Archaeological Institute of America

TBA (Denver)
2025-10-24 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Denver) | TBA (Denver 1), Denver, CO, United States
Anna Marguerite McCann and Robert D. Taggart Lectureship in Underwater Archaeology Time TBA

Learn at Lunchtime virtual Lectures PHMC The PA State Museum
2025-10-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, United States
Series of 4 Friday virtual lectures on archaeological subjects with four different lecturers.

Justinian’s Tree: Underwater Environmental Histories in Byzantine Harbors
2025-10-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Denver) | Hale Building, Room 260, University of Colorado, Boulder campus, 1350 Pleasant St, Boulder, CO, 80309, United States
Anna Marguerite McCann and Robert D. Taggart Lectureship in Underwater Archaeology

Archaeology and the Art Museum: How To Be an Archaeologically Informed Curator.
2025-10-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Chazen Museum of Art, University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship

A High Altitude "Big Bang": Late Formative Period Archaeology of the Lake Titicaca Basin, Bolivia
2025-10-23 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Concordia University, H533, 1455 Blvd. De Maisonneuve Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8, Canada
Doris Z. Stone New World Archaeology Lectures

Windows on the Ancient Mediterranean: Glass and Society
2025-10-23 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago)
A lecture co-sponsored by Tulane University’s Department of Classical Studies & the New Orleans Society of the AIA
Dr. Allison Sterrett-Krause, College of Charleston (SC) will lecture on Roman glass
As archaeologists, we are all familiar with artifacts of daily life, like pottery vessels, and artworks, like architecture, statues, mosaics, and wall paintings, from the ancient world. Glass straddled the line between artwork and object of daily life in the Greek and Roman worlds. We often see glass in museum collections and marvel at its beauty and preservation, but we rarely learn about this material in our studies. In this lecture, we’ll use glass as a lens to explore ancient society. We will investigate religious and commemorative practices, evidence for recycling and trade, the use of glass vessels as a social marker, and—of course—windows.
NOTE: a photo ID is needed for entry into the university library.

Visualizing the Roman Villa: Virtual Preservation and Digital Archaeology at Oplontis
2025-10-23 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, TX, 75080, United States
Dr. Michael Thomas, co-director of the Oplontis Project since 2005, has focused his research on two sites at ancient Oplontis: Villa A, a monumental seaside residence, and “Villa” B, a commercial complex dedicated to wine storage and distribution. This lecture explores how digital heritage methods have shaped the study and preservation of both sites. Through 3D laser scanning, photogrammetry, GIS mapping, and a linked database, the project has documented the architectural remains and decorative programs of both sites. A navigable digital model not only preserves both of these fragile sites in virtual form but also enables scholars and the public to explore, analyze, and interpret them in ways that extend far beyond the limitations of physical access. The commitment to born-digital publication ensures that these records and reconstructions remain open, adaptable, and sustainable. In combining preservation, accessibility, and interpretation, the Oplontis Project offers a model for how digital heritage can reframe our understanding of the environments in which ancient Roman lived and worked.

Prehistoric Pioneers: Celebrating Scotland’s earliest megalithic monuments and the legacies of the women who investigated them
2025-10-23 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Online by Zoom, United Kingdom
Neolithic chambered tombs are some of the oldest and most iconic monuments found in Scotland. Dating back almost 6,000 years, these stone monuments were build to hold the remains of the dead at a time of huge change for people living in Scotland as they began to farm the land, create new types of artefacts and adopt new lifestyles. New research into these sites can help to refine our understanding of when the Neolithic began in Scotland, as well as allowing us to find out more about the people who built these tombs. Hundreds of these monuments were visited and carefully surveyed by Audrey Henshall, an archaeologist who produced an incredible volume of work on Scottish prehistory, including the seminal volumes The Chambered Tombs of Scotland (1963, 1972) which still prove essential for researchers today. In 2024, Archaeology Scotland received funding from the Henshall Legacy Grant, via the Society for Antiquaries of Scotland, for ‘Scotland’s Earliest Megalithic Monuments’, a project aiming to celebrate the legacy of Henshall and fund three new excavations of chambered tombs. This talk will introduce Archaeology Scotland’s ‘Scotland’s Earliest Megalithic Monuments’ Project, as well as our surrounding work celebrating the legacy of the women who pioneered research into the Neolithic of the west coast of Scotland.

