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Open Declaration on Cultural Heritage at Risk in Iraq

March 22, 2010

The extraordinary global significance of the monuments, museums, and archaeological sites of Iraq (ancient Mesopotamia) imposes an obligation on all peoples and governments to protect them. In any military conflict that heritage is put at risk, and it appears now to be in grave danger.

Recovering Iraq’s Past – NEH Iraq Initiative

March 22, 2010

In the face of the recent destruction and looting of Iraq’s archaeological sites, museums and libraries, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced an initiative aimed at the preservation and documentation of “cultural resources in Iraq’s archives, libraries, and museums.

Sustainable Preservation Initiative (SPI) Announces First Grant Winner

March 8, 2010

SPI, an initiative supported by the AIA, awarded $48,000 for artisanal and touristic development and preservation to a Moche site in Peru.

Dispatches form the AIA – March/April 2010

March 1, 2010

Dive into Archaeology!

AIA 10th Annual Archaeology Fair

February 1, 2010

For two days archaeology was the main attraction at this beautiful beach-side venue and the Fair was a huge hit with local school groups and families.

Site Preservation Workshop at 2010 Annual Meeting

January 10, 2010

Site preservation experts, conservators, archaeologists, students, and AIA members gathered together at AIA’s 111th Annual Meeting in Anaheim, CA, to discuss the effects of globalization, increased tourism, climate change, and warfare on archaeological sites.

2010 AIA and APA Joint Annual Meeting – Anaheim, CA

January 10, 2010

Thank you for joining us at the 2010 Joint Annual Meeting of the AIA and APA, which was the 111th Annual Meeting for the AIA and the 141st meeting of the APA. Over 400 archaeologists, classicists, epigraphers, art historians, and anthropologists presented their latest findings and discoveries from 2009 at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel in sunny California.

Dispatches from the AIA – January/February 2010

January 1, 2010

Attend an AIA Lecture Near You

Archaeological Institute of America Awards Site Preservation Grant to Heritage Watch

December 21, 2009

Northeast Cambodia—Paving the Way with More than Asphalt

Politics & Archaeology

December 7, 2009

A First-Person Account of the CPAC Meeting Reviewing Italian Import Restrictions

Computer Animation Not Just for Video Games

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

The Reconstruction of Ruins: Principles and Practice

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).

Lessons from the Field: Pursuing Best Practices in Site Preservation

December 1, 2009

Site Preservation Workshop held at Annual Meeting

Heritage in Conflict Workshop

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.

3rd Annual AIA-MOS Archaeology Fair

November 1, 2009

Archaeology was in the crisp, Boston air as the Archaeological Institute of America and the Boston Museum of Science hosted the 3rd Annual Archaeology Fair October 16-17, 2009.

Dispatches from the AIA – November/December 2009

November 1, 2009

“What Does the AIA Do?”; Saving the Moai; Students Unearth the Ancient Maya

AIA Supports Workshop Exploring Heritage and Conflict

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.

AIA Dispatches November/December 2009

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.

AIA Debuts Site Preservation Activities at 3rd Annual AIA-MOS Archaeology Fair

October 23, 2009

The AIA showcased exciting new site-preservation themed activities at the 3rd Annual AIA-Museum of Science Archaeology Fair.

ARCHAEOLOGY Receives NAC Gold Medal

October 15, 2009

The President, Board of Governors, and Archaeology Committee of the National Arts Club (NAC) awarded ARCHAEOLOGY, AIA’s award-winning popular magazine, its medal of Honor for Distinguished Coverage of the Field of Archaeology Worldwide.

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