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December 2, 2009
AIA Awards New Grant to Help Save Cultural Heritage - Project will use technology to recreate a five-thousand-year-old Chalcolithic roundhouse in Cyprus
December 1, 2009
Read AIA Site Preservation Committee member Nicholas Stanley-Price's recent chapter on reconstruction principles from the book Conservation: Principles, Dilemmas and Uncomfortable Truths (edited by Alison Richmond and Alison Bracker).
December 1, 2009
Site Preservation Workshop held at Annual Meeting
November 29, 2009
Approximately 100 scholars from around the world and representing many disciplines met in Amherst, Massachusetts, November 9-10, at the Heritage in Conflict and Consensus workshop.
October 28, 2009
The AIA is supporting Heritage in Conflict and Consensus: New Approaches to the Social, Political, and Religious Impact of Public Heritage in the 21st Century, a workshop that will take place at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Bard College November 9–13.
October 27, 2009
Read about our efforts to preserve Easter Island's iconic moai statues, and an innovative archaeology program for high-school students in Belize.
October 23, 2009
The AIA showcased exciting new site-preservation themed activities at the 3rd Annual AIA-Museum of Science Archaeology Fair.
June 7, 2009
Larry Coben and the Sustainable Preservation Initiative
March 20, 2009
A new Memorandum of Understanding was recently inked by the United States and the People’s Republic of China. The five-year agreement outlines steps designed to stem the flow of illicitly excavated or exported artifacts from China to the U.S.
February 9, 2009
The Archaeological Institute of America has issued the following statement concerning cultural objects on loan to U.S. institutions and calls for Congressional action to assure the security of international loans and exhibitions from attachment.
Site Preservation News
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The Stafford Civil War Sites in Virginia held its grand opening in April 2013.
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The Site Preservation Program is funding the San Bartolo Mural Project thanks to a special gala pledge drive.
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Read the Program's 2013 Annual Report to learn about its many activities this past year.
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