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Achill Island 2016: Week 13 – Keem Bay

August 18, 2016

This week the building at Keem began to make much more sense!

Sarah Parcak’s TED Talk on the GlobalXplorer Citizen Science Project is now online

August 18, 2016

Learn more about this 2016 TED Prize funded project by AIA Trustee Sarah Parcak.

Zominthos Field Notes 2016: Week 5

August 15, 2016

Room 17 During the fifth and final week of excavation, the dig at room 17 of Zominthos’s Central Building was finished (fig.1). A pillar was discovered at the centre of the room, while some slabs found at the south, north and eastern part of the room, indicate the existence of a paved floor. The two […]

Achill Island 2016: Weeks 10-12 – Keem Bay

August 10, 2016

During the past few weeks, we have revealed a curious foundation that seems to represent a small heel-shaped building.

Zominthos Field Notes 2016: Week 4

August 8, 2016

Room 17 The excavation of room 17, which is located north and west at Zomintho’s Central Building, was begun during the fourth week of the excavation season 2016. The room 17 is located south of the rooms 57, 59 and 60, east of the rooms 49 and 19 and north of the rooms 27, 58 […]

Achill Island 2016: Week 9 – Keem Bay

August 4, 2016

We left Slievemore behind for another year and headed back to Keem Bay this week.

AIA Tours: Hiking Scotland’s Orkney & Shetland Islands, July 2016

August 2, 2016

The AIA hiking trip to Orkney and Shetland is articulated by ferry trips, giving a real feel for island life. Ferries of all sizes link the islands to the mainland of Scotland, and to each other, from the tiny foot ferry to Mousa in Shetland, to the luxurious NorthLink ferries which run between the islands […]

Achill Island 2016: Week 8 – Cromlech Tumulus

August 1, 2016

The final week on the Cromlech Tumulus for 2016 was hectic, as we completed the recording of the site.

Zominthos Field Notes 2016: Week 3

July 29, 2016

Room 33 The excavation of Room 33 is completed revealing a clearly disturbed paved floor (fig.1). Stone structure used as desk, was discovered alongside the north and west wall under red soil. South to the north desk is found a big stone plaque that could have been used as an altar, but its use is […]

Achill Island 2016: Week 7 – Cromlech Tumulus

July 25, 2016

This week included cleaning the southern side of the site, a field trip to Achillbeg, and an illustration course at Dooagh Archaeology Centre.

More than 100 Collaborating Organizations to Celebrate International Archaeology Day in 2016

July 25, 2016

In mid-July, the number of Collaborating Organizations signed up to participate in the IAD 2016 surpassed 100.

Achill Island 2016: Week 6 – Cromlech Tumulus

July 22, 2016

We concentrated on removing rubble from the corbelled hut collapse in the south of the trench and continued clearing the entrance channel in the north.

Zominthos Field Notes 2016: Week 2

July 20, 2016

Room 24 The excavation of the oblong Room 24 completed. The whole surface of the paved floor was uncovered (fig.1). Several building phases can be distinguished. Wall ΙΙΙ, at the western part of the Room, was demolished because it was a later addition to the architecture of the area. A bench covered with white plaster […]

Achill Island 2016: Week 5 – Cromlech Tumulus

July 18, 2016

We began working on the southern half of Quadrant 5 this week, revealing a massive spread of rubble to clean and record.

Zominthos Field Notes 2016: Week 1

July 15, 2016

Room 24 The western part of Room 24 was excavated, between Wall I (to the West) and Wall ΙΙ (to the East). A layer of broken schist slabs and coarse stones was found and removed. The revealed floor is paved with trapezoid and irregularly-shaped slabs of large size. Part of a bench covered with plaster […]

The Future of the Past: From Amphipolis to Mosul, New Approaches to Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Eastern Mediterranean

July 6, 2016

AIA Site Preservation Program presents its newest Heritage, Conservation, and Archaeology publication.

40 IAD Collaborators Added in June

July 5, 2016

Forty organizations signed up as 2016 International Archaeology Day Collaborating Organizations during the month of June.

AIA TOURS’ “Japan by Sea” cruise, spring 2016

July 5, 2016

The 14th-15th century Noh playwright Zeami Motokiyo famously wrote: To watch the sun sink behind a flower clad hill. To wander on in a huge forest without thought of return. To stand upon the shore and gaze after a boat that disappears behind distant islands. To contemplate the flight of wild geese seen and […]

International Archaeology Day at Pueblo Grande Museum

July 5, 2016

Celebrate International Archaeology Day with the Pueblo Grande Museum and the AIA-Central Arizona Society!

Dispatches from the AIA – July 2016

July 1, 2016

Cotsen Grants Awarded to Archaeologists Working in Italy and Peru; International Archaeology Day Celebration; AIA and Hilton Worldwide Award Site Preservation Grant to Moroccan Site; Become a Member Today!

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Achill Island 2016: Week 13 – Keem Bay

Sarah Parcak’s TED Talk on the GlobalXplorer Citizen Science Project is now online

Zominthos Field Notes 2016: Week 5

Achill Island 2016: Weeks 10-12 – Keem Bay

Zominthos Field Notes 2016: Week 4

Achill Island 2016: Week 9 – Keem Bay

AIA Tours: Hiking Scotland’s Orkney & Shetland Islands, July 2016

Achill Island 2016: Week 8 – Cromlech Tumulus

Zominthos Field Notes 2016: Week 3

Achill Island 2016: Week 7 – Cromlech Tumulus

More than 100 Collaborating Organizations to Celebrate International Archaeology Day in 2016

Achill Island 2016: Week 6 – Cromlech Tumulus

Zominthos Field Notes 2016: Week 2

Achill Island 2016: Week 5 – Cromlech Tumulus

Zominthos Field Notes 2016: Week 1

The Future of the Past: From Amphipolis to Mosul, New Approaches to Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Eastern Mediterranean

40 IAD Collaborators Added in June

AIA TOURS’ “Japan by Sea” cruise, spring 2016

International Archaeology Day at Pueblo Grande Museum

Dispatches from the AIA – July 2016

Archaeological Institute of America

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