One of our 2025 Julie Herzig Desnick Endowment for Archaeological Field Survey Grant recipients, Kevin Ennis, provides us with an update: Project Overview The Khora of Archaic Morgantina Project (KAMP) is investigating the social and economic lives of rural communities and their relationships to the urban center of Morgantina during the colonization of Archaic (600-480 BCE) Sicily. In our inaugural 2025 season, KAMP conducted a magnetometry campaign exploring several sites beyond Morgantina’s urban core, including…
Governing Board The following individuals were elected to the Governing Board: Governing Board President: Brian I. Daniels First Vice President: Kim Shelton Vice President for Outreach and Education: Jen Thum, Term 2 General Trustee Position 1: Andrea Kmetz-Sheehy, Term 2 General Trustee Position 2: Kathleen Pavelko, Term 2 General Trustee Position 3: Eddie Kislinger, Term 1 General Trustee Position 4: Marc Tarpenning, Term 1 Academic Trustee Position 1: Maryl B. Gensheimer, Term 1 Academic…
We’re pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s International Archaeology Day Grants! These grants help AIA Local Societies host events associated with International Archaeology Day 2025, celebrated on Saturday, October 18 this year, along with events throughout the month of October. The 2025 IAD Grants were awarded to the following Societies for their IAD celebrations: The Rochester Society hosted an early International Archaeology Day celebration at the Rochester Museum and Science Center on October 4…
Download as PDF Highlights from an Evening with Sarah Parcak & Josh Gates On February 2, AIA Trustees Sarah Parcak and Josh Gates joined guests in Los Angeles to speak about their shared passion for archaeological discovery and exploration. Parcak is a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a National Geographic Society Archaeology Fellow, winner of the 2016 $1 million TED Prize, and founder of GlobalXplorer°. Gates is a member of the Explorers…
At the 2025 AIA Annual Meeting (Philadelphia), we saw a variety of posters featuring work from around the world. Annual Meeting participants were treated to an incredible array of diverse research presented in a visual format. Three Poster Awards are given out during the Poster Award Sessions: the Best Poster Award, First Runner-Up, and the Student Poster Award. We asked the winner of this year's Best Poster Award a few questions about herself and her…
At the 2025 Annual Meeting, we saw many posters featuring exciting archaeological work from around the world, from conservation to hero cults. Three posters were selected as winners for this year's AIA Poster Awards. Best Poster Award: Danielle J. Riebe, Ashley Lingle, William P. Ridge, Attila Gyucha, Jerrod Seifert, and Paul R. Duffy (Tell What? The Role of Preservation, Conservation, and Exhibitions in Archaeology) First Runner-Up Poster Award: Sara Mura (The Sensory Experience of Sacred…
The fourth volume in the Kress-supported series: Selected Papers on Ancient Art and Architecture is now available. The book, entitled: Collecting and Collectors. From Antiquity to Modernity, was edited by Alexandra Carpino, Tiziana D'Angelo, Maya Muratov and David Saunders. This volume is a timely exploration of many facets of collecting and collectors. It brings together sixteen papers originally presented in two colloquia and a workshop at the Archaeological Institute of America's 2017 Annual Meeting in Toronto. Part…
Council approved the nomination of seven new Corresponding Members. Penelope Allison, University of Leicester Janice Crowley, Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Marcella Frangipane, University of Rome Pierre Gros, University of Provence Aliki Moustaka, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Susanne Sievers, Goethe University Frankfurt Henner von Hesberg, German Archaeological Institute, Rome; University of Cologne To learn more about each of this year's nominees, click here. For a complete list of all Corresponding Members of the AIA,…
MINNESOTA- For International Archaeology Day 2016, the AIA-Minnesota Society hosted a lecture and student poster presentations on cultural heritage preservation. The AIA-Minnesota Society was the recipient of an AIA Society Outreach Grant, which enabled them to host this event and serve refreshments during the reception, encouraging social time and informal discussion between students and the community. A crowd of 60 attendees from local schools and universities, as well as community members and members of the AIA-Minnesota…
Royal Ontario Museum unearthed history as the ROM celebrated International Archaeology Day! From the oldest tools ever used by hominids to the latest technology available to archaeologists, partcipants could dig, decipher, and uncover the secrets to our shared human past. The day started with a free lecture by antiquities scholar Erin Thompson, as she discussed the effects of the art market on antiquities. Using her new book, Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors from Antiquity to…
