Archaeological Institute of America

Inclusive Museum Narratives: Contextualizing Collections through Collaboration
2022-10-19 19:00 (America/New_York), 2022-10-18 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | KY
Virtual lecture which is part of the AIA Archaeology Hour series.

Ancient Pastoralists and Ancient States: The Political Ecology of the Nubian C-Group on Ancient Egypt’s Southern Frontier
2022-10-18 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | KY
Lecture by Dr. Shayla Monroe, UC, Santa Barbara;
DC Society Annual African Archaeology Lecture, hosted by Howard University
In honor of 2022 International Archaeology Day

Presentation & Artifact Identification at Union Museum of History and Art
2022-10-18 15:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Union Museum of History and Art, 211 N. Main Street, Farmerville, LA, 71241, United States
Tuesday, October 18, 3-6:30pm
$ = Free
Wayne Abercrombie, retired contract archaeologist, will be available from 3-5pm to look at artifacts that people bring in for identification. At 5pm Wayne will present a lecture on his archeological work in Crete. Hosted by the Archaeology Research Center at the Union Museum of History and Art.
For more information, visit:
https://www.northlouisianaarchaeology.org

Trivia w/ Keez at Crying Eagle Brewing
2022-10-18 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Crying Eagle Brewing Company, 1165 E McNeese St, Lake Charles, LA, 70607
Trivia w/ Keez at Crying Eagle Brewing
Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm
$ = Free
Family friendly
Crying Eagle Brewing has weekly trivia every Tuesday with Keez, but you can join every week in October for a special round of Louisiana Archaeology questions! Trivia is 4 rounds of 10 questions with prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Teams can be between 1 and 6 people.
For more information, visit www.cryingeagle.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/381072043625105/381072126958430/

"What Lies Beneath the Surface: Current Research at Poverty Point WHS" Presentation
2022-10-17 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Bossier Parish Libraries Central Library, 2206 Beckett St, Bossier City, LA, 71111
Monday, October 17, 6-7:30pm
$ = Free
Family friendly
Dr. Diana Greenlee, Station Archaeologist at Poverty Point World Heritage Site, will give a presentation at 6:30pm entitled “What Lies Beneath the Surface: Current Research at Poverty Point WHS” in the History Center Meeting Room.
To register, visit: https://www.bossierlibrary.org/event/poverty-point-world-heritage-site-dr-diana-greenlee

Cruising the Mekong River: Vietnam and Cambodia
2022-10-17 | KY
Explore the wonders of tropical Indochina on our luxurious tour of Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Mekong River. Begin with two nights in Ho Chi Minh City (still known by many as Saigon), a busy and dynamic metropolis that exudes energy and buzzes with activity. Then embark on a seven-night Mekong River cruise aboard the beautiful Mekong Princess, an exclusive riverboat with only 14 suites, elegant French colonial appointments, an ultra-shallow draft that allows us to access the nooks and crannies of the river, and all the modern comforts.
As you cruise from Ho Chi Minh City to Siem Reap, visit magnificent Buddhist and Hindu temples, observe floating markets bursting with colorful produce, and delve into the everyday lives of those who call the Mekong River home. Enjoy an enriching series of presentations and discussions by the accompanying AIA lecturer and host. Conclude with two glorious days to explore Angkor’s world-famous Khmer temples, the largest religious monument in the world. Limited to 24 participants.

