International Archaeology Day Blog

IAD Celebrated in Southwest Florida Despite Bad Weather

October 24, 2019

Charlotte County History Services and Florida Public Archaeology Network (Southwest Region) co-hosted International Archaeology Day in Charlotte County, Florida on Oct. 19, 2019. The event showcased ten organizations from all […]

IAD at Ancient Corinth

October 23, 2019

On International Archaeology Day, the American School of Classical Studies – Corinth Excavations invited visitors to the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth to learn about fieldwork, finds processing, and conservation […]

Over 700 Celebrate IAD with Fair in Riverside

October 23, 2019

Over 700 people attended the International Archaeology Day Expo at the Hidden Valley Nature Center, in Riverside, CA. Exhibitors came from universities, government agencies, museums, cultural resource management companies, and […]

AIA-North Alabama Society Hosts Two Events on IAD

October 22, 2019

Despite a rainy day, the North Alabama Society and their partner the Alabama Archaeological Society hosted an archaeology fair at historic Lowe Mill in Huntsville, AL. In the evening, Ben […]

Tracking the Ancient Kedah Kingdom with the Kedah Sungai Batu Archeo-Adventure Society

October 22, 2019

On International Archaeology Day 100 people in Malaysia participated in the program “Tracking the Ancient Kedah Kingdom,” organized by the Kedah Sungai Batu Archeo-Adventure Society. Sungai Batu archaeological site is […]

IAD Participants in Rome Receive a Crash Course in Forensic Archaeology

October 21, 2019

On October 14 the American University of Rome hosted a public hands-on program introducing participants to the methods behind forensic archaeology.  The event was attended by 100 people. What is […]

Pacific Northwest Archaeological Society Hosts Lecture on the Eve of International Archaeology Day

October 21, 2019

On October 18th, 2019, the Pacific Northwest Archaeological Society held a lecture as part of Washington State Archaeology Month Event and International Archaeology Day. The lecture, “Aypax-kan-ishchit—The Yakama-Cowlitz Trail: History, […]

Augustus Pitt Rivers Crowned 2019 ArchaeoMadness Champion

October 19, 2019

Today is International Archaeology Day and after hundreds of votes were cast over four rounds of voting we are ready to name a new ArchaeoMadness champion: Augustus Pitt Rivers. Augustus […]

International Archaeology Day Celebrations to be Held Around the World on the Weekend of October 19th

October 18, 2019

Over 1,200 events around the world will celebrate discovering the past on the 9th annual International Archaeology Day (IAD) this October, with a majority of the events occurring on Saturday, October 19. The […]

Countdown to International Archaeology Day with #ArchaeoMadness2019

October 9, 2019

ArchaeoMadness is back this year with a twist! In 2019 the theme for this bracket style competition is famous archaeologists. So read up on Petrie, Pitt Rivers, and Proskouriakoff and […]

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