Site Preservation News

AIA Site Preservation Grant to Help Protect a 17th-century European Heritage Site on Montserrat

February 9, 2012

The AIA is pleased to announce that its latest Site Preservation Grant has been awarded to the Carr Plantation Archaeology Project.

Public Partnership in Site Preservation: the California Archaeological Site Stewardship Program

February 1, 2012

Coordinators for the California Archaeological Site Stewardship Program discuss its volunteer steward training workshops in the efforts to raise awareness for and protection of sites in California.

First Stakeholders’ Workshop at Thimlich Ohinga a Success

January 20, 2012

Thimlich Ohinga project directors report on the first stakeholders’ workshop held at the site in December.

Hoyo Negro Completes Project to Safeguard Site

January 19, 2012

An AIA Site Preservation Grant is protecting the significant and fragile site of Hoyo Negro.

Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) Names Best Practices in Site Preservation Award Winners

January 13, 2012

The AIA presented two co-recipients with the Best Practices in Site Preservation Award at the 113th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

Site Preservation Workshop Launches Collaborative on Best Practices

January 10, 2012

The Site Preservation workshop at the AIA Annual Meeting launched an online collaborative to define best practices in site preservation. Join the conversation today!

First Person Accounts about November 16th Public Session of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee

December 15, 2011

First Person Account of Public Session about Belize By Christina Luke, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, Boston University On 16 November I attended and spoke at the public session concerning the […]

CPAC considers renewing the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Republics of Cyprus and Peru

December 8, 2011

Thank you very much to all of you who showed your support by sending letters to Washington! From January 17-20, 2012, the State Department’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) met […]

Site Preservation Grant winner Thimlich Ohinga holds its first community workshop

December 1, 2011

The AIA-funded project at Thimlich Ohinga held its first workshop to educate the local community on the preservation goals of the project and how the site should be preserved.

Emergency Assessment Missions in Libya

November 28, 2011

Blue Shield and the International Military Cultural Resources Work Group The recent conflict in Libya called for emergency assessment missions to determine the cultural heritage situation there.

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