AIA Tour Leaders

Cynthia W. Shelmerdine

Archaeological Institute of America lecturer and host Cynthia W. Shelmerdine is Robert M. Armstrong Centennial Professor of Classics, emerita, at The University of Texas at Austin and a Research Associate […]


Ian Tattersall

Ian Tattersall is an internationally-recognized authority on paleoanthropology, primatology, evolutionary biology, and evolutionary theory. Currently an Emeritus Curator in the Division of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History, […]


Ben Thomas

Ben Thomas is Executive Director of the Society of Architectural Historians, prior to which he was Director of Programs for the Archaeological Institute of America for 18 years and, concurrently, an Assistant and later Associate […]


Nikolina Topić

Nikolina Topić is an archaeologist and glass specialist with 17 years of experience. She received her first degree in Archaeology from the University of Zagreb. After several years of fieldwork, […]


Val Turner

Dr. Val Turner has been Shetland’s Regional Archaeologist since the post was created in 1986, and she lives in Shetland on a small croft with her husband. She has Project Managed […]


Candace Weddle Livingston

Archaeological Institute of America lecturer and host Candace Weddle Livingston holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Art History (classical and medieval) and a B.A. in Classics. As an archaeologist, she […]


Joyce C. White

Archaeological Institute of America lecturer and host Joyce C. White will share insights with you throughout this journey. Dr. White has worked in Southeast Asian archaeology since the mid-1970s and […]


María Nieves Zedeño

María Nieves Zedeño (PhD 1991, Southern Methodist University) is a Research Anthropologist at the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology and a Professor of Anthropology at the School of Anthropology, […]


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