Archaeological Institute of America East Tennessee Society
The East Tennessee Society was founded in 1973 as our local chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America. Our organization promotes the knowledge and study of, as well as interest in, archaeology and related subjects, and furthers the aims and programs of the Archaeological Institute of America.
Membership
The AIA website and folder provide information on our national organization as well as membership forms. It also includes a list of local societies and their lectures, as well as archaeological news from around the world.
In addition to the AIA fee, you are invited to make a voluntary annual contribution to the East Tennessee society of $20 a person or $25 per family. These voluntary contributions help us defray the cost of mailings and of entertaining the speakers sent to us by the national organization.
Officers
- Dr. Boyce Driskell
Archaeological Research Lab, UTK
President - Mr. Edward Mills
Kingsport, TN
Vice President - Dr. Aleydis Van De Moortel
Department of Classics
Secretary/Treasurer
Executive Committee
Executive Committee, in addition to the Officers:
- Dr. Kathryn Salzer
Ex-President - Dr. Jefferson Chapman
Dept. of Anthropology and
Director, McClung Museum - Mr. James Deaderick
- Dr. J.P. Dessel
Dept. of History - Ms. Elaine Evans
Curator, McClung Museum
- Adam Russell
Student representative
Lectures & Events
All lectures are illustrated, and all are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. They are presented in the auditorium of the Frank H. McClung Museum, unless otherwise scheduled.
- Tuesday September 16, 2008
"Excavation of the Civil War Submarine H.L. Hunley: Reconstructing an 1864 Crime Site"
Maria Jacobsen
Clemson University - Tuesday October 14, 2008
"Messages in Stone. Roman Mosaics in Social and Architectural Context"
Susan Stevens
Randolph Macon Women's College - Tuesday November 18, 2008
Title TBA (On Illuminated MSS)
Father Justin Sinaitis
St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai - Thursday November 20, 2008
"Garage Sale or Royal Shipment? The Ceramic Cargo of the Uluburun Shipwreck"
Nicolle Hirschfeld
Trinity College, San Antonio - Tuesday January 13, 2009
"Applications of Dendrochronology in Old and New World Archaeology"
Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
Department of Geography, UT - Tuesday February 17, 2009
"Machu Picchu: A Civil Engineering Marvel"
Ken Wright
Denver, Colorado - Tuesday March 31, 2009
"Meanings in Early Celtic Art"
Peter Wells
University of Minnesota - Tuesday April 21, 2009
The Second Harry C. Rutledge Memorial Lecture in Archaeology
Title TBA
John McK. Camp
Director, Agora Excavations
Athens, Greece
Meetings
Meetings are held at the Frank H. McClung Museum auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on day of scheduled lecture, unless otherwise changed.
Web Resources
Contact Information
Dr. Aleydis Van de Moortel
Secretary/Treasurer
AIA - East Tennessee Society
Department of Classics
1101 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996-0413
Phone: (865) 974-8279
Fax: (865) 974-7173
Email: avdm@utk.edu