International Archaeology Day
2022-10-17 00:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Tirane) | Museum of Peja, Haxhi Zeka Square, Peja, Kosova, 38000
In the archaeological park near the Museum of Peja, the archaeology sector marked the International Day of Archaeology, led by PhD.Candidate Sefer Lajqi – archaeologist, with a simulation activity “Young Archaeologists” with students of the elementary school in Peja League of Prizren,

International Archaeology Day
2022-10-17 00:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Tirane) | Museum of Peja, Haxhi Zeka Square, Peja, Kosova, 38000
International Archaeology marked on 17 October in the archaeological park near the Museum of Peja , led by PhD. c.Sefer Lajqi – archaeologist, with the activity simulating “Young Archaeologists ” with students of the primary school Lidhja e Prizrenit,

City Making in Byzantine Athens
2022-10-16 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Sabin Hall, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3413 N. Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States

Can You Dig It?
2022-10-16 12:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996, United States
Join us at McClung Museum for “Can You Dig It?” 2022! The event invites professional archaeologists at the University of Tennessee and their students to host activity stations for families. Join us for a fun afternoon of learning and exploration!

Can You Dig It?
2022-10-16 12:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996, United States
Can You Dig It? Come to McClung Museum to learn what archaeologists do and have fun exploring science through activities and presentations from archaeologists at the University of Tennessee!

Family Day | Trade Throughout the Ancient Mediterranean
2022-10-16 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Newberry Hall, Room 125, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, 434 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States
Grab your Kelsey Passport Book and join us on a journey through time as we explore trade in the ancient Mediterranean. Discover the routes traders took, over land and sea. Explore a Graeco-Roman marketplace and learn how money was used in the ancient world. There will be plenty of hands-on activities for kids of all ages, as well as docent-led tours of the galleries. Don’t miss this unique event that is fun for the whole family.

Conservation and print pattern field school
2022-10-16 11:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Medieval Agsu City State Hitorical-Cultural Reserve, Agsu, Azerbaijan, Agsu, Azerbaijan
Conservation and print pattern field school will be organized in Medieval Agsu city State Historical-Cultural Reserve within Earth Science Week on occasion of International Archaeology Day. Field school will focus on convservation methods and analyses,
conservation state and research of archaeological finds, stoneware and ceramics. The school wіll fеаturе іnfоrmаtіvе ѕеѕѕіоnѕ, sitе tоurѕ, аrtіfасt dіѕрlауѕ, аnd іnfоrmаtіоnаl bооthѕ аnd еріgrарhу ѕеѕѕіоnѕ .It will aim fostering exchanging perspectives and best practices on innovative approaches and solutions to the daily practice of the care and management of the archeological sites.

Making & Painting Corinthian Ceramics
2022-10-16 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Athens) | Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth, Ancient Corinth, 20007, Greece
For the fourth consecutive year, ASCSA Corinth Excavations is organizing in collaboration with the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Corinthia an educational and family program in celebration of International Archaeology Day. We welcome you to the archaeological site of Ancient Corinth on October 16th at 11:00 AM to learn about vase painting and vase making in ancient times and today, to see Corinthian pottery up close, and to draw inspiration for your own creations! We will be joined by archaeologists, conservators, a vase maker, and local vase painters. Guests will have the opportunity to model their own vases, to decorate miniature vessels, and to “conserve” broken ceramic replicas.

Family Archaeology Day at Cumming Nature Center
2022-10-16 09:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Cumming Nature Center, 6472 Gulick Road, Naples, NY, 14512
Grab a trowel, hop into the trench, and join archaeology professors and students from SUNY Brockport as we uncover the story of a 19th century homestead located at the Nature Center. Did it burn down or collapse? Where was the kitchen? Whose bones and teeth are found in the yard? Help us piece together the story of Frost Town, an abandoned logging settlement founded at the end of the 18th century in the old-growth pine forests of the Onondowagah, or Seneca, people.
At Family Archaeology Days, participants will literally be in the trenches as they learn about the history of Frost Town and the basics of archaeological fieldwork, including:
Methods of excavation
How to properly clean artifacts
Tricks for identifying artifacts
This event is part of a multi-year project that provides public access to Frost Town Archaeology (FTA), a SUNY Brockport archaeology field school site that’s located at the Cumming Nature Center. Students in FTA focus on the Hall Homestead site, a residence built by an early settler of Frost Town. During Family Archaeology Days, visitors have the opportunity to help excavate a less fragile homestead located closer to the Visitor Center, complementing the work being done at the Hall Homestead.
Note- the dig event is sold out as of 10/13/2022, but you can still visit the nature center!

