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Special tours for AIA / SCS – Woven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt and Cotsen Textile Traces Study Center

December 19, 2019

Special tours for AIA / SCS: January 2, 2020, 3:00-5:00 pmWoven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt and Cotsen Textile Traces Study CenterThe George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum701 21st Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Woven Interiors (closing on Jan. 5), co-organized by The Textile Museum and Dumbarton Oaks, presents 45 exceptional interior textiles from the villas, palaces, […]

2020 AIA Awards Ceremony To Take Place At The 121st Annual Meeting

December 12, 2019

The AIA will hold its 2020 Awards Ceremony, on the evening of Saturday, January 4, from 5:00 – 6:15 PM, at the Marriott Marquis Washington, DC. The ceremony will take place during the Institute’s 121st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. All meeting attendees are invited to join us as we recognize the recipients of the […]

NEW: Anna Marguerite McCann Award for Fieldwork Reports

December 3, 2019

The AIA is pleased to announce a new award, to be presented each year at the Annual Meeting of the Institute, which will recognize a report on fieldwork (e.g. excavation and/or survey) deemed most worthy of recognition by the award committee. The award is in keeping with the Code of Ethics of the AIA, which […]

AIA Supports Legislation To Create National Network of African-American Burial Grounds

December 2, 2019

In 2019, the AIA joined with the Coalition for American Heritage, and numerous other organizations, to support legislation which would create a voluntary, nationwide network of African-American burial grounds and help provide federal assistance to ensure the burial sites are preserved and maintained for the future. The AIA signed a letter in support of S2827, […]

Save the Date for ArchaeoCon 2020

November 20, 2019

january 4, 2020 @ 9:30 am – 4:30 pm Marriott Marquis Washington, DC901 Massachusetts Avenue NorthwestWashington, DC 20001 United States ArchaeoCon 2020 will be held on Saturday, January 4, at the Marriott Marquis Washington, DC. ArchaeoCon is a day of entertaining and informative archaeological programs, activities, and demonstrations that celebrate archaeology and the AIA. AIA Trustee Josh Gates, archaeologist, adventurer and […]

IAD Celebrated in San Diego at Arch in the Park

November 14, 2019

The San Diego County Archaeological Society held its 21st Annual Arch in the Park event this year in celebration of both International Archaeology Day and California Archaeology Month. The event is held at the NRHP-listed Los Peñasquitos Ranch House, and celebrates archaeology through the singing of Kumeyaay Bird Songs, flint knapping demonstrations, ranch house tours, […]

AIA-Williamsburg Society Co-Sponsors Local Archaeology Day

November 13, 2019

Thanks to an AIA Society Outreach Grant, on September 26th the AIA-Williamsburg Society co-sponsored William and Mary Archaeology Day along with William and Mary’s Center for Liberal Arts and Arts & Sciences Annual Fund. Participants included faculty and students from the departments of Anthropology, Art History, Chemistry, Classical Studies, Religious Studies, and the Center for […]

AIA-St. Louis Society Celebrates IAD

November 13, 2019

The St. Louis Society hosted International Archaeology Day 2019 at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. Attendees were encouraged to explore the site and the museum. Professor Steve Dasovich of Lindenwood University gave a lecture on historical archaeology.

Five Days of IAD Celebrations in Samara, Russia

November 12, 2019

Over 120 students participated in the transdisciplinary art-cultural educational project “Archaeology as a Sphere of Creativity: From Past Experience to Invention of Future” in Samara, Russia as part of International Archaeology Day. From October 19-23 the Samara State Institute of Culture hosted this multi-day event that highlighted archaeological heritage as a space for public creativity. […]

Vancouver Celebrates IAD at the University of British Columbia

November 8, 2019

On International Archaeology Day, the AIA-Vancouver Society sponsored an event held in the Laboratory of Archaeology (LOA) at University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology. Over 40 attendees were treated to talks from Department of Classical, Near Eastern, Religious Studies (CNERS) faculty members Hector Williams, who discussed his work in Greece at Mytilene and Stymphalos; […]

