Trowel Tales: The AIA Blog

Archaeologists on the Cutting Edge
by Peter Herdrich, AIA CEO and Publisher of ARCHAEOLOGY magazine
June 25, 2010
Hello all. I’m Peter Herdrich and I’m the new CEO here at the AIA and the Publisher of Archaeology magazine. I’m coming to the end of the first week on the job and believe me, I am under an avalanche of information—about the AIA, Archaeology magazine, all kinds of exciting programs, and insights from my new colleagues. We have discussed editorial, advertising, fund-raising, education, site preservation, and outreach, all of which have subtleties that are tremendously complicated and important. And as I sort through this, one of the (few) accomplishments of my first week was to sit with Archaeology’s Deputy Editor Eric Powell and Executive Editor Jarrett Lobell and talk about one of the most important... Read More
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Explore Our New Website
by AIA President C. Brian Rose
June 21, 2010
When the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) was established in 1879, the telephone was in its infancy and the radio was still a decade or more away. Inventors such as Bell, Tesla, and Marconi revolutionized how we communicated in the late 19th century, but even greater steps were made in the late 1930s, with the advent of television, and 1940s, with digital computers. During this time, the AIA reached out to the public through lectures and, beginning in 1948, with ARCHAEOLOGY magazine. But even then, the power of “new” media was apparent, for example in the popularity of the 1950s television series “What in the World?” featuring artifacts, curators, and celebrities. Now when we talk of “new”... Read More
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