AIA Archaeology Hour October 2025: Shipping Stone for Justinian’s Empire?
2025-10-22 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | https://www.archaeological.org/event/aia-archaeology-hour-october-2025-shipping-stone-for-justinians-empire/
Join the AIA for a fascinating evening with Justin Leidwanger as he gives the International Archaeology Day month AIA Archaeology Hour talk “Shipping Stone for Justinian’s Empire?”
This presentation will be given at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific.

Register here!

Talking with archaeologists: an overview of Archaeology in Brazil
2025-10-22 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Sao_Paulo) | Universidade La Salle – Sala 213 – Prédio 1, Av. Victor Barreto, 2288, Centro, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, 92010-000, Brazil
To celebrate International Archaeology Day, the History Program at La Salle University (Canoas, Brazil) will host a session dedicated to reflecting on Archaeology in Brazil. The event will feature Professor Fábio Chang de Almeida, PhD, and archaeologists Fabiano Aiub Branchelli and Jefferson Batista Garcia, who will share their experiences and discuss the challenges and prospects of the field in the country. The activity will take place in Room 213, Building 1 (Canoas Campus), at 7:00 PM, in a hybrid format with live streaming via Google Meet. Participation is free and open to the public, with prior registration required.

"Tutankhamun’s Funeral—What We Know from KV62"
2025-10-22 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Rehm Library, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Dr. Nicholas R. Brown, a postdoctoral fellow in Egyptology at Yale University and director of excavations at the ancient site of Deir el-Ballas, will explore what the archaeological record reveals about the state funeral in ancient Egypt. Dr. Brown will analyze the unique funeral procession scene depicted in the tomb’s Burial Chamber and its connection to a funerary rite known as the “Awakening of Osiris.” This talk will show how these images and artifacts were meant to transform the king into a divine being. The talk begins at 7 PM in Rehm Library, College of the Holy Cross, but there will be a small welcome reception at 6:30 PM, immediately upstairs in the Moran Lounge.

The Lumbee River Archaeology Project (LRAP)
2025-10-21 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Semans Auditorium (Room 117), Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson College, 315 N. Main St., Davidson, NC, 28036, United States
About the lecture:
The Lumbee Tribe, one of the largest tribes in the US, has a rich history in the Carolinas, yet a recent executive memorandum from President Trump has reignited debates around federal recognition policies. This talk will situate the current discourse around the Lumbee Tribe within the historical framework of evolving federal policies on recognition, and introduce the Lumbee River Archaeology Project. Founded in 2024 in collaboration with the Lumbee Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO), LRAP aims to provide archaeological training to the THPO staff, document and preserve ancestral sites, pursue research questions developed with tribal leaders, and share our findings with the community in addition to publishing in academic journals.
About the speaker:
An anthropological archaeologist, Dr. Seth Grooms works primarily in the Eastern Woodlands of North America. His research focuses on crafting archaeological narratives of Native histories that are, as much as possible, informed by Native American perspectives. He uses methods from geoarchaeology, landscape archaeology, and chronological modeling, and he interprets the resulting data within a theoretical framework comprising traditional anthropological theory as well as Native American philosophies and epistemologies. Grooms’ work in Mississippi and Louisiana has focused on early monumentality in North America at sites that participated in the Poverty Point phenomenon (ca. 4500-3000 cal yr BP). His interests in community-based archaeology led him to work with the Crow Tribe (Apsáalooke) in Montana in 2016. Dr. Grooms’ most recent project is the Lumbee River Archaeology Project.