“It Belongs in a Museum” with the Old Colony History Museum

November 7, 2019

Over a dozen people participated in the “It Belongs in a Museum” archaeology highlights tour at the Old Colony History Museum in Taunton, Massachusetts as part of International Archaeology Day and Massachusetts Archaeology Month. On October 5, curator Bronson Michaud led a tour focused on the archaeological artifacts in the museum’s collection, including pieces from […]

Inaugural AIA-New York Society Scholars Announced

November 7, 2019

The AIA-New York Society has launched a new initiative, the AIA-New York Society Scholars Program. The Program promotes student involvement in the AIA and the AIA-New York Society through 2 parts: 1) The AIA-New York Society awards up to 6 free complimentary student memberships in the AIA for students enrolled in a college or university […]

New Jersey State Museum Celebrates IAD with Talks, Tours, and Scouts

November 6, 2019

To celebrate 2019 International Archaeology Day the New Jersey State Museum presented talks that delved into the archaeology of the New Jersey Pinelands to discover its prehistoric and colonial history. Dr. Patricia Hansell, Temple University, gave her talk on her “Reassessment of the Prehistoric Settlements in the Pinelands” and Dr. Richard Veit, Monmouth University, gave […]

Archaeology Walking Tour in Lowell for IAD

November 5, 2019

On International Archaeology Day, park rangers at Lowell National Historical Park led 31 people on an archaeology walking tour of Boott Mills. Visitors got a glimpse of some of the archaeology that underlies the modern city of Lowell and toured the historic landscape and structures of the Boott Cotton Mills, including mill buildings, canals, and […]

AIA-Rochester Society’s Community Archaeology Day

November 5, 2019

On September 14 and 15 the AIA-Rochester Society worked with the Cummins Nature Center to organize Community Archaeology Day at Frost Town, a weekend event for the public to participate in the activities occurring during at an active archaeological excavation site. We combined the original proposed event with Family Archaeology Weekend, pooling the resources of […]

AIA-San Diego Society Builds Partnership while Celebrating IAD

November 4, 2019

To celebrate International Archaeology Day this October, the Archaeological Institute of America-San Diego Society planned a reception and archaeological activity to take place before the society’s opening fall lecture (Dr. Flora Brooke Anthony) on Friday, October 18th. Supported by an IAD grant from the National AIA, for this event, the San Diego Society worked with […]

Archaeology Celebrated at Newly Reopened Spiro Mounds

November 1, 2019

The Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center celebrated International Archaeology Day, Oklahoma Archaeology Month, and Spiro Mounds Grand Reopening on October 19 with 165 visitors. Archaeologist and manager Dennis Peterson was available to identify artifacts brought in by visitors and gave a lecture about the prehistory of Oklahoma/Spiro Mounds and led a tour of the site in […]

Ontario Archaeological Society Welcomes Visitors to the Ashbridge Estate on IAD

October 31, 2019

The Ontario Archaeological Society (OAS) held their very first annual International Archaeology Day celebration and invited the public to come learn more about archaeological methods used to promote sustainable archaeology and heritage protection. They opened the doors of the Ashbridge Estate, a heritage place owned by the Ontario Heritage Trust, and received people in the […]

IAD Lecture in Madison Explores City Gates and the Origin of Synagogues

October 30, 2019

For the third year in a row the Madison Biblical Archaeology Society sponsored a major lecture to celebrate International Archaeology Day. Jordan Ryan, a Wheaton College professor of New Testament, reported that the Gospel accounts of the Apostles Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John provide information about early synagogues that is unknown from other sources. And […]

Classics Club Participates in IAD Fair in Indianapolis

October 29, 2019

On International Archaeology Day students from the Classics Club of IUPUI participated in an archaeology fair sponsored by the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. The students put together posters, one displaying a drawing of the Parthenon, a drawing of a Greek temple with labels, and drawings identifying the types of Greek columns. Another poster had four […]

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