National conference on Jain Heritage and its conservation
2022-10-15 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | KY
Nirgranth Centre of Archaeology and Shri Bharatvarshiy Digambar Jain Tirth Sanrakshani Mahasabha jointly online organise the National seminar on Jain Heritage and its conservation on the occasion of International Archaeology day ie 15
th October.
Speaker :Rajkumar ji Sethi Kolkata
Convener :Dr Yatish Jain

#ArchAtcha at MidCity Makers Market
2022-10-15 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Makers Market, 1857 Government St, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802
Saturday, October 15, 5-9pm
$ = Free
Family friendly
The Division of Archaeology and the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area will be at the MidCity Maker’s Market from 5-9pm to promote and discuss Atchafalaya Month and Archaeology Month! #LouisianaArchaeology #CominAtcha #ArchAtcha
For more information, visit https://www.midcitymakersmarket.com/

American Research Center in Egypt- Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) Lecture: Dr. Luigi Prada
2022-10-15 15:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
Saturday, October 15
Dr. Luigi Prada
Asst. Professor of Egyptology,  Uppsala University (Sweden)
“If a crocodile has sex with her, she will die swiftly”:  Dreams and Divination in Ancient Egypt”
3:30pm
Classroom L2  , Penn Museum
Abstract
In the ancient world, the Egyptians had a reputation for excelling in divination, the practice of gaining knowledge about the future via occult channels. Many types of divination were known and habitually practiced in ancient Egypt, primarily by temple priests who employed specific handbooks for this purpose. Such arts included astrology, the study of the behavior of animals (so-called animal omina), oil divination (aka lecanomancy), and more. But one particularly popular branch of divination was oneiromancy, that is, dream interpretation.
This talk will introduce the audience to new research on ancient Egyptian oneiromancy, discussing in detail the workings of dream interpretation manuals and what light they shed on our knowledge of the ancient Egyptian mind.
Biography:
Dr. Luigi Prada is Assistant Professor of Egyptology at Uppsala University, Sweden. Formerly, he was a member of the Egyptology departments of Oxford, Heidelberg, and Copenhagen University. Within Egyptology, he specializes in textual, religious, and social studies, with particular focus on the Late and Graeco-Roman Periods. He is passionate about fieldwork, and is the Assistant Director of the Oxford/Uppsala epigraphic team working with Egyptian colleagues in Elkab in southern Egypt; he has also participated in fieldwork in Sudan. He is currently President of the Society of Friends and Collaborators of the Museo Egizio in Turin (ACME).

Project Archaeology - welcome to public, private and home school students
2022-10-15 14:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Sappington House Museum, 1015 S Sappington Rd, Crestwood, MO, 63126
International Archaeology Day lecture “Project Archaeology – welcome to public, private and home school students” – a presentation by Gail Lundeen, past president of the Missouri Archaeological Society. Program held at the Sappington House Museum.
More events are listed here on the St. Louis Society webpage.

