Site Preservation News

Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) Names Best Practices in Site Preservation Award Winners

January 13, 2012

The AIA presented two co-recipients with the Best Practices in Site Preservation Award at the 113th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

Site Preservation Workshop Launches Collaborative on Best Practices

January 10, 2012

The Site Preservation workshop at the AIA Annual Meeting launched an online collaborative to define best practices in site preservation. Join the conversation today!

First Person Accounts about November 16th Public Session of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee

December 15, 2011

First Person Account of Public Session about Belize By Christina Luke, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, Boston University On 16 November I attended and spoke at the public session concerning the […]

CPAC considers renewing the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Republics of Cyprus and Peru

December 8, 2011

Thank you very much to all of you who showed your support by sending letters to Washington! From January 17-20, 2012, the State Department’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) met […]

Site Preservation Grant winner Thimlich Ohinga holds its first community workshop

December 1, 2011

The AIA-funded project at Thimlich Ohinga held its first workshop to educate the local community on the preservation goals of the project and how the site should be preserved.

Emergency Assessment Missions in Libya

November 28, 2011

Blue Shield and the International Military Cultural Resources Work Group The recent conflict in Libya called for emergency assessment missions to determine the cultural heritage situation there.

Tour Guide Training Progresses at Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia

November 11, 2011

Site Preservation Grant Winner Banteay Chhmar gives the AIA an update on its teacher workshop, English Language Training Program, and the kick-off of the Tour Guide Training Program.

Google Earth’s New Layer: Archaeological Sites in the United States and Canada

October 22, 2011

AIA Debuts New Google Earth Layer of Popular Archaeological Sites in U.S. and Canada for National Archaeology Day

Video Update on the Umm el-Jimal (Jordan) Educational Curriculum

September 23, 2011

Umm el-Jimal Project team members give an update about the educational curriculum they are putting together as part of an AIA Site Preservation grant.

A New Model for Site Preservation and Archaeological Practice

September 19, 2011

Archaeologists describe their innovative plan for the preservation of archaeological and architectural heritage within an urban green space by highlighting an ongoing project at Blackfriary in Trim, County Meath, Ireland.

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