Unearthing Sentinum: Discoveries from a Roman City in Italy’s Marche Region
2025-10-21 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Leigh Hall, room 208, 308 Buchtel Commons, Akron, OH, 44325, United States
Matt Notarian (Hiram College) will introduce us to the Sentinum City Archaeological Research Project (SCARP), a recently launched collaboration based in Sassoferrato, Italy, involving Hiram College, the Kansas City Art Institute, and the Superintendency for the provinces of Ancona and Pesaro-Urbino. Its purpose is to examine Sentinum, an ancient Roman town renowned as the site of the “Battle of the Nations” in 295 BCE. At its height during the imperial era, Sentinum functioned as a municipium strategically positioned east of the Apennines, along routes connecting the Via Flaminia to the Adriatic coast. This talk introduces the project in its regional setting in central Marche and presents highlights from its first field season in 2025.
SCARP’s research looks beyond monumental architecture to investigate the city’s residential and working quarters, areas that have seen little systematic study. Of particular interest is how the archaeological record may relate to major historical events, such as the celebrated battle or Sentinum’s involvement in the Perusine War during Augustus’ rise to power. More broadly, the project aims to place Sentinum within current debates on Roman urbanism in central Adriatic Italy, a region attracting increasing scholarly attention.
Although the 2025 season was brief, its results are promising. Excavation focused on two areas of a likely intramural insula first identified by a 2022 magnetometry survey. Evidence points to a well-developed urban environment with public, commercial, and domestic spaces, some adorned with luxurious polychrome marble. The campaign also shed light on late antique reuse and spoliation at the site. While the precise functions of the explored areas and the extent of later activity remain to be clarified, the findings establish a strong foundation for addressing key research questions and planning future seasons of investigation.

Living in the Glen of Sorrow: an archaeology of life before and after the 1692 Massacre of Glencoe
2025-10-20 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York), 2025-10-20 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/London) | Online by Zoom, United Kingdom
This talk will explore the archaeology of Glencoe, among Scotland’s most famous and iconic glens, home to the MacDonald clan and setting for the Glencoe Massacre of 1692. Based on archaeological fieldwork by researchers from the National Trust for Scotland, University of Glasgow and Archaeology Scotland at settlement sites dating to the 17th and 18th centuries we will explore the lives of those who called Glencoe home in this period, the events of the Glencoe massacre and the material remains this tragic event left behind, and how people returned to this landscape to live again along the waters of Coe.
This will be a journey through everyday artefacts and moments which defined the fate of a country.
Dr Edward C Stewart, Archaeology Scotland

The Impact of Roman Military Presence on the Arid Landscapes of Southern Jordan and Israel
2025-10-19 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | 118 St Johns College, University of Manitoba, 65 Chancellors Cir, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2

IAD 2025: Pearce Paul Creasman, “Diving the Pyramids: Underwater Tombs and Excavation at the Royal Cemetery of Nuri, Sudan”
2025-10-19 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Mitchell Hall, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3202 Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Archaeology Lecture in celebration of International Archaeology Day

Diving the Pyramids: Underwater Tombs and Excavation at the Royal Cemetery of Nuri, Sudan
2025-10-19 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | Mitchell Hall, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3202 Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
The Frederick R. and Margaret B. Matson Lectureship for Near Eastern Archaeology and Archaeological Technology

