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Community Archaeology at Amache, Colorado’s Japanese American Confinement Camp

Prof. Bonnie. J. Clark (University of Denver, Department of Anthropology) The forced removal and subsequent incarceration of over 120,000 people of American of Japanese descent during World War II is a pivotal incident in world history. The sites of this confinement are significant resources for both research about and re-engagement with this critical, yet shadowed […]

Archaeology Abridged with Dr. Kate Liszka “Operation Amethyst: How Egyptian Kings and Queens got their Bling 4,000 years ago”

Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Some of the most stunning jewelry from Ancient Egypt is made of amethyst.  Its craftsmanship, opulence, and design epitomize quality in the ancient world.  Yet the skill in making this jewelry started long before the cutting and buffing of the raw stone.  Procuring amethyst in the Eastern Desert is fraught with many more perils and […]

VIRTUAL: AIA Annual Faculty Lecture: “Mixed multitudes”: Displacement and belonging in ancient Sicily, with Prof. Randall Souza (Seattle University)

The inhabitants of the ancient Mediterranean were mobile, and many of them lived in or passed through the large island of Sicily, which sits between the eastern and western Mediterranean basins and nearly unites the continents of Europe and Africa. Some moved more voluntarily, others less so, and still others were relocated with no choice […]

Her Excellency Ambassador Maria Theofili from Greece celebrates International Archaeology Day

The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Parks S., New York, NY, United States

The Archaeology Committee is honoured to present The Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations.   Her Excellency Ambassador Maria Theofili will address the audience at The National Arts Club in celebration of International Archaeology Day, begun by the Archaeological Institute of America.   The focus of her unique presentation is the sacred island of Delos, the […]

Maya Pyramids & Temples of Yucatan

This tour is in the planning stages for January 2022. If you are interested in traveling to this region in the future and would like to be contacted when a tour becomes available, please call 800-748-6262 or email aia@studytours.org. This exciting, nine-day holiday provides the best-paced itinerary available to see the sun-drenched Yucatan peninsula’s ancient […]

Climate Change to Culture Change? The Case Study of the Copper to Early Bronze Age Transition in Iberia presented by Katina Lillios, PhD, University of Iowa

Abstract: How can we trace the relationship between climate change and culture change in the ancient past? A collaborative and interdisciplinary project coordinated by Katina Lillios, with Antonio Blanco-González, Brandon Lee Drake, and Jose Antonio López-Sáez, offered insights into this question through the lens of the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE of Iberia. This project […]