Amelia Edwards: The Founding of the Egyptian Exploration Fund and the Exodus
2022-10-15 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Greenburgh Pubic Library, 300 Tarrytown Road, Elmsford, NY, NY, 10523
Amelia Edwards was the driving force behind the creation in 1882 of the Egyptian Exploration Fund (EEF, now Egyptian Exploration Society). The story of this individual is a remarkable one. As a woman of no money and no formal training in Egyptology who had spent decades of her life in totally unrelated activities, her formidable presence in the world of Egyptology would have been a surprise to those who had known her. Along with her determination to promote Egyptology was her desire to find the route of the Exodus. She had written extensively about the Exodus and was certain she knew who the Pharaoh of the Exodus was. The first archaeology campaign by the EEF was to find the route of the Exodus and it appeared to have succeeded.In this presentation, I will examine the life of Amelia Edwards at the dawn of Egyptology and how quickly things changed after she died.
Peter Feinman received his B.A. in history from the University of Pennsylvania, a M.Ed. from New York University, an MBA from New York University, and an Ed. D. from Columbia University. He is the founder of the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education. His interests cross disciplinary boundaries including American history, ancient civilizations, biblical history, and New York history. He is the president of the Westchester Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Vice President of the American Research Center in Egypt, New York Society. He advocates for the importance of local and state history in the curriculum, community, and tourism and is the author of a blogs on The State of State History and The State of American Civics. He is a contributor to the recent book Five Views of the Exodus (Zondervan, April 2021). His current book is The Exodus: An Egyptian Story (Oxbow, November 2021). He is working with the American Friends of Lafayette to plan the Lafayette Bicentennial in New York in 2024-2025.
In person event, registration required. Click here.

Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex Celebrates International Archaeology Day
2022-10-15 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex, 801 Jefferson Ave., Moundsville, WV, 26041, United States
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex will celebrate International Archaeology Day on October 15 with a program titled The Real Bebbanburh: The Castle That Started it all in Netflix’s Hit Drama “The Last Kingdom”. The program starts at 2:00 pm on Saturday, October 15, and is open to the public free of charge.
The program will be presented by Lauren E. Nofi, a community archaeologist who has worked at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Colonial Williamsburg in the United States; also in Ireland, Scotland and the United Kingdom. Nofi holds a B.A. in Anthropology from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, and an M.A. in Archaeology (with Merit) from the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, UK.
Ms. Nofi will take a deep dive into the history and archaeology of Bamburgh Castle (UK), focusing on early medieval Northumbria. This castle features as the hero Uhtred’s motivation in both The Last Kingdom books by Bernard Cornwell (who also wrote the Sharpe’s Rifles series) and subsequent television series. The castle is real, but is Uhtred? Moreover, was the castle ever worth all that trouble? This presentation is appropriate for those both familiar and unfamiliar with the series, by an archaeologist who has personal experience excavating at Bebbanburh, now called Bamburgh,
Saturday, October 15 has been designated International Archaeology Day by the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA). An international list of programs for the event at https://www.archaeological.org/programs/public/archaeologyday/ .
Operated by the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex features one of the largest conical burial mounds built by the Adena people between 250 – 150 B.C. and ranks as one of the largest earthen mortuary mounds anywhere in the world. Exhibits and displays in the Delf Norona Museum interpret what is known about the lives of these prehistoric people and the construction of the mound. The complex also houses the West Virginia Archaeological Research and Collections Management Facility.
Admission to Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex is free. The Delf Norona Museum, located at 801 Jefferson Avenue, is open 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and closed Sunday and Monday. Access to the Mound and other outdoor areas closes at 4:30 pm.
For more information about activities and programs at Grave Creek Mound, contact Andrea Keller, cultural program coordinator, at (304) 843-4128 or andrea.k.keller@wv.gov or visit www.facebook.com/gravecreekmound and www.twitter.com/gravecreekmound.

Reports from the Field
2022-10-15 13:30 - 14:30 (America/Vancouver) | KY
Celebrate International Archaeology Day on October 15th by hearing tales from students in the trenches this past summer. Graduate and undergraduate students from UBC and SFU who worked in Italy, Cyprus, Israel, and Macedonia this past summer will gather to tell us what life is like “in the field”. For those of you interested in what it’s like to dig, or who are simply yearning to hear tales from far-flung places, please join us on Zoom (Register here) to learn what Indiana Jones could never teach you.

