Excavate!: July 2011

The French may have had a better chance at the Battle of Agincourt had they not been weighed down by heavy body armour, say researchers.

Heavy metal hardens battle

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

30.7.11

BBC News - 3D interactive journey into the Great Pyramid of Khufu

27.7.11

NY Mummy Smugglers Reveal Vast Antiquities Black Market

25.7.11

Drinking Ernest Shackleton’s Whisky

24.7.11

Hiram Bingham's April 1913 National Geographic article on Machu Picchu

22.7.11

What Was Machu Picchu For? Top Five Theories Explained

21.7.11

Stone Age erotic art found in Bavaria

20.7.11

Heavy metal hardens battle

14.7.11

Inca Paradox: Maybe the pre-Columbian civilization did have writing.

11.7.11

Pictures: Human Sacrifice Found in Maya City Sinkhole