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Juneteenth Acknowledgement

June 19, 2021

Juneteenth is the day in 1865 that General Gordon Granger sailed ships into Galveston, Texas to force their compliance with the Emancipation proclamation. Despite being signed more than 2 years prior, Texas continued to practice slavery until Juneteenth. As newly freed slaves left Texas and migrated across the country, celebrations of Juneteenth followed. Today, Juneteenth […]

Orange County Society Keeps Calm and Carries On in 2020/2021 Season

June 14, 2021

Last month, we shared about how the Washington, D.C. Society persevered in spite of the challenges associated with the pandemic to launch new initiatives during the 2021/2021 season. This month, we’re excited to shine a light on the work of the Orange County Society, who has carried on its full schedule of programming despite a […]

Have you explored the ARCHAEOLOGY magazine archive yet?

June 3, 2021

Last month, we announced that AIA Society Members now have full access to the complete digital archives of ARCHAEOLOGY magazine. If you haven’t started to explore the archive yet, we encourage you to do so! To kick things off, we asked ARCHAEOLOGY Deputy Editor Eric A. Powell to share his favorite article. The rapid cascade of breakthroughs in […]

Nashville Society President Wesley Paine Retiring as Director of Nashville Parthenon

May 24, 2021

Next month, Nashville Society President Wesley Paine will retire from her role as Director of the Nashville Parthenon, a position she’s held for over forty years. Katie Petrole, Director of Education at the Nashville Parthenon, shares more with us below. “Wesley Paine, President of the Nashville Society, is retiring from her role as Director of […]

For Washington, D.C. Society, Pandemic Zoom Lectures Bring New Meaning to “Armchair Archaeology”

May 21, 2021

The pandemic has impacted all of our Societies since it started in March of 2020. Despite the challenges associated with it, the Washington, D.C. Society has persevered with its programming and even launched new initiatives. One such initiative had to do with the switch to virtual lectures that the Societies made this season. With its […]

Member Spotlight: Brian Heidtke

May 20, 2021

This month, we’re excited to spotlight AIA Lifetime Member, Brian Heidtke. Brian is one of the AIA’s most loyal friends. He’s a former Treasurer and current Trustee Emeritus. He’s been involved with the AIA at both the national and local level as a member of the New York City Society. In 2016, Brian was recognized […]

2021 Graduate Student Paper Award Winner Announced

May 19, 2021

The Archaeological Institute of America is pleased to bestow First Prize for the 2021 Graduate Student Paper Award to Tara Trahey for her paper, “The Brother-and-Sister Stele Sphinx has a vagina.” Taking the well-known Brother-and-Sister stele in the Metropolitan Museum of Art as its main subject, with reference to the material evidence in other examples of […]

The ARCHAEOLOGY Magazine Archive is Now Open

May 7, 2021

We’re thrilled to announce that AIA Society Members now have full access to the complete digital archives of ARCHAEOLOGY magazine. Since its first issue in 1948, ARCHAEOLOGY has brought readers the field’s latest discoveries, most exciting theories, and best images—and now you can access them all! To begin your journey through the archive, we asked ARCHAEOLOGY Editor in Chief, Jarrett A. […]

Pick Your Own Monument Results

May 7, 2021

For the final week of the 2021 Build Your Own Monument competition, the AIA invited the world to pick their own monuments to recreate. Creativity abounded with this “Pick Your Own Monument” challenge and we were treated to an archaeological adventure in miniature. Submissions in this year’s Youth and Adult categories replicated some of the […]

Online ArchaeoCon a Success

May 6, 2021

On Saturday, April 24, over 800 registered guests and their families participated in ArchaeoCon, an annual event that the AIA held online for the very first time in 2021. The daylong event included live presentations from Egyptologist Kara Cooney and TV personality Josh Gates, hands-on workshops presented by education specialists from Dig-It kids in Ireland […]

President of Greece honors two AIA members with ‘Order of Phoenix’

May 3, 2021

The president of Greece recently honored Jack Davis and Sharon Stocker with the “Commander of the Order of the Phoenix”, for several archaeological discoveries in Pylos that are actively shaping our understanding of ancient Greece. One of the countries highest awards, it was established in 1926 and recognizes Greek citizens who have excelled in fields […]

Initial Slate for Election – 2022

May 1, 2021

The Nominating Committee has submitted its initial slate for the 2022 Governing Board elections. The Nominating Committee consists of John Papadopoulos (Chair), Deborah Arnold, Thomas Carpenter, Eric Cline, Julie Herzig Desnick, and J. Theodore Peña. AIA members are encouraged to submit additional names for consideration before September 1, 2021. Please send suggestions to John Papadopoulos […]

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