July 29, 2016
Room 33 The excavation of Room 33 is completed revealing a clearly disturbed paved floor (fig.1). Stone structure used as desk, was discovered alongside the north and west wall under […]
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July 25, 2016
This week included cleaning the southern side of the site, a field trip to Achillbeg, and an illustration course at Dooagh Archaeology Centre.
In mid-July, the number of Collaborating Organizations signed up to participate in the IAD 2016 surpassed 100.
July 22, 2016
We concentrated on removing rubble from the corbelled hut collapse in the south of the trench and continued clearing the entrance channel in the north.
July 20, 2016
Room 24 The excavation of the oblong Room 24 completed. The whole surface of the paved floor was uncovered (fig.1). Several building phases can be distinguished. Wall ΙΙΙ, at the […]
July 18, 2016
We began working on the southern half of Quadrant 5 this week, revealing a massive spread of rubble to clean and record.
July 15, 2016
Room 24 The western part of Room 24 was excavated, between Wall I (to the West) and Wall ΙΙ (to the East). A layer of broken schist slabs and coarse […]
July 6, 2016
AIA Site Preservation Program presents its newest Heritage, Conservation, and Archaeology publication.
July 5, 2016
Forty organizations signed up as 2016 International Archaeology Day Collaborating Organizations during the month of June.
The 14th-15th century Noh playwright Zeami Motokiyo famously wrote: To watch the sun sink behind a flower clad hill. To wander on in a huge forest without thought of […]
Celebrate International Archaeology Day with the Pueblo Grande Museum and the AIA-Central Arizona Society!
July 1, 2016
Cotsen Grants Awarded to Archaeologists Working in Italy and Peru; International Archaeology Day Celebration; AIA and Hilton Worldwide Award Site Preservation Grant to Moroccan Site; Become a Member Today!
June 30, 2016
A Summary of Comments Presented at the Public Hearing of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee on May 24, 2016 at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.
An AIA Society Outreach Grant funded the Society’s initiative to bring archaeology to the classrooms of ten San Antonio area Title I schools.
June 28, 2016
We passed through some stunning landscapes during the AIA-sponsored “In the Wake of the Vikings” voyage, and Shetland certainly ranked high on the list. This year, the sun was shining […]
June 27, 2016
The team concentrated on completing the first phase of work in the north of Quadrant 5 this week.
June 23, 2016
This week we began work in Quadrant 5, a new excavation area at the eastern side of the Cromlech Tumulus site.
June 21, 2016
We spent our time this week expanding the trench over the Danish Ditch pre-bog field wall to examine a possible terrace and burnt stone feature.
June 17, 2016
The season at the Cromlech Tumulus has begun! We’ll be joined by students from the USA, Australia, Britain, Ireland, India, the Netherlands and Spain.
June 16, 2016
Twenty-two organizations signed up as Collaborating Organizations for International Archaeology Day during the month of May.
