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IAD 2018: Art in the Serra (da Capivara), Brazil

September 3, 2019

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 […]

In Memoriam: Robert Connolly

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 […]

Ferrycarrig 2019: Summer Cultural Trips

August 28, 2019

As part of each IAFS course’s academic content, we spend several days at the beginning of most programmes on cultural trips.

Ferrycarrig 2019: Experimental Archaeology – Making Ceramics and Textiles

August 27, 2019

The experimental archaeology students learned about medieval textiles and how to make medieval ceramics.

Ferrycarrig 2019: Experimental Archaeology – Furnace Building and Iron Smelting

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.

Ferrycarrig 2019: Carrig 850

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!

IAD 2018 in Samara, Russia

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 […]

Zominthos 2019: Week 6

August 15, 2019

During the final week of this year’s excavations, we completely removed the Late Minoan I layer full of pottery in Room 65.

Ferrycarrig 2019: Forensic Anthropology

August 14, 2019

The IAFS’s forensic anthropology programme with Maynooth University

Ferrycarrig 2019: Summer Update on Finds at the Carrig Dig

August 12, 2019

A video update for Summer 2019 from Dr. Shine on the progress being made with the excavation and finds

Zominthos 2019: Week 5

August 12, 2019

Many intact vessels came to light in Room 65, as excavation also continued in Area 61 and Room 64.

Ferrycarrig 2019: Digging the Lost Town of Carrig Part 2

August 9, 2019

In this video, IAFS Director Denis Shine gives an update on the progress of the site so far in the summer of 2019.

Zominthos 2019: Week 4

August 6, 2019

Noteworthy finds this week were parts of a loom weight, pottery with a spiral motif decoration, and some intact conical cups.

IAD 2018: A Success in Pakistan

August 2, 2019

Save Cultural Heritage Group organized an event for “International Archaeology Day Celebrations,” supported by the AIA, in partnership with the Department of Sociology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, DirectAMS, Faxian Travel, and media partner ASEF Culture360.

Zominthos 2019: Week 3

July 26, 2019

Excavation continues in various rooms. Pottery fragments, animal bones, a bone pendant, and cups of the old palace period have been collected.

Zominthos 2019: Week 2

July 22, 2019

New conical cups have been recovered intact in Room 1, some containing animal bones, while an interesting small find was made in Room 43, and more.

Zominthos 2019: Week 1

July 16, 2019

The 2019 excavation season at Zominthos, Crete, begins!

Update From Society Outreach Grant Winner: The AIA-North Carolina (Triangle Area) Society

July 11, 2019

The AIA-North Carolina (Triangle Area) Society shared an update on one of their events, which was supported by an AIA Society Outreach Grant.

Classical Studies in the 21st Century: More Relevant Than Ever

July 10, 2019

The AIA-SCS joint ad hoc committee on the future of classics and archaeology met earlier this year to discuss pressures common to both fields. The group agreed to create a […]

Save the Date for IAD 2019

July 2, 2019

International Archaeology Day will be held on October 19, 2019. In 2018, more than 500 Collaborating Organizations put on over 1,000 events in over two dozen countries and we expect […]

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