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Transforming International Archaeology Day Celebrations in 2020

June 4, 2020

As we have ramped up our efforts leading to the celebration of the 10th anniversary of International Archaeology Day (IAD) in 2020, we have had to confront the impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on our global event. IAD 2020 is going to look and feel very different from our previous celebrations of archaeology. Since […]

AIA Statement on Archaeology and Social Justice

June 3, 2020

Archaeologists examine the physical remains of humankind to answer questions animated by our present. The material record helps us understand the production of inequality, the representation of power, and the targeted discrimination of communities.

Inaugural Recipients of the AIA-NEH Grants For Archaeological Research Announced

May 27, 2020

Funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.National Endowment for the Humanities: Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment […]

AIA awards over $380,000 to archaeological projects around the world

May 26, 2020

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) awarded more than $380,000 in grants to 36 archaeological projects around the world. The grants will support excavation, analyses, and research in over a dozen countries, site preservation in Egypt, several publications, and provide seven students with the opportunity to participate in their first field project. Many of these […]

Build Your Own Monument Competition Recap

May 22, 2020

We were delighted with the response to our first Build Your Own Monument competition that wrapped up last week. We received 320 entries from 14 countries, 30 U.S. states, and the District of Columbia showcasing a lot of creativity in response to our challenge to reconstruct Stonehenge, El Castillo at Chichén Itzá, the Colosseum, and […]

Results For Week 4: Build Your Own Monument—Pyramids at Giza

May 15, 2020

It may not be possible to visit Egypt right now but that didn’t stop this week’s Build Your Own Monument contestants from transporting us to the famed pyramid complex in Giza. While the pyramids featured in the final week of the competition are not near the Nile, they do come from an impressive array of […]

In Memoriam: Leyland Hugh Sackett

May 12, 2020

The AIA is deeply saddened by the passing of L. Hugh Sackett and we extend our condolences to his family, friends, students, and colleagues.
Leyland Hugh Sackett (1928 – 2020)

Results for Week 3: Build Your Own Monument—the Colosseum

May 8, 2020

While Rome wasn’t built in a day, many of the Colosseum entries in the AIA’s International Archaeology Day Build Your Own Monument competition were! In the third week of monument building, 68 contestants in the Youth, Family, and Adult categories took on the challenge of reconstructing the nearly two thousand year old Flavian Amphitheater. The […]

Jodi Magness to Deliver Schweich Lectures

May 1, 2020

AIA Past President Jodi Magness has been invited by the British Academy to deliver the Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology in 2022. In 1907, Constance Schweich endowed a fund in memory of her father Leopold that was “devoted to the furtherance of research in the archaeology, art, history, languages and literature of Ancient Civilization, with […]

Results for Week 2: Build Your Own Monument—Chichén Itzá

May 1, 2020

Last week’s Stonehenge challenge got the ball rolling for the Build Your Own Monument contest. This week 60 competitors submitted their creative and original replicas of the Temple of Kukulkan, or El Castillo, from the Maya site of Chichén Itzá. Chichen Itza is a remarkable Maya site that has been classified as one of the […]

ARCHAEOLOGY Magazine Has Opened Its Archive

April 30, 2020

We know that in this challenging environment we all face due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many members of our community are looking for ways to learn more about the past from home. In order to provide you with a new resource to discover even more about archaeology, the AIA’s award-winning popular magazine, ARCHAEOLOGY, has temporarily […]

Archaeological Institute of America Statement on Archaeology and COVID-19

April 24, 2020

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) recognizes that the COVID-19 crisis has created profound difficulties for individuals, their families, and their communities. Many institutions now face challenges to their mission as well as to their employees and stakeholder communities. The very survival of public-serving organizations may be at stake. We urge all institutions that employ […]

Build Your Own Stonehenge Results

April 24, 2020

As modern civilizations hunkered down to combat the spread of COVID-19, the Archaeological Institute of America launched a competition that challenged individuals and families stuck at home to replicate some of the most iconic monuments from ancient civilizations. The AIA’s Build Your Own Monument competition invites participants to create miniature models of Stonehenge (deadline: April […]

AIA’s Interactive Digs Cited as One of the Best Ways to Travel the World from Home

April 23, 2020

Recognizing the barriers to physical travel facing everyone at this time, Green Global Travel, a travel blog that, according to a statement by its founders from its website, aims to “… focus on spreading the sustainable philosophies of ecotourism and conservation,” recently put together a story titled 30 Ways You Can Travel The World Without […]

Sarah Parcak Awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship

April 22, 2020

Sarah Parcak, professor in the Department of Anthropology and founding director of the Laboratory for Global Observation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 2020 Fellowship. The award will be used in support of Dr. Parcak’s third book, Surviving Collapse: A Global History of Human Resilience. Dr. […]

The IAD Build Your Own Monument Challenge has Begun

April 13, 2020

The AIA challenge to build your own monument has begun! Count down to the 10th anniversary of International Archaeology Day (IAD), by replicating some of the most iconic archaeological sites of all time—Stonehenge, Chichen Itza, he Colosseum, and the Pyramids at Giza. This archaeology-themed activity is a fun and educational way to help pass the […]

Elise Friedland Awarded an NEH Public Scholar Fellowship

April 13, 2020

Elise A. Friedland, Associate Professor in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at The George Washington University, has received an NEH Public Scholar Fellowship for 2020-2021 to write a monograph, Classical Washington: Greece & Rome in the Art and Architecture of DC. The topic grows out of a special course with the […]

2020 AIA Photo Contest Results

April 7, 2020

Despite the fact the 2020 AIA Photo Contest occurred during a time when the world faces tremendous travel restrictions, participants were able to share snapshots of previous archaeological adventures.

AIA Endorses ASA Statement Regarding Faculty Review and Reappointment During the COVID-19 Crisis

April 7, 2020

The AIA has joined with numerous other scholarly societies in endorsing the American Sociological Association Statement Regarding Faculty Review and Reappointment During the COVID-19 Crisis.

AIA-Spokane Society Embracing All Things Pompeii

April 6, 2020

When a local museum announced it would be holding an exhibition entitled Pompeii: The Immortal City, the AIA-Spokane Society decided to embrace this opportunity as the theme for their spring programing.

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