Meanwhile…at Giza: The Central Field Cemetery in the Fifth Dynasty
2025-10-19 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | https://www.archaeological.org/event/meanwhileat-giza-the-central-field-cemetery-in-the-fifth-dynasty/
The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California chapter, and the UC Berkeley Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures invite you to attend a Zoom lecture by Julia Puglisi, Harvard University:
“Meanwhile…at Giza: The Central Field Cemetery in the Fifth Dynasty”
Sunday, October 19, 2025, 3 PM PDT
This virtual lecture will not be recorded.
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About the Lecture:
Despite the southern shift of the royal necropolises during the Fifth Dynasty, the Giza Plateau remained an important locus of non‐royal burials until the end of the Old Kingdom. While explanations for choosing Giza as a necropolis after the Fourth Dynasty range from royal cultic activity to the perpetuation of generational funerary traditions, the nearby settlements reveal a more complex picture of human activity on the plateau.
At the heart of this landscape lies the “Central Field,” a cemetery whose characteristic landscape originated from its use as a quarry basin for the construction of Khufu’s pyramid. While often cast in historiography as a Fourth Dynasty site, the Central Field is in fact dominated by tombs of the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties. Despite its significance for understanding the broader history of the Giza Necropolis, the cemetery has not been extensively studied since the excavations of Selim Hassan (1886–1961) in the early twentieth century.
Drawing on my ongoing dissertation research, I here present new documentation from the Central Field, including several previously unpublished Fifth Dynasty mastabas and their unique adaptations to the quarried terrain. Case studies include the tombs of Khafreankh (G 8840) and Nisutpunetjer (G 8740), excavated prior to the Egyptian initiatives, alongside published monuments whose owners may be referenced in the Abusir archives: Rawer (G 8988) and Khuwiwer (G 8764 = LG 95). By combining an analysis of construction practices with the social history of those interred here, this lecture explores the Central Field to understand the enduring draw of the Giza after the construction of its pyramids.
About the Speaker:
Julia Viani Puglisi received her B.A. in Classical Languages at the University of California, Berkeley, and an MA in Egyptology at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is currently completing her PhD at Harvard University, where her dissertation, “Transformation at the Giza Pyramids: The Central Field Cemetery,” examines landscape change in the quarry-cemetery of the Central Field.
Since 2022, Puglisi has been working in the Central Field at Giza with the support of an American Research Center in Egypt-Council of American Overseas Research Centers Fellowship (2022–2024) and the Margaret Weyerhaeuser Jewett Memorial Fellowship (2024). Her research investigates how anthropogenic sites are maintained, reused, and transformed over time. Drawing on archaeological documentation and 3D modeling, she traces these changes to reconstruct a social history of the Giza Plateau after the pyramids were built. As a member of the Giza Project at Harvard, Puglisi is producing improved site maps for use by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, while also working to protect the cemetery from human and environmental threats.
About Northern California ARCE:
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International Archaeology Day Family Event
2025-10-19 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Cooper Gristmill, 66 Route 24, Chester Township, NJ, 07424, United States
Come drop by for a family-friendly event to learn about archaeology along the trails at the historic Cooper Gristmill. Hands-on activities include mapping and excavating chocolate chips from cookies, digging for and reconstructing pottery, name-writing in hieroglyphics, storytime, and more.
This event is run by Girl Power Robotics, a Girl Scout robotics team, with the support of the Morris County Parks Commission

Can You Dig It?
2025-10-19 12:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996, United States
Families with children of all ages are invited to a day of fun and hands-on learning at the McClung Museum. Dig deep into the past, learn from professional archaeologists, and explore a wide array of engaging activities like cave art painting, hunter-gatherer games, and so much more.

Can You Dig It? 2025
2025-10-19 12:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park, Knoxville, TN, 37996, United States
Event description
Join us for a FREE family program at the McClung Museum celebrating International Archaeology Day. Can You Dig it? invites you to learn about the past and present with professional archaeologists from UT through engaging hands-on activities.
Date: Sunday, October 19
Time: 12:00-4:00 p.m.
**Tickets available starting October 4 via Eventbrite **
Families of all ages are invited to the McClung Museum for a FREE day of hands-on family fun celebrating International Archaeology Day. Attendees will dig deep into the past at our activity stations and learn from professional archaeologists, University of Tennessee professors, and graduate students.
Our interactive stations offer a wide array of engaging activities, including cave art painting, hunter-gatherer games, and the chance to craft pottery, mini lab activites, and so much more.

Rebecca Sue Lao
2025-10-19 11:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | The Water Works, Buffalo Bayou Park, 105B Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77077, United States
International Archaeology Day,
Archaeology Now (the Houston Society) will create a series of hands-on events about the Karankawa Indigenous Americans of the Gulf Coast that will be held in Houston on the banks of Buffalo Bayou, where this group of people lived, before Houston became a city.

