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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

If you are interested in joining the AIA, you can go to its web site and click on "Membership" to find information as well as an on-line application form. Alternatively, you can contact Aleydis Van de Moortel and she will mail you a brochure.

All members have the opportunity to meet our speakers over dinner. Dinners are held at the Cumberland Grill on Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, at 5:30 p.m. (sharp) before the lecture. If you would like to join us, please notify Aleydis Van de Moortel no later than three days before each lecture, so that she can reserve a place for you (Phone work 865-974-8279; home 865-524-4543; e-mail: avdm@utk.edu).

Headlines

Officers



  • Dr. Kathryn Salzer
    Department of History
    President
  • Dr. Boyce Driskell
    UTK Archaeological Research Lab
    Vice President
  • Dr. Aleydis Van De Moortel
    Department of Classics
    Secretary/Treasurer

 

Executive Committee


Executive Committee, in addition to the Officers:

  • Mr. Dick Berry
    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

Events Calendar

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, Sept. 18, 2008
    "Frankish Monasteries in Medieval Greece"
    Kathryn Salzer
    UT Department of History


  • Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2008
    "Searching for our Ancestors: Paleoanthropology in West Java, Indonesia"
    Andrew Kramer
    UT Department of Anthropology


  • Thursday Nov. 8, 2008
    "The Renewed Excavations at Tell Tayinat, an Iron Age Kingdom in Southeast Turkey"
    J.P.Dessel
    UT Department of History


  • Thursday, Nov. 29, 2008
    "Four Seasons of Excavations at the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Site of Mitrou, in Central Greece"
    Aleydis Van de Moortel
    UT Department of Classics


  • Tuesday, January 15, 2008
    "Floating Objects on Minoan Seals--The Sequel"
    Dr. Evangelos Kyriakidis
    Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Kent, U.K.


  • Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
    "Using Earth Science to Address Archaeological Questions: Case Studies from the Bronze Age and Beyond"
    Sarah Sherwood
    University of the South


  • Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008
    "Karphi: a City of Refuge in Dark Age Crete"
    Leslie Preston Day
    Wabash College


  • 6:00 pm--SPECIAL TIME
    Tuesday, March 11, 2008
    The First Harry C. Rutledge Memorial Lecture in Archaeology
    "Underwater Archaeology: Exploring the Deep with Scuba, Robots, and Subs"
    Anna Marguerite McCann


  • Thursday, April 3, 2008
    "Beloved Beasts: Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies"
    Dr. Salima Ikram
    AIA Kress Lecturer
    Professor of Egyptology at the American University of Cairo

 

Meetings


Meetings are held at the Frank H. McClung Museum auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on day of scheduled lecture, unless otherwise changed.


East Tennessee Society of the Archaeological Institute of America

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