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AIA-SCS 120TH JOINT ANNUAL MEETING WELCOMES MORE THAN 2,200 ATTENDEES IN SAN DIEGO

The AIA kicked off 2019 in San Diego with the 120th AIA-SCS Joint Annual Meeting, a gathering of archaeologists, classicists, philologists, and archaeology enthusiasts. This year’s meeting included more than 70 sessions, seven workshops, and 12 roundtables. The complete program is available at archaeological.org/meeting/program.

The tone was set by Sarah Parcak’s opening night public lecture, . Parcak, an AIA Trustee and faculty member in) using a $1 million TED Prize. Through her efforts, Parcak is helping to record, preserve, and protect the world’s cultural heritage.

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