Archaeology in a Bonsai Garden
2025-10-19 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Clark Bonsai Museum, 114 W Audubon Dr CA, Fresno, CA, 93720, United States
1. The guided tour of the Clark Bonsai Museum exhibits in a beautiful garden. Contained plants are an ancient tradition found in several cultures, related to medicinal, culinary, religious and artistic practices. Miniature trees, called bonsai, are related to Japanese, Chinese, and East Asian cultures. They are living artifacts and artworks, made to look ancient, and some of them are a thousand of years old. The art of bonsai involves the reading of the surface roots in the soil, the thickness, texture, and scars on the trunk, and the twisted and dead branches, in order to appreciate the ancientness of the tree, and the classification of bonsai styles, similar to how archaeologists study the dates and styles of pots and other artifacts. This tour will allow participants to see and appreciate the conceptual connections between archaeology and the art of bonsai.
2. Promotion of archaeology at the Museum. There will be a considerable number people at the Museum on a weekend of the International Archaeology Day. The Society will have a table where our board members will promote the importance of archaeology and studies of civilizations, disseminate knowledge, hand out information, and recruit more members to the Society.

Virtual Symposium: Disability in the Ancient Greek World
2025-10-19 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Virtual Event, hosted by Nashville Parthenon & AIA-Nashville Society, TN, United States
Join us for a free virtual talk on disability in the ancient Greek world by archaeologist Dr. Debby Sneed! Registration required, sign up here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O8raQJkFQsWst1fkyuhxVg#/registration
Dr. Sneed will preview a soon-to-be published article with new research on a female statue of a dwarf, found on the Acropolis. She will introduce us to the study of disability in ancient Greece through a detailed case-study, showing how a careful examination of material culture can reveal disability in the ancient world, while challenging common misconceptions about attitudes towards disability in the ancient world.
Dr. Debby Sneed is assistant professor of classics at California State University, Long Beach, and an archaeologist whose research focuses on disability in ancient Greece. She is also field director of the Agora Excavations in Athens, conducted by the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, which is the preeminent research center for US scholars and students studying Greek culture from antiquity to the present. She earned a Ph.D. in archaeology from UCLA, and an MA in classics from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Romans and Germans in the region under Pálava | International Archaeology Day
2025-10-19 09:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Prague) | Chateau Mikulov | Exhibition Romans and Germans in the region under Pálava, Zámek 1/4, Mikulov, 69201, Czech Republic
The exhibition Romans and Germans in the Region under Pálava introduces visitors to the rich history of this area, where the powerful Roman Empire came into contact with Germanic tribes. Through archaeological finds, the exhibition illustrates everyday life as well as the broader cultural interactions that shaped the region.
On International Archaeology Day, the program will include a guided tour of the exhibition at 3:00 PM. Visitors can also see a temporary display of objects found by amateur detectorists in cooperation with the museum, offering a glimpse into how such collaborations contribute to archaeological knowledge. A photo corner with replicas of Roman helmets will be available, and younger visitors can enjoy special activities designed for them.

International Archaeology Day
2025-10-18 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Gatehouse Garden, 1195 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Join the Columbia Center for Archaeology to celebrate International Archaeology Day! This event is open to the public and will provide fun activities for all ages. Gatehouse Garden, 119th St. and Amsterdam Avenue.

International Archaeology Day Fair
2025-10-18 12:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Lowry Mall, 513 South Ninth Street, Columbia, MO, 65201, United States
Come learn about archaeology with professors, staff, and students in the Classics, Archaeology, and Religion & Anthropology Department as well as the Museum of Art and Archaeology!
We will have tours of the museum, demonstrations by archaeologists, fun educational activities, and more!

Egypt and Nubia: Celebrate Archaeology
2025-10-18 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | The Fralin Museum of Art, 155 Rugby Rd, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, United States
The event utilizes the temporary exhibition The World Between: Egypt and Nubia in Africa (through 14 June, 2026) at the Fralin Museum of Art as a springboard to publicly celebrate Archaeology and share Egypt and Nubia with the public in a free, family-oriented event.
Activities will include:
-Gallery Q&A with the curator inside the museum in the Pine Gallery
-Scavenger hunt for artifacts on display
-A lego station in Fayeweather Hall next door, on the backside of the building (please follow signs; 12-3 pm)
-Art activity/collage also in Fayeweather Hall (please follow signs; 12-3 pm)
