AIA Society of Tucson and Southern Arizona

01/26/2018

Friends! Please join us on February 1st in Chavez 301 at 5:30 pm on the UA Campus for our first lecture of the spring semester. And... we'll have snacks!

Prof. Brendan Burke will be visiting us from the University of Victoria in beautiful British Columbia. He will be offering his insights on “Life and Death at Ancient Eleon: Excavations in central Greece 2011-2017”. Please join this excursion through the dim recesses of time and mortality, wherein a clear and bright light shines through the efforts of the University of Victoria and its partners.

As always, don't hesitate to like our page and check out our website for more information. http://aiatucson.arizona.edu/

12/07/2017

Greetings, archaeology lovers! In light of recent developments in the US House of a Representatives and Senate, the future of the accessibility of graduate education hangs in the balance.

If you plan on attending graduate school or are a supporter of higher education, please help to ensure that the final version of the US tax bill does not include taxes on tuition waivers. This tax would make graduate school unaffordable for many. The Senate bill did not include this, but as the House and Senate work to reconcile on the bill, the House needs to hear YOUR voices!

Click the link below to let your Representatives know that you oppose the tax on tuition waivers for graduate students. Graduate education is essential in archaeology, so we urge you to strongly consider playing a role in this as fans or friends of archaeology.

For more information on this bill, visit the National Humanities Alliance at www.nhalliance.org

As always, like our page, follow us, and check us out at aiatucson.arizona.edu

Thank you for your support.

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11/05/2017

Hello, hello, hello! THIS COMING WEEK on Wednesday, November 8th in Chávez 111 at 4:30 pm (on the UA Campus) we welcome a very special team of lecturers! Please join us for "From Dinosaurs to Emperors: Cultural Property and the Department of Homeland Security," led by Hal Manning, Mike Alperstein, and Peter Brand, Special Agents in Homeland Security Investigations.

We are so excited to have these Special Agents give us more insight into cultural property and how the US interacts and deals with cultural heritage. Don't be shy! Join us!

As always, thank you for your support. Don't forget to check us out at our website http://www.aiatucson.arizona.edu/ for more information about who we are, what we do, and things to come.

10/13/2017

Happy Friday the 13th, all! Don't forget that on Tuesday the 17th the AIA Society of Tucson and Southern Arizona will be hosting the first lecture of this year! We happily present "Elite settlement in Gaelic Ireland, 1169-1350AD" by Dr. Kieran O'Connor. Stop by Saguaro Hall on the UA campus -- we'd love to see you there! Browse around our page for more information on this event.

Don't forget to check us out at http://aiatucson.arizona.edu/ and make sure to hit 'Like' and follow our page for more updates and exciting events.

AIA Society of Tucson and Southern Arizona

09/26/2017

Greetings, archaeology friends! It's about that time of year again. PARTY TIME. Yep you guessed it, the AIA Society of Tucson and Southern Arizona is kicking off a new school year with an exciting lecture event!

Please join us on Tuesday, October 17th at 5:30 pm MST in Saguaro Hall, on the UA Campus for our first lecture of the year: Elite settlement in Gaelic Ireland, 1169-1350AD, delivered by Dr. Kieran O'Connor from the National University of Ireland. Dr. O'Connor is sure to have some fascinating insights, so get on over to Saguaro Hall in October!

Don't forget to check us out at aiatucson.arizona.edu and make sure to hit 'Like' and follow our page for more updates and exciting events.

05/01/2017

Surprise! The University of Arizona's School of Anthropology is hosting a lecture TOMORROW, May 1 at 12:00 noon in Haury Room 125 on the UA Campus. The topic? "Like frogs around a pond: Reconstructing the Rituals of Ancient Greek Maritime Religion," by Amelia Brown from the University of Queensland. Don't miss it!

As always, you can check out the AIA Society of Tucson and Southern Arizona at aiatucson.arizona.edu and the UA School of Anthropology at anthropology.arizona.edu. Cheers, and Happy Spring!

