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2026 AIA Awards Spotlight – James R. Wiseman Book Award

Congratulations to all the individuals, projects, and publications honored with AIA Awards! These outstanding contributors to our field will be formally celebrated at the 2026 AIA Awards Ceremony during the […]

2026 AIA Awards Spotlight – Anna Marguerite McCann Award for Fieldwork Reports

2026 AIA Awards Spotlight – Outstanding Public Service Award

2026 AIA Awards Spotlight – AIA-«Telestes» Award for Material Culture Research in Ancient Music and Dance

Worcester: Making Jewelry with Zahra Almajidi

On November 16th, the Worcester Society of the AIA hosted a Society Outreach Event in collaboration with the Islamic Society of Greater Worcester and the College of the Holy Cross. […]

Archaeology Resources, Pathways, and Impact Fair at AIA Annual Meeting

Join us in San Francisco on Thursday, January 8 from 12-2 for an Archaeology Resources, Pathways, and Impact Fair! Sponsored by the Research and Academic Affairs Committee and its subcommittee […]

Announcing the AIA’s 2026 Award Winners

The Archaeological Institute of America would like to congratulate the following individuals, projects, and publications for the exemplifying contributions they make to the field of archaeology. They will be formally […]

Exploring 8,000 Years of Water History: IAD at the AIA-Gainesville Society

The AIA-Gainesville Society celebrated International Archaeology Day with a special Lecture and Lunch with the Lecturer event at the University of Florida. This activity was part of a focused effort […]

Archaeology Day at the University of Alberta: A Day of Hands-On History

Archaeology Day at the University of Alberta, hosted by the AIA-Edmonton Society, was full of excitement and discovery! The atrium was buzzing with activity thanks to 12 tables hosted by […]

13th Annual Archaeology Fair at the Marquette Regional History Center

The 13th Annual Archaeology Fair, held on October 18th at the Marquette Regional History Center, was a huge hit! This year, 221 visitors joined the fun, exploring 13 different booths […]

2025 Fall Society Outreach Grant Winners

Lincoln-Omaha – Film and Lecture The Lincoln-Omaha Society was awarded a grant for their upcoming March event. The Society will screen the film The Lost King (2023) in a film […]

Narragansett Society Community Archaeology Day

International Archaeology Day 2025 was on Saturday, October 18. The AIA Narragansett Society hosted a Community Archaeology Day event, which included an open house and an excavation. The open house […]

The BYOM Winners Are Here!

Thank you to all our builders and voters who came out to participate in this year’s Build Your Own Monument Contest: Brick Edition. We loved seeing all the monuments and […]

From Sealings to Satellites: A Multidisciplinary Quest for Tarhuntassa

One of our 2024 Richard C. MacDonald Iliad Grant winners, Alvise Matessi, provides us with an update: In 2024, the AIA awarded a Richard C. MacDonald Iliad Endowment for Archaeological […]

The Cyclades in the Mycenaean Period: A View from Ayia Irini, Kea

One of our 2024 Harriet and Leon Pomerance Fellowship winners, Anna Belza, provides us with an update: Anna Belza, PhD candidate in the Department of Classics at the University of […]

Across Time and Terrain: Exploring Eurasia’s Burial Mounds

One of our 2024-2025 DAI Exchange Fellowship winners, Regina Uhl, provides us with an update: Supported by a fellowship from the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), I was able to […]

Forging the Past: Uncovering Ancient Bronze Production in Northern Greece

One of our 2024-2025 Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship winners, Justine Lefebvre, provides us with an update: I received the Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship in […]

From Pompeii to Paris: Reuniting the Villa della Pisanella’s Lost Artifacts

One of our 2024-2025 Olivia James Traveling Fellowship winners, Susanna Faas-Bush, provides us with an update: During her year as the 2024-2025 Olivia James Traveling Fellow, Susanna Faas-Bush tracked down […]

Discovering Hera’s Temple, One Stone at a Time

One of our 2024-2025 Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship winners, Rebecca Salem, provides us with an update: The Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship provided invaluable support […]

Upcoming AIA Fellowship and Grant Deadlines

Several important AIA fellowship, grant, and award deadlines are approaching! November 1: AIA Fellowship and GrantsNeed funding for research, travel, or to start a new project? Consider applying for an […]

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