White House to appoint Rosemary Joyce to committee
The Obama White House has announced its intent to appoint Professor Rosemary Joyce to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee.
New archaeology peer-reviewed blog: Then Dig
The ARF is hosting a new archaeology blog. New blog post titles appear in a panel on the ARF's website.
ARF to host TAG-USA 2011 in Berkeley
"Archaeology of and in the Contemporary World" is the theme of next year's TAG-USA conference (May 6-8, 2011).
Archaeology of brewing
Professor C. Hastorf discussing the archaeology of beer brewing appeared in a recent post at Scientific American.
Outreach story in newpaper
ARF Outreach to Middle Schools gets a writeup in the local news.
New Book about precontact Hawai'i
Professor P.V. Kirch has published "How Chiefs Became Kings: Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i"
New book on fraternity that is now the ARF building
ARF Director L. Wilkie has published "The Lost Boys of Zeta Psi", a historical archaeology study of the fraternity housed in what is now the ARF building.
The Lost Boys of Zeta Psi, 2010, University of California Press
New book on Islamic Art and Architecture
ARF affliate M. Alami's book Art and Architecture in the Islamic Tradition: Aesthetics,
Politics, and Desire in Early Islam has been announced.
Published by IB Tauris Publishers, London-New York, the book will be released next month.
Funding from the AIA
The Archaeological Institute of America offers several Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants for archaeological research and publications.