August 18, 2016
This week the building at Keem began to make much more sense!
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Learn more about this 2016 TED Prize funded project by AIA Trustee Sarah Parcak.
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 […]
August 10, 2016
During the past few weeks, we have revealed a curious foundation that seems to represent a small heel-shaped building.
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 […]
August 4, 2016
We left Slievemore behind for another year and headed back to Keem Bay this week.
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 […]
August 1, 2016
The final week on the Cromlech Tumulus for 2016 was hectic, as we completed the recording of the site.
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 […]
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.
In mid-July, the number of Collaborating Organizations signed up to participate in the IAD 2016 surpassed 100.
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.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
July 6, 2016
AIA Site Preservation Program presents its newest Heritage, Conservation, and Archaeology publication.
July 5, 2016
Forty organizations signed up as 2016 International Archaeology Day Collaborating Organizations during the month of June.
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 […]
Celebrate International Archaeology Day with the Pueblo Grande Museum and the AIA-Central Arizona Society!
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!
