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First AIA Soirée a Success

October 24, 2010

175 guests joined us in San Francisco on October 15th for our very first AIA Soirée at the Fairmont Hotel.

The 1954 Hague Convention and Preserving Cultural Heritage

October 19, 2010

Corine Wegener, founder and President of the U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield, discusses the role and implementation of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict after the U.S. ratification of the Convention in 2009.

Preparing for Visitors at Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia

October 18, 2010

An update on English classes, guide training program development, and a second heritage protection workshop from Heritage Watch, a winner of the AIA’s Site Preservation Grant.

Zominthos Field Notes 2010: Week 3

October 14, 2010

Area 1 So far, our excavation has revealed three Roman walls running perpendicular to the building’s east-west axis, as well as the clay-earth floors of the Roman occupation in Sectors III and II, where we found the lower courses of a built hearth. This week we also uncovered the Roman clay-earth floor in Sector IV. […]

2010 Field School Scholarship Winner: Katie Murtough – Slavia Field School in Mortuary Archaeology, Drawsko, Poland

October 8, 2010

After four weeks in the trenches braving bipolar weather systems bent on eroding our findings or the top layers of our skin, carrying sand upon my body as a constant companion to my daily activities, preventing the local canids from making off with what they could only reasonably assume were the equivalents of the bones […]

2010 Field School Scholarship Winner: Sarah Newman – The Landscape Succession Project, Guatemala

October 8, 2010

As a member of the Proyecto Arqueológico El Zotz during the 2010 fieldwork season, I worked alongside the project’s Guatemalan Co-Director, Lic. Edwin Román, in excavations at a civic-ceremonial group known as El Diablo. The El Diablo satellite group is located directly to the west of the principal ruins of the site of El Zotz […]

2010 Field School Scholarship Winner: Colleen O’Shea – Khovd Project, Mongolia

October 8, 2010

On the third day of the drive out to the Mongol-American Khovd Archaeology Project site, I realized that Mongolia was very different than I had envisioned. I was expecting windswept sands of the Gobi desert, but instead, we passed through terrain marked by rocky, lumpy boulders, endless flat steppe with a purple sky, and were […]

2010 Field School Scholarship Winner: Jess Senjem – Troy Project, Turkey

October 8, 2010

My experience in Turkey was a remarkable one where I learned about the history of human civilization, was immersed in a different culture with another language and gained valuable experience by being part of an excavation team. The highlight of my research at Troy was assembling three skeletons to determine which bones remained, their gender […]

2010 Field School Scholarship Winner: Robin Watson – Cetamura in Tuscany, Italy

October 8, 2010

The opportunity to participate in Florida State’s dig at Cetamura was an invaluable and unforgettable experience. On the dig I learned and endeavored to master archaeological field techniques. I had the privilege of being selected as a site supervisor, which entailed keeping detailed and thorough notes of how my trench was excavated and what was […]

2010 Field School Scholarship Winner: Jessica Galea – Amarna Project, Egypt

October 8, 2010

My first field school with the Amarna Project in Egypt was truly a life-changing experience. Not only was it a first step into my intended career, but it was a character-building environment that changed perspectives about myself and my world. Stepping into the unknown with a dozen strangers takes a great deal of mental fortitude […]

2010 Field School Scholarship Winner: Amanda Flannery – Kincaid Mounds, Illinois

October 7, 2010

My experience at the Southern Illinois Carbondale field school excavating the Kincaid Mounds was eye opening because it revealed to me the dedication and physical stamina required to become an archaeologist. A person must feel a deep passion for the culture they are studying to be willing to dig for ten hours in the blazing […]

2010 Field School Scholarship Winner: Jessica Galea – Amarna Project, Egypt

October 7, 2010

From Cyprus with Love

September 28, 2010

On Thursday, September 23, 2010, more than 325 friends of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) gathered at the Times Center in New York City to explore the rich history and culture of Cyprus.

AIA Members Standing Up for Greek Archaeology

September 24, 2010

Midnight Thursday marked the end of the period during which the public could post opinions on the regulations.gov website about the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and Greece on the imposition of import restrictions on archaeological and other materials from Greece. The Archaeological Institute of America strongly endorses the MoU. Hundreds […]

Reconstructing a Roundhouse in Kissonerga, Cyprus

September 23, 2010

An update from Lindy Crewe about the AIA Site Preservation Grant awarded to Kissonerga, Cyprus.

Help Preserve Archaeology in Greece

September 15, 2010

Greece, a country in which many AIA members have worked or studied, has asked the United States to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that would require documentation for objects coming into the U.S. that may have been illegally exported from Greece. The US already has MoUs with countries such as China, Cyprus, and […]

Zominthos Field Notes 2010: Week 2

September 13, 2010

Area 1 [slideshow id=45] This week’s excavation has brought some changes-additions in the designation of the building in Area 29. The oblong building is divided into four new spaces, I-IV, in relation with the three walls running N-S, which were constructed in Roman times. In Space III, the excavation reached a clay floor across which […]

Be an Archaeologist for a Day at an AIA Archaeology Fair

September 9, 2010

The AIA’s public outreach programs, which range from weeklong conferences with thousands of attendees to workshops for handfuls of middle-school teachers, are at the core of the Institute’s mission to inform and educate. Several of our signature programs, such as the Annual Meeting, National Lecture Program, and Archaeology Fairs, are organized by staff in our […]

Dispatches form the AIA – September/October 2010

September 1, 2010

The Latest from the Field; AIA’s Website Gets a Makeover!; Submerged Maya Site Preserved; Upcoming Archaeology Fairs

Gault Holds Teacher’s Workshop

August 30, 2010

An update from AIA Site Preservation Grant Winner, the Gault School of Archaeological Research (Texas), about a recent Teacher’s Workshop held at the Gault Site.

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First AIA Soirée a Success

The 1954 Hague Convention and Preserving Cultural Heritage

Preparing for Visitors at Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia

Zominthos Field Notes 2010: Week 3

2010 Field School Scholarship Winner: Katie Murtough – Slavia Field School in Mortuary Archaeology, Drawsko, Poland

2010 Field School Scholarship Winner: Sarah Newman – The Landscape Succession Project, Guatemala

2010 Field School Scholarship Winner: Colleen O’Shea – Khovd Project, Mongolia

2010 Field School Scholarship Winner: Jess Senjem – Troy Project, Turkey

2010 Field School Scholarship Winner: Robin Watson – Cetamura in Tuscany, Italy

2010 Field School Scholarship Winner: Jessica Galea – Amarna Project, Egypt

2010 Field School Scholarship Winner: Amanda Flannery – Kincaid Mounds, Illinois

2010 Field School Scholarship Winner: Jessica Galea – Amarna Project, Egypt

From Cyprus with Love

AIA Members Standing Up for Greek Archaeology

Reconstructing a Roundhouse in Kissonerga, Cyprus

Help Preserve Archaeology in Greece

Zominthos Field Notes 2010: Week 2

Be an Archaeologist for a Day at an AIA Archaeology Fair

Dispatches form the AIA – September/October 2010

Gault Holds Teacher’s Workshop

Archaeological Institute of America

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