Archaeological Institute of America - The St. Louis Society
Founded in 1906 - 106 years old and going strong!

The St. Louis Society holds free monthly lectures that are open to the public. All programs will be held at the Missouri History Museum auditorium located at 5700 Lindell Bouleward EXCEPT for the programs on October 22, 2011 and January 29, 2012. Parking lots at the History Museum are located to the right and left of the south entrance. All lectures are free and open to the public, include color powerpoint illustrated presentations followed by a reception to meet the speaker.

The lectures are given by professional archaeologists who are experts in their fields and cover a wide range of topics from new excavation data to analysis of sculpture and painting. Our Membership includes professional, student, and avocational archaeologists with fieldwork expertise in Asia, Africa, Europe, North American, MesoAmerica, and South America. There is no better place in St. Louis to come and talk about archaeology. We are always glad to speak with middle school and high school students interested in a career in archaeology. We proudly remember our local history and especially the Mylonas years.

Our past lectures cover a wide variety of topics including Old World and New World archaeological discoveries.

2011 - 2012 Lecture Schedule - Funded by the Arthur and Helen Baer Foundation and Co-sponsored with the Missouri History Museum.


Wednesday 14 September 2011, 7:30 PM - Missouri History Museum Auditorium
Professor Holley Moyes, University of California at Merced
The Classic Maya Collapse


Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 7:30 PM - Missouri History Museum Auditorium
Professor Derek Counts, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
Master of Animals: Divine Symbols and Local Traditions in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean

Saturday, 22 October 2011, 2:00 PM - Mastodon State Park in Kimmswick, MO
Michael J. Fuller, Prof. of Anthropology, St. Louis Community College at Meramec
Archaeology of Jefferson County, MO.

Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 7:30 PM - Missouri History Museum Auditorium
Michael J. Fuller, Prof. of Anthropology, St. Louis Community College at Meramec
Romans, Early Christians and Anglo-Saxons in England.

Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 7:30 PM - Missouri History Museum Auditorium
Professor Dan Bahat, St. Michael's College, University of Toronto and former Chief Archaeologist of the City of Jerusalem
The Authenticity of the Jewish, Christian and Islamic Holy Places in Jerusalem.


Sunday, 29 January 2012, 3 PM - 24th George E. Mylonas Memorial Lecture at Brown Hall, Washington University
[Chapin Drive, North off Forsyth, 2 blocks West of Skinker.] Co-sponsored with Washington University Archaeology Program, the faculty from Art History and Archaeology, Classic, and Anthropology