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AIA Debuts Site Preservation Activities at 3rd Annual AIA-MOS Archaeology Fair

The AIA showcased exciting new site-preservation themed activities at the 3rd Annual AIA-Museum of Science Archaeology Fair.

Better Living Through Archaeology

Larry Coben and the Sustainable Preservation Initiative

U.S.-China Agreement Signed

A new Memorandum of Understanding was recently inked by the United States and the People’s Republic of China. The five-year agreement outlines steps designed to stem the flow of illicitly excavated or exported artifacts from China to the U.S.

AIA Statement on Attachment of Cultural Objects

The Archaeological Institute of America has issued the following statement concerning cultural objects on loan to U.S. institutions and calls for Congressional action to assure the security of international loans and exhibitions from attachment.

AIA selects Easter Island as its second Site Preservation project

Efforts will protect and preserve Easter Island’s Rapa Nui Moai statues

AIA Endorses UNESCO Underwater Convention

The AIA Governing Board endorsed the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.

Temple of Athena at Assos 2008 Report

A report on the restoration and new presentation of the site

Sheltering the Mosaics of Piazza Armerina: Issues of Conservation and Presentation

When dealing with archaeological sites one is often confronted with the preservation of surviving fabric that was designed and built for indoor spaces (mosaics, mural paintings, etc.) and that can hardly be presented in an open environment.

Hague Convention Ratification

The statement of the AIA, the Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation, the U.S. Committee for the Blue Shield, and others urging Senate ratification can be downloaded here.

Heritage, Conservation, and Archaeology: An Introduction

An introduction to heritage, conservation, and archaeology

AIA Response to New Museum Acquisition Guidelines

The AIA applauds the AAMD’s revision of its Report and Guidelines on the Acquisition of Archaeological Materials and Ancient Art released on June 4. These new guidelines incorporate many principles that the AIA has long advocated.

The Fig and The Spade: Countering the Deceptions of Treasure Hunters

For-profit salvage groups and underwater treasure hunting corporations, says Jerome Lynne Hall, have succeeded in manipulating public opinion with several clever and closely woven deceptions regarding underwater cultural heritage.

Coins and Archaeology

Since their first invention in western Turkey in the late seventh century B.C., coins have been struck in precious metals and copper alloys, and since that time they have been lost, buried in hoards, placed in graves, or otherwise left behind for archaeologists to find. When coins are found as part of a scientific excavation, they can make an immense contribution to our understanding of ancient society. In this effort, numismatists and archaeologists can work hand in hand, facilitating discoveries and interpretations that neither discipline could produce in isolation.

Our Crumbling Past

A new AIA mission to conserve ancient sites

Indianapolis Museum of Art Declares Moratorium on Antiquities Acquisitions

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) notes with approval the moratorium on the acquisition of undocumented antiquities declared by the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) on April 16, 2007, which will remain in effect while the IMA “evaluates and reframes” its current policies on the collection of antiquities and ancient art.

Funding Protection of Ancient Sites in Iraq

At the annual meeting of the American Oriental Society (AOS), a special panel presented the information that a relatively modest outlay of funds could help protect the more aggressively looted sites in Iraq.

AIA President’s Letter to CPAC Supporting Cypriot Import Restrictions

As President of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), I am writing to express my strong support on behalf of the AIA for the inclusion of coins as a designated category of archaeological material in the extension of the bilateral agreement between the Republic of Cyprus and the United States under Section 303 of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act. Our support for inclusion of coins applies only to those coins that are more than 250 years old and that are found on Cyprus.

Archaeological Value of Coins Questioned

The Cultural Property Advisory Committee at the U.S. Department of State is asking for additional public comment on the inclusion of ancient coins in the Cypriot request for import restrictions.

Joint Statement of Principle on the Protection of Archaeological Sites, Monuments and Museums

An unprecedented international agreement to combat the destruction of the archaeological record and the depredations caused by looting and the illegal trade in undocumented antiquities was signed at the Annual Meeting by the AIA, German Archaeological Institute, and the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Letter in Support of Cyprus’s Request

Patty Gerstenblith, president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation

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