A Message from the President of the AIA
AIA President C. Brian Rose (Ken Martin)
Hi everyone,
As many of you have heard, the Archaeological Institute of America held its first gala in New York on April 28 celebrating the 130th anniversary of the AIA and the 60th anniversary of Archaeology magazine. We also presented awards to the Kress Foundation, which has consistently offered us a high level of support, and to Harrison Ford, general trustee of the AIA.
This was one of the most enjoyable galas I’ve ever attended – a sentiment that seems to have been shared by the over 450 attendees. I can’t remember when I’ve last felt such an overwhelming public embrace of archaeology and the AIA, and I wanted to share with you the two videos that were shown in the course of the evening. Read the rest of this entry »
AIA Endorses UNESCO Underwater Convention
On January 8, the AIA Governing Board approved the following motion endorsing the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage: The Archaeological Institute of America endorses the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001) and its Annex, and urges ratification of the same by the United States Government at the earliest practicable moment. It further encourages the timely adoption of the Convention and Annex’s Articles, Rules and Principles into the laws, policies, professional standards and guidelines of all programs involved in the management of underwater cultural heritage. Accordingly, all members individually and through the local societies
Getty to Return Fresco Fragment to Italy
In its latest effort to return wayward ancient artworks to their rightful owners, the J. Paul Getty Museum will send a Roman fresco fragment to Italy. The fragmentary panel, a roughly 36-by-32-inch section of a wall painting made in the third quarter of the 1st century BC, joined the museum’s collection in 1996 as a gift of New York collectors Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman. Read the full article >
Archaeologists Begin Recovery of Great Mayan City in the Yucatan
Mexican archaeologists began this month the recovery of a great Mayan city buried under tons of earth and jungle in the archaeological area of Ichkabal on the Yucatan peninsula, the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said. Read the full article >
Native Artifacts Off California Being Washed Away
Perched on the edge of this wind-swept Southern California island, archaeologist Jon Erlandson watches helplessly as 6,600 years of human culture – and a good chunk of his career – is swallowed by the Pacific surf. Read the full article >
