October 8, 2019
On September 19, 2019, the Society for Historical Archaeology convened an Inter-societies Summit on Sexual Harassment in Arlington, Virginia. The AIA along with the American Anthropological Association, the American Association […]
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October 3, 2019
The AIA and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are pleased to announce a new AIA-managed grant program aimed at supporting archaeological research around the world.
September 26, 2019
The AIA has joined with numerous other scholarly organizations in endorsing the American Sociological Association Statement on Student Evaluations of Teaching (September 2019). The statement speaks to the use of […]
September 24, 2019
The 2019 International Archaeology Day poster has been unveiled! You can now download it at www.archaeologyday.org/. 2019 IAD CalendarSubmit an event
September 18, 2019
It is with deep sadness the AIA shares news of the passing of Dr. Lanny Bell. We offer our sincere condolences to his family, colleagues, former students, and friends in […]
September 10, 2019
For IAD 2018 roughly 30 people attended a site visit to several Bronze Age burial mounds located in the forest close to Lány Castle, the summer residence of Czechoslovakian presidents. […]
September 9, 2019
Our new cutting is in the only part of the ringwork’s ditch that remains after excavation in the 80s.
September 6, 2019
Cutting 4 started this summer as a test trench to the depth of the 12th century occupation layer.
The AIA is deeply saddened by the passing of Larissa Bonfante and we extend our condolences to her family, her many colleagues, students, and friends in the world of archaeology. […]
September 5, 2019
In Cutting 1, we found a large pocket of charcoal that could be a posthole, but only time will tell!
September 4, 2019
Work in Cutting 3 during the two-week field excavation program from Maynooth University
AIA and SCS are pleased to announce the first-ever joint harassment policy for the AIA-SCS Annual Meeting. A joint AIA and SCS working group, including staff and officers of both […]
September 3, 2019
This year the AIA is putting out a call for its professional members to participate in the Skype a Scientist program. Over the summer we interviewed AIA Outreach and Education […]
On October 30th 2018, students from the municipal school of Coronel José Dias (Piauí, Brazil) and the larger community participated in the event “Art in the Serra” as part of International […]
August 28, 2019
The AIA is sad to report the passing of archaeologist, museum director, IAD supporter, and friend Robert Connolly on Tuesday, August 20, 2019, after a courageous battle with cancer. The […]
As part of each IAFS course’s academic content, we spend several days at the beginning of most programmes on cultural trips.
August 27, 2019
The experimental archaeology students learned about medieval textiles and how to make medieval ceramics.
August 23, 2019
This program in partnership with University College Dublin and Institute for Field Research allowed us to learn about experimental archaeology and relate what we learned to the Carrick excavation.
August 19, 2019
This year is the 850th Anniversary of the Anglo-Norman arrival in Ireland as well as the construction of the Carrick site itself!
August 15, 2019
Dear colleagues, Greetings from Samara State Institute of Culture!International Archaeology Day came last year to Samara, Russia! As a 2018 IAD collaborator with the AIA, our Institute and its partners […]