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2023 IAD Grant Winners Announced

October 11, 2023

We’re pleased to announce this year’s International Archaeology Day Grant winners! These grants help Societies host events associated with International Archaeology Day 2023, celebrated on Saturday, October 21 this year, […]

2024 Golden Trowel Award Winner Announced

October 4, 2023

Congratulations to the Jacksonville Society for winning the 2024 Golden Trowel Award! Between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023, the Jacksonville Society achieved a growth of 43%. We appreciate all our […]

New York Society Opens Nominations for Fifth Year of AIA-NYS Scholars Program

September 26, 2023

The New York Society is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the Fifth Cohort AIA-NY Scholars. This annual program is open to sophomores, juniors, seniors and first-year graduate […]

#ArchaeoStart for IAD!

September 19, 2023

We’re launching a new social media campaign for International Archaeology Day 2023! It’s called #ArchaeoStart, and it asks archaeologists to look back on what got them into the field and […]

The AIA Signs USCBS Statement on the Earthquake in Morocco and Flooding in Libya

September 18, 2023

Statement from The USCBS, ASOR, the United States Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS USA), and the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) regarding the natural disasters […]

Breaking Down Barriers and Getting Students into the Field: Interview with a Waldbaum Scholar

September 12, 2023

Established in 2007 in honor of AIA Honorary President Jane Waldbaum, the Waldbaum Archaeological Field School Scholarship has allowed dozens of undergraduate and first-year graduate students the opportunity to participate […]

IAD Listening Session Participants Share Event Promotion Experiences and Tips

September 6, 2023

At the end of August, in the third installment of the AIA’s 2023 International Archaeology Day Listening Sessions, Collaborating Organizations from across the United States and even from Italy gathered […]

Archaeodoodles 2023 Contest Announcement!

September 1, 2023

Do you like drawing and archaeology? Then we have the International Archaeology Day contest for you! IAD is coming up sooner than we think on Saturday, October 21. In the […]

Archanes 2023: Weeks 6–7

August 30, 2023

This year’s excavations at Archanes Palace are complete, and the final results are in!

Houston Skyline Surprise

August 28, 2023

Houstonians may have noticed a new addition to the city’s skyline, an authentic Marsh Arab reed mudhif taking shape on the campus of Rice University. To bring awareness to the […]

Preserving Honduras and Nepal

August 22, 2023

Your experience matters! Join our letter writing campaign to save a place you love. Honduras has recently requested that the U.S. renew the bilateral agreement that protects their cultural resources […]

Archanes 2023: Weeks 3–5

August 16, 2023

The excavation of Archanes Palace continues to deeper layers, revealing the impressive architecture of the Minoans.

Two More Listening Sessions Coming Up for IAD!

August 16, 2023

We’ve had two listening sessions with collaborating organizations for International Archaeology Day so far, and we have two more coming up in the next couple of months. First, we did […]

Archanes 2023: Weeks 1 & 2

August 2, 2023

After many years, the Zominthos team has stared a new period of excavations at Archanes, Crete.

2024 Annual Meeting Update

July 20, 2023

After the 2023 Annual Meeting, The AIA and SCS surveyed meeting participants about the hybrid conference in New Orleans. That survey revealed both the technical difficulties and frustrations that attendees […]

IAD Events at the National Arts Club

July 18, 2023

The National Arts Club has celebrated International Archaeology Day for quite a few years, holding lectures that they have publicly posted on YouTube to share with asynchronous viewers! On October […]

In Memory of Diane Harris Cline, Ph.D.

July 18, 2023

It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of Diane Harris Cline, a longtime member and friend to the AIA. Diane passed away on July 8th, 2023, after […]

National Lecture Program News

July 17, 2023

Save the date for our 2023/2024 Virtual Lectures! AIA Archaeology Hour is back in September and all lectures will be held on Wednesdays at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. The dates will […]

Spokane Society Celebrates 75th Anniversary

June 14, 2023

The Spokane Society of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) celebrated its 75th Anniversary on May 6 with a gala including dinner and a lecture! The dinner, which the Society […]

2023 Society Outreach Grant Winners