Abstract: The ancient Greeks took part in a common religious culture all around the Mediterranean sea, ‘like frogs around a pond’ (Plato

04/24/2017

Greetings, archaeology lovers! This week we have TWO exciting back-to-back events happening at the University of Arizona.

First up on Thursday, April 27 at 5:30 pm in Haury 216, Eric H. Cline will come to discuss his book, "1177: The Year Civilization Collapsed." This lecture will be very exciting, as it deals with the ever-questioned Bronze Age societal collapse. Link: http://aiatucson.arizona.edu/lecture/1177-bc-year-civilization-collapsed

The very next day, on Friday, April 28 at 2:00 pm in Haury 216, Diane Harris Cline will give her own lecture: Social Networks and Innovation in the Periclean Building Program. This talk will deal with Classical Athens, which is always a fun topic!
Link: http://aiatucson.arizona.edu/lecture/social-networks-and-innovation-periclean-building-program

As always, thank you for your support. Please feel free to check us out at http://aiatucson.arizona.edu for more information about upcoming events and lectures.

For more than three hundred years during the Late Bronze Age, from about 1500 BC to 1200 BC, the Mediterranean region played host to a complex international world in which Egyptians, Mycenaeans, Minoans, Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Cypriots, and Canaanites all interacted, creating a cosmopolit...

04/16/2017

Hello, friends of the AIA Society of Tucson and Southern Arizona! April is going to be a busy month for us, filled with some awesome lectures! Give our page a Like to get notifications when we post about our exciting upcoming events on April 27 and 28, led by Eric H. Cline and Diane Harris Cline, respectively.

Show some love to our related organizations, too! On April 19 at 5:30pm in Haury 216 (on the UA Campus), Dr. Steve Harvey of the Ahmose and Tetisheri Project will give his talk: Still Missing from the Valley of the Kings? Lost Tombs of the Founders of Egypt's Golden Age. This event will be put on by The American Research Center in Egypt – Arizona Chapter. Check them out at http://arce.arizona.edu/

As always, for more information on upcoming events and ongoing projects, please visit our website at http://aiatucson.arizona.edu/ Happy Easter and Happy Spring!

02/10/2017

Happy February, friends and followers of the AIA! Mark your calendars for another exciting event coming up at the end of the month. More to come in the upcoming weeks.

As always, thank you for your support and interest in archaeology! Don't forget to check out our website for more information about who we are and what we do.

http://aiatucson.arizona.edu

Off the northernmost tip of Scotland lie the Orkney Islands, where it is said that if you scratch the surface they bleed archaeology. This is nowhere truer than in the

01/01/2017

Greetings, friends of the AIA!

Your donation today will advance archaeological research, education and preservation throughout 2017. More than ever, we need your help so that the past is not lost forever. Your support helps to save endangered archaeological sites and artifacts all over the world, fosters scholarly research, nurtures public interest through the AIA lecture program and publications, and helps us tell the policy makers in Washington that the world's cultural heritage is worth saving. Well beyond the glow of the holidays, your gift will provide a bright future for the study of our past.

To learn more about the important work that AIA donors make possible, please take a look at our page: https://www.archaeological.org/giving

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

12/06/2016

Hello, friends of archaeology! Tomorrow (Tuesday December 6, 5:30 pm MST) in Bannister Rm 110 the AIA Society of Tucson and Arizona Chapter of ARCE (American Research Center in Egypt) are co-sponsoring an important lecture.

Please join us for the talk, "Heritage in Peril: How International Agreements Protect and Preserve Archaeological Sites and Objects," given by Catherine P. Foster of the US Department of State.

Don't forget to check us out at aiatucson.arizona.edu.

You can also look up ARCE at arce.arizona.edu.

11/10/2016

We have a very special guest lecturer at the AIA this week.

Tomorrow, November 10, at 11:00am in Haury Rm 125 on the UA Campus, we have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Stella Katsarou (Department of Palaeoanthropology-Speleology, Ministry of Culture, Greece).

She will give a lecture entitled, "Stone Age and Cave Archaeology in Greece." Be sure to stop by and spelunk through some knowledge with us!

Check us out online at aiatucson.arizona.edu.