Society Presents IAD!

On Saturday, October 14 at UMass Amherst, the Western Massachusetts Society of the AIA put on an archaeology fair with plenty of fun activities for everyone, including a Minecraft tour […]

Puget Sound Celebrates IAD

The AIA-Puget Sound Society partnered in sponsoring a celebration of International Archaeology Day at the Burke Museum this year. The museum hosted a day of activities to learn about local and […]

IAD at the Corning Museum of Glass

For IAD 2023, the AIA-Finger Lakes (Ithaca) Society put on an event at the Corning Museum of Glass inspired by the museum’s current exhibit, Dig Deeper: Discovering an Ancient Glass […]

Unearthing the Past with Archaeological Geophysics

The Kenya Society of Geophysical Professionals held an IAD celebration on October 21 as a testament to the importance of unearthing and preserving our shared human heritage. Participants learned about […]

Back to Angola Festival

A colorful, musical, energetic festival, organized by Oaktree Community Outreach Inc., celebrated maroon heritage on land that archaeological excavations revealed was where freedom-seeking people found a haven of liberty in […]

Celebrating IAD at the Queenston Heights National Historical Site

On October 21st, the Niagara Peninsula Society of the AIA hosted an International Archaeology Day field trip to the Queenston Heights National Historical Site. Guides from the Friends of Fort […]

Newlin Grist Mill’s IAD Public Excavation

This year, our excavations were in the the foundations of bank barn of unknown date. We had four volunteer excavators and forty-three participants which included children and adults. Excavations were […]

AIA Promotes Fieldwork and Families

In an era where the United States is facing a childcare crisis and more and more adults are faced with managing the care of aging parents, the Archaeological Institute of […]

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