Archaeological Institute of America

DigIt!
2024-10-19 11:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, South Kilgo Circle Northeast, Atlanta, GA, 30322, United States
Celebrate International Archaeology day at DigIt!, Emory’s archaeology festival organized by students in the programs of Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Mediterranean Archaeology, and hosted by the Michael C. Carlos Museum. This year’s DigIt! presents an exciting program of talks by Emory researchers and ceramic demonstrations and hands-on activities.

Life in medieval Bytom
2024-10-19 12:30 - 15:30 (Europe/Paris) | Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, plac Sobieskiego, Bytom, Silesian Voivodeship, 41-900, Poland
This year Bytom celebrates its 770th birthday and therefore this year’s theme of the event will be life in medieval Bytom. During the event you will be able to try your hand at, among others: in archaeological excavations, ceramics and illumination workshops. Knights from the reconstruction group will present the camp, everyday life, everyday objects, handicrafts, and will also present a demonstration of knights’ fights, conduct medieval games and activities, and knights’ fights for children.

Archaeology Day activities
2024-10-19 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Gatehouse Garden, 1195 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Come and join Columbia University graduate students and faculty to learn about archaeology and try out different activities at the Gatehouse Community Garden on Amsterdam Avenue at 119th street

Huaca Fest
2024-10-19 14:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Huaca Casa Rosada, Prolongación Jirón Cuzco, San Miguel, Lima, 15087, Peru
Great event at the Huaca Casa Rosada! 🌟
This Saturday, July 19, we invite you to enjoy an afternoon full of culture, history and fun in a unique event organized by IDEAL in collaboration with the Municipality of San Miguel and with the participation of the María Rostworowski Cultural Association 🎉
🕒 Hours: 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Huaca Casa Rosada, San Miguel (Jr Prolongación Cusco, block 12, San Miguel)
🎶 Unmissable activities:
Guided Circuit through the Huaca Casa Rosada: Discover the history behind this archaeological site.
Archaeologist for a Day Experience: Be an explorer and discover the secrets of the past!
Folk Dances: Live our traditions through music and dance.
Get excited and have fun Evenings: Artistic and recreational activities for the little ones.
Book Fair: Find fascinating books on history, culture and more.
Gastronomic Exhibitors and Wine Tasting: Enjoy the Peruvian flavors.
Come with your family and friends to spend an unforgettable day full of culture, history and entertainment! Don’t miss it. ✨

Archaeology and History of Spain
2024-10-19 18:30 - 19:30 (Europe/Madrid) | Viking Jupiter (open only to 700 booked guests), Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Lecture on the Viking Jupiter cruise ship while in harbor in Barcelona, Spain. Discussion of the archaeology and history of Spain from the Stone Age through the modern age. Lecture by the Secretary of the St. Louis Society of the AIA.

INTERNATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY DAY | The Chateau Mikulov
2024-10-20 09:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Prague) | Chateau Mikulov | Exhibition The Romans and the Germans in the region under Pálava, Mikulov, South Moravia, 692 01, Czechia
Saturday’s celebrations in Archeopark Pavlov (branch of the Regional museum in Mikulov) will be followed by the Exhibition “The Romans and the Germans in the region under Pálava” at the Chateau in Mikulov. On Sunday, October 20, visitors will also be able to visit this archaeological exhibition for free. At 3 p.m., there will be a guided tour of the exhibition with the director of the museum, Petr Kubín. On this day, the exhibition will include the traditional presentation of objects found by amateur researchers in cooperation with the Regional Museum in Mikulov. The program is also aimed at kids who will be able to familiarize themselves with Roman culture and the culture of the Germanic people in a playful way.

Virtual Symposium: Archaeology & Science
2024-10-20 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Zoom
Join us for a free virtual talk on Sunday, October 20, at 10 AM Central. This Virtual Symposium is free and open to the public.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GwcLqYTgTc-3mWwwipI9yg#/registration
ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM:
In honor of International Archaeology Day, hear about the intersection of science, archaeology, and anthropolog

Can You Dig It?
2024-10-20 12:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park, Knoxville, TN, 37996, United States
This free, family-friendly program offers the public a unique chance to delve into the field of archaeology and connect with experts through a day of experiential learning. “Can You Dig It?” will be held at the museum from noon to 4 pm.
Attendees will dig deep into the past through educational activities, crafts, and displays led by University of Tennessee, Knoxville researchers, professors, and graduate students. The event will feature a wide range of engaging options, including cave art painting, hunter-gatherer games, and the chance to craft pottery, perfumes, and much more.
Traditionally observed in mid-October, International Archaeology Day raises awareness about the study of archaeology through a multitude of events and programs. In celebration of the day, the McClung Museum has partnered with professional archaeologists and units across the UT campus to bring the celebration of International Archaeology Day to the Knoxville community.

