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16.10.14

International Archaeology Day! Lowe Mill, 1-4 pm -- AIA Talk! 7 pm Wilson Hall Theatre

9.10.14

AIA Talk! Were the Hobbits Human? 13 October 2014

Dr. William Jungers, Chair of the Department of Anatomical Sciences at SUNY Stony Brook, is currently associate editor of the Journal of Human Evolution. Throughout his career he has had access to some of the premier collections of specimens in the Yale Peabody Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, the British Museum of Natural History, as well as collections in Madagascar, Austria, Germany, Denmark, France, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Indonesia, and Ethiopia. Dr. Jungers is an expert on the hotly debated topic of the place of Homo floresiensis in human evolution.

Were the Hobbits Human?
When: 7:30 pm, 13 October 2014
Where: Shelby Center Rm. 107, UAH Campus

What Makes Us Human?
When: 2:30 PM 13 October 2014
Where: Wilson Hall 168, UAH Campus

Did the Vikings Get a Bum Rap?

In Photos: The World's Oldest Cave Art

Skeleton Couple Still Holding Hands After 700 Years : Discovery News

Ancient Rome's Terrorizing Toilets

Ancient Rome's Terrorizing Toilets | DiscoverMagazine.com

7.9.14

AIA Talk! Dog and Animal Domestication 15 September 2014

Monday, September 15, 7:30 pm
Chan Auditorium in the Business Admin. Bldg.
Dr. Greger Larson, Oxford University
“Asking when, where, and how dogs and animals were domesticated”

Tuesday, September 16, 12:45 pm
Wilson Hall Room 168
Dr. Greger Larson, Oxford University
“The difference between how and why: How the questions we ask bias the answers we get”

Excavate! The Newsletter! Volume 29

Tim and Lillian explore our upcoming events and speakers! Hard to believe they have been doing this since 2000.

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Neanderthals Died Out 10,000 Years Earlier Than Thought, With Help From Modern Humans

Archaeologists Train "Monuments Men" to Save Syria's Past

Unique 2000-Year-Old Wooden Toilet Seat Found : Discovery News

Viking 'Hammer of Thor' Unearthed : Discovery News

Greetings Members and Friends of the AIA!

Welcome! Here you’ll find updates on our events as well as links to news on cool, current topics in archaeology. Please consider joining the AIA and supporting our local society. As an AIA member affiliated with our local society, you get to vote on what lecture topics we choose each year. A significant portion of your membership gets refunded to our local society to support our activities. You’ll have greater access to all our speakers—more chances to ask questions and hear the inside scoop on new discoveries! Our society receives two FREE lecturers because we maintain a membership of fifty. AIA headquarters pays their airfare and honorarium and our local society provides a venue and hospitality. As a local society we invite an additional four to six speakers and host other events such as our annual archaeology fair and our biannual wine tasting. Your support directly impacts the number of fascinating archaeologists we bring to North Alabama. Thanks again for your support and enthusiasm!

Lillian Joyce, PhD
President, AIA North AL Society

The AIA in Action!

Have you ever wanted to go on an archaeological dig? The AIA publishes the Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities Bulletin, which has listings for digs from the US to Mongolia to Australia. Not ready to get dirty? The AIA offers behind the scenes tours of archaeological sites all over the world. Being a member of the AIA supports many valuable programs in site conservation as well as training activities such as talks to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. We encourage the future of archaeology by providing scholarships to archaeologists in training. Create a future for the past. Join the AIA!

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