Excavate!: September 2009

Archaeologists Discover Oldest-known Fiber Materials Used By Early Humans

NPR: These Vintage Threads are 30,000 Years Old

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!

News and Notes

30.9.09

Nero's Rotating Banquet Hall Unveiled in Rome

29.9.09

Giant Stone-age Axes Found In African Lake Basin

Archaeologists Find Burial Cellar In Ancient Syrian City Containing Spectacular Artifacts

Metal Detecting - Beep, Beep, Beep, Eureka!

28.9.09

Uncovering a Small Town (and Some Tall Tales)

24.9.09

Anglo-Saxon Gold Hoard Found

23.9.09

Mysterious ruins may help explain Mayan collapse

16.9.09

Rare Discovery: Engraved Gemstone Carrying A Portrait Of Alexander The Great

10.9.09

Largest-ever Collection Of Coins From Period Of Revolt Against Romans Found In Judean Hills

Archaeologists Discover Oldest-known Fiber Materials Used By Early Humans

Research Indicates Earlier Debut in Europe For Refined Stone Tools

4.9.09

AIA Talk: 9 Sept. Old Kingdom Egypt in Sinai