The AIA Site Preservation Program is excited to present the newest publication in its Heritage, Conservation, and Archaeology series… The Future of the Past: From Amphipolis to Mosul, New Approaches to Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Eastern Mediterranean Edited by Konstantinos Chalikias, Maggie Beeler, Ariel Pearce, and Steve Renette The volume presents the proceedings of the conference “The Future of the Past” held at the UPenn Museum on April 10th and 11th, 2015. Read The Future…
Download as PDF International Archaeology Day Continues Rapid Growth with Almost 500 Events in 2014 In the four years since its inauguration, International Archaeology Day (IAD) has grown so rapidly both nationally and globally that the number of events and participants has more than quadrupled. In 2011, the first IAD featured 115 events, attended by approximately 15,000 people in three countries. In 2014, there were almost 500 events around the world. Since 2011, more than…
At the Council Meeting on January 10, 2015, the following individuals were elected to the AIA Governing Board and its Nominating Committee. Governing Board Vice President for Societies Ann Santen (term one) Vice President for Cultural Heritage Laetitia La Follette (term two) Vice President for Research and Academic Affairs Carla Antonaccio (term two) Academic Trustees Kathleen Lynch (term one) Sarah Parcak (term one) Mark Lawall (term one) Andrea Berlin (term two) J. Theodore Peña Society…
Boston—Over 400 events around the world will celebrate discovering the past on the 4th Annual International Archaeology Day (IAD) this October 18, 2014. The celebration is organized by the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) and features events put on by collaborating organizations including the National Park Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s National Marine Sanctuaries program, the Council for British Archaeology, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Uffizi Gallery, among many others. Celebratory…
The devastation wreaked on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina had a profound effect on the city’s museum collections and historic sites. More recent political instability in the Middle East has threatened archaeological sites and museum collections in several countries. This workshop will examine past practices and explore potential future responses to extreme (but not necessarily unpredictable) events such as hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes, war, and terror. What steps can museums and other professionals take to…
Download as PDF Third Archaeology Day Goes Global By all accounts, International Archaeology Day was a resounding success! Each year this unique celebration of archaeology grows larger and more global. As of October 19, 2013, International Archaeology Day had 180 Collaborating Organizations and more than 375 events planned in 17 countries and 46 U.S. states. We are currently collecting reports from program organizers, and, as of this writing, more than 31,000 people have participated in…
Download the 2014 AIA Site Preservation Program Annual Report (PDF) The AIA Site Preservation Program's 2014 Annual Report was published this week and is now available online. Contents include: Program Overview Letter from Conservation & Site Preservation Committee co-Chairmen Paul Rissman and Stephen Koob Site Preservation Grant Program Best Practices in Site Preservation Award Advocacy Resources Thank You to our Donors Learn more about the Site Preservation Program. Donate to the Site Preservation Program to…
Last night archaeology enthusiasts gathered in New York to welcome new AIA President Andrew M.T. Moore during a festive evening at the National Arts Club. Guests learned about the AIA's Site Preservation Program from Governing Board Member Paul Rissman before a talk on "The Future of Archaeology" from Andrew Moore. Covering topics as diverse as the origins of agriculture in ancient Syria, the health implications of dietary changes and urbanism in Scotland, and the discovery…
The Umm el-Jimal Project received an AIA Site Preservation Grant in 2010, and since then has worked tirelessly to bring the wealth of knowledge gained from the multi-cultural site of Umm el-Jimal to the local community and the rest of the world. Take a look at this video to hear about all the work they have done! Project directors Bert de Vries, Jeff DeKock, and Paul Christians describe their new, interactive website, complete with an…
Download as PDF Spring Gala Celebrates Greek Archaeology and Culture On April 24 more than 250 friends of the AIA gathered at the spectacular Tribeca Rooftop in New York City for the Institute’s fifth Spring Gala. The gala—the Institute’s largest fundraising event— is an opportunity for attendees to mingle and enjoy themselves while financially supporting the AIA's programs and activities. This year’s event titled Gods, Greeks, and Heroes celebrated the archaeology, history, and culture of…
