The Heritage Protection and Community Development Program at Banteay Chhmar continues to train local tour guides and educate local school children about the importance of their surrounding cultural heritage.
Read the Program’s 2012 Annual Report to learn about its many activities in the past year.
Heather McKillop discusses the importance of the underwater sites at Paynes Creek during the opening of the Underwater Maya Exhibit in Punta Gorda March 15, 2012.
The Friends of Stafford Civil War Sites will use an AIA Site Preservation Grant to protect important Civil War sites and educate visitors on the history of that area.
From April 24-27, 2012, the State Department’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) met to consider renewing the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Republics of Guatemala and Mali.
Elizabeth Bartman, AIA President, calls for protection of Syrian sites.
Report on the Public Hearing of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC, State Department) January 18, 2012, Washington, D.C. on the Renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding for Cyprus
Elizabeth Bartman, AIA President, sent letters to executives at National Geographic and Spike TV to express concern over the content of two new TV shows.
The AIA is pleased to announce that its latest Site Preservation Grant has been awarded to the Carr Plantation Archaeology Project.
Coordinators for the California Archaeological Site Stewardship Program discuss its volunteer steward training workshops in the efforts to raise awareness for and protection of sites in California.