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East Tours Led by Harvard Students
2024-10-20 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Available during the Harvard academic year Sundays at 1:00 pm, October 6, 2024–April 27, 2025. See blackout dates.*
*Blackout dates: December 1, 2024–January 26, 2025; and March 16–23, 2025.
This free tour, led by Harvard students, explores the Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World exhibition and how the movement of goods, peoples, and ideas around the ancient Mediterranean transformed the lives and livelihoods of people at all levels of society. Touch replicas and smell “ancient” scents as the students bring the past alive.
Visitors may drop in at the scheduled times. No reservation is required. Tours meet in the lobby and last approximately 45 minutes.
Tours for groups of ten or more may be scheduled at other times. Tours may be available by advance request in these languages: Hindi, Bengali, and Mandarin.

16th Annual Central Texas Society Archaeology Playdate
2024-10-20 13:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | The University of Texas at Austin; Patton Hall 0.130, East 23rd Street, Austin, Texas, 78712, United States
This event is a roundup of short presentations by UT faculty, students, and affiliates involved in archaeology, art history, or material culture of the classical and ancient Mediterranean world, as well as colleagues working more broadly in premodern or pre-contact archaeology, art, archaeological science, or historic preservation. Talks present work that is conceptual, in-progress, or results-driven.

The Making of Pompeii: A behind-the-scenes look at the excavations of a Pompeian sub-elite neighborhood
2024-10-22 16:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Higley Auditorium (Room 105), West College Street 100, Granville, Ohio, 43023, United States
Dr. Steven Ellis from the University of Cincinnati will be discussing his research into the archaeology of everyday life in ancient Pompeii.

Kush and the Roman World: Warrior Queens along the Nile
2024-10-22 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 North Main St., Rockford, IL, 61103, United States
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships

TILL DEATH DO WE PART: Archaeological Interventions in Massive Discard Events
2024-10-23 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | University of Southern California, Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, United States
An illustrated talk that reveals the things we leave behind and considers what we owe to the objects that once constituted the social lives of households.
Professor Anthony Graesch of Connecticut College shares his recent research, an archaeological intervention in life’s final massive discard event.
If you are coming from off-campus and are not a member of the USC community, please reach out to a student, staff or faculty member to arrange guest registration through visitor.usc.edu

International Archaeology Day
2024-10-23 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | University of Florida, 201 Criser Hall, PO Box 114000, Gainesville, FL, 32611-4000, United States
Our executive board will be working with art history, classics, and anthropology departments to plan an outreach event on University of Florida campus. This event will coincide with our national lecture and may also include a “membership drive”.

Neo-Assyrian Conceptions and Manifestations of Borders and Cultural Hegemony in the Iron Age Southern Levant
2024-10-23 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | McClung Museum Auditorium, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1327 Circle Park Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996, United States
Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology

Lecture: Communal Water, Invisible Labor: Modeling the Social Impact of Pompeii’s Street Fountains
2024-10-23 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Joseph Merrick Jones Hall 108, Tulane University, Freret Street, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
A lecture by Professor Matthew Notarian (Hiram College, OH)
Abstract: The remarkable preservation of the Roman city of Pompeii provides unprecedented insight into an aqueduct-fed urban water system. Visitors often marvel at the city’s network of public street fountains, but few consider the practical consequences of the tedious but essential labor required to transport water into living spaces. Fountains served as neighborhood hubs, channeling movement through streets and facilitating social interactions. Their distribution also influenced water accessibility, with severe implications for public health and socioeconomic status. The burden of water collection fell heaviest on those at the margins of Roman society – sub-elite women, children, and, especially, the enslaved – classes which are virtually invisible in the textual and visual record. This talk will present the results of a complex digital spatial model that sheds light on these issues at a household-level scale, as well as an ongoing project of 3D analysis that aims to quantify use-wear on public fountain basins. Together, they represent a significant first step toward repopulating Pompeii’s streets with indispensable but often forgotten laborers.

Africans, Europeans, and Finding Castle Cormantine: Archaeology and Cultural Entanglement on the 17th Century Gold Coast
2024-10-23 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Smathers Library, Room 100, University of Florida, Union Road, Gainesville, FL, 32611, United States

Normalizing Loot: A Case Study of a Plundered Imperial Shrine
2024-10-24 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Collins Cinema at Wellesley College, 106 Central St, Wellesley Hills, MA, 02481

Dying as a Macedonian in Egypt: Styling Social Identity through Hellenistic Burial Practices
2024-10-24 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | WA
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
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1177 BC and After: The Collapse and Survival of Civilizations
2024-10-24 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Strickland Auditorium, L.A. Brown Science Center, Transylvania University, 339 North Upper Street, Lexington, KY, 40507, United States

Archaeology of the Ọyọ Empire (West Africa): Chivalry, Colonies, and Household Politics in the Early Modern Period
2024-10-24 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | WA
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships

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Archaeology of the Oyo Empire (West Africa): Chivalry, Colonies, and Household Politics in the Early Modern Period
2024-10-24 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Phoenix) | Zoom
Between ca. 1650 and 2800, the Oyo Empire was the largest political formation in West Africa, south of the River Niger. Over the past twenty years, Akin Ogundiran has conducted archaeological research in the capital, colonies, and provinces of the empire to understand the strategies of Oyo expansion and the everyday lives of different segments of its population. In this talk, Ogundiran juxtaposes the materialities of military conquest, colonization strategies, and household politics to tell an intimate story of one of the most important imperial formations in Africa during the Early Modern Period. Here, the regional and multi-sided scope and the residential contexts of the archaeological research allow for a fine-scale understanding of how domesticity, gender, class, labor, technology, mobility, and the landscape were manipulated to fashion the Oyo Empire. In the process, ideas about personhood, family, and sexuality were also transformed. The archaeology of the Oyo Empire contributes to a truly global understanding of the Early Modern Period.

Far from Home: Diaspora Networks, Religion, and Identity Abroad on the Ancient Indian Ocean
2024-10-24 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Vancouver) | University of British Columbia-Vancouver Campus, Buchanan A 102, Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada
The George F. Bass Lectures

Real Archaeology
2024-10-25 10:00 - 2024-10-27 18:00 (America/New_York) | WA
Do you enjoy digital content? Love learning about the past? Discover Real Archaeology! For three days, creators on Spotify, Youtube, and TikTok will be releasing fresh content demystifying the human past. From October 25 to October 27 join David Miano, Kayleigh During, Flint Dibble and many more to uncover the facts on such burning questions as the development of Gobekli Tepe, and Native American Copper use in the Great Lakes. Over 30 channels (and growing), including Peopling the Past, Lady of the Library, and The Prehistory Guys will share #RealArchaeology with a global audience. Join us and learn about the history of Archaeology, current discoveries, and the ever-improving methods archaeologists use to bring the past to the surface.

International Archaeology Day Double-Header ("Living and Dying as an Immigrant in Athens")
2024-10-25 15:30 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Denny Hall, Room 112, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, United States
Please join us for a double-header of talks presented by Prof. Camille Reiko Acosta in celebration of International Archaeology Day! In this first talk, Prof. Acosta will be speaking on “Living and Dying as an Immigrant in Athens” on Friday October 25th at 3:30 pm (Denny 112 and on zoom). These talks are sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, the Puget Sound Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, and the Department of Classics at the University of Washington, Seattle.

IAD: Community Archaeology Day in Providence, RI
2024-10-26 11:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Rhode Island Hall, 60 George Street, Providence, RI, 02912, United States
To celebrate International Archaeology Day, join the AIA Narragansett Society for a fun Saturday full of archaeological activities!
– In Rhode Island Hall on the Main Green of Brown University, come see ancient coins from Greece and Rome up close! Touch ancient animal bones! Examine and draw Persian and Roman ceramics, prehistoric tools, precious metals, and other artifacts from thousands of years ago – coached by experts! And talk with Brown’s archaeologists about their fieldwork all over the world! Family friendly, free and open to the public.
– On the lawn in front of List Art Building (64 College Street), come be part of an active archaeological excavation! Students from ARCH 1900: The Archaeology of College Hill will be digging the site of a 19th century home and processing artifacts from that household. Stop by any time between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm to see what artifacts students are discovering or even try your hand at digging. Family friendly, free and open to the public.

“the way we lived was shaped by objects”: Contemporary Reflections on Black Materiality
2024-10-26 11:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | WA
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship

International Archaeology Day Fair
2024-10-26 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | University of Massachusetts Amherst, Bromery Arts Center Plaza, Amherst, MA, United States
In honor of International Archaeology Day, please join us for an archaeology fair on Saturday, October 26, 12:00-3:00 pm. Visit activity tables to learn about the past: write your name in ancient scripts, make a curse tablet, hold replicas of ancient vases and coins, and more! Don’t forget to browse the book sale of donated Classics and archaeology books.

Salem Chapel Tour
2024-10-26 12:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Salem Chapel, 92 Geneva St., St Catharines, Ontario, L2R 4N2, Canada
Our society will be hosted by the Salem Chapel in St. Catharines for International Archaeology Day. During this tour (90 minutes in duration), guests will gain insight into local history and about individuals of African descent that settled around the St. Catharines region in c. 1788. Guests will also learn about Harriet Tubman, a well-known individual, who was a conductor of the Underground Railroad and was a member of the Salem Chapel. The tour will begin at 1:00PM (EST) and guests are asked to arrive a few minutes prior. For more information about the tour, the site, and other historical content, please visit their website at http://salemchapelbmechurch.ca/index.html
To register for the event, please visit our website https://brocku.ca/humanities/classics/outreach/aia-niagara/

Unearthing St. Mary's 1634 Fort
2024-10-26 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Johns Hopkins University, GilmanHall50, Baltimore, MD, 21206, United States
St. Mary’s Fort, the first fortification built by Maryland colonists upon arrival in 1634
Discovered in 2018 after a nearly century-long search
Archaeological work has revealed intriguing new information about Maryland’s
earliest settlement.