Your City Saturday: Archaeology, Art, and Artifacts
2022-10-15 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Boarding House Park, 40 French Street, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Join us on Saturday October 15th for a special event for the whole family! Lowell National Historical Park and the Northeast Archeological Resources Program (NARP) will be hosting a special program full of fun activities and crafts to celebrate International Archaeology Day. This event is intended for all ages. Explore how archaeologists study and understand Lowell’s industrial past through fun and interactive crafts and activities at Boardinghouse Park (40 French Street, Lowell MA).
This is a free event and all are welcome. Drop in any time from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. for fun for the whole family!
In case of rain the event will take place at the Mogan Cultural Center next door at 40 French Street. Signs will be posted directing visitors to the appropriate entrance.
About Your City Saturday Programs:
Come experience history and fun for the whole family at Lowell National Historical Park! Join your neighborhood park rangers and our friends in the community on Saturday afternoons at various locations in and around downtown Lowell for fun activities to learn all about our city.
Our popular series of family programs, Your City Saturday, will occur on select Saturday afternoons throughout the summer – giving you plenty of opportunities for fun in downtown! Drop-in anytime for hands-on, mind-on learning and fun.

Your City Saturday: Art, Archaeology, and Artifacts
2022-10-15 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Boarding House Park, 40 French Street, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States

Ancient Rome on the Silesian route
2022-10-15 12:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Warsaw) | Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiu (Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom), pl. Jana III Sobieskiego, 2, Bytom, śląskie, 41-902, Poland
Ancient Rome will be the theme of this year’s archaeological festival. During the workshops and lectures, you will be able to learn many fascinating things about Roman traces in Upper Silesia, try your hand at e.g. in looking for coins, imprinting clay vessels from the mold, making a gladiator masks or beautiful necklaces and bracelets. As the event will take place in the museum, there will be a special mini-exhibition presenting artefacts from the period of Roman influence from own collections, incl. valuable numismatic items to furnish the grave of a warrior from the Przeworsk culture. The event will be attended by members of the historical reconstruction group Pro Antica Legion XIIII GMV Association from Lublin.

Ecological Aquaculture and Domesticated Waterscapes in Ancient Maya Society, Subsistence, and Art in Chiapas, Mexico
2022-10-15 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Phoenix) | Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E Washington St, Phoenix, AZ, 85034, United States
Dr. Joel Palka
Associate Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Arizona State University
Dr. Palka’s ongoing archaeological and anthropological project at Lake Mensabak in Chiapas explores past to present Maya use of modified waterscapes for fishing and managing plant communities. At this and other sites in the region, Maya people collectively dug canals and made reservoirs for large-scale, integrated ecological aquaculture. Like domesticated landscapes for agriculture, people in the Mesoamerican culture area engineered water works for harvesting fish, turtles, waterfowl, and aquatic plants for household consumption. This presentation covers insights from archaeology, Maya collaborations, art, and ethnohistory indicating that fisheries can be added to current research on raised fields, water control, subsistence ecology, and community organization in Mesoamerica.

International Archaeology Day at UMass Amherst
2022-10-15 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Goodell Lawn (between Goodell Hall and Old Chapel), 140 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA, 01003, United States
Please join the Western MA Society for an IAD Archaeology Fair! Suitable for all ages, we’ll have a variety of posters and activities–see our flyer for more information.

International Archaeology Day Research Showcase
2022-10-15 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | University of South Florida Tampa Campus CAS Building, 12010 USF Cherry Dr, Tampa, FL 33620, Tampa, 33617, United States
Join the Tampa Bay chapter of the AIA to hear about some amazing archaeology projects in a research showcase! Hear from professional archaeologists as well as students and their ongoing projects. Light refreshments will be provided.

7th Annual Livingston Parish Book Festival
2022-10-15 11:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Livingston Parish Library, 20390 Iowa St, Livingston, LA, 70754
Saturday, October 15, 11am-3pm
$ = Free
Family friendly
The Louisiana Division of Archaeology will have an educational table at the 7th Annual Livingston Parish Book Festival. The 2022 Book Festival will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2022, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Main Branch of the Livingston Parish Library (20390 Iowa Street, Livingston, LA, US, 70754).
For more information, visit:
www.mylpl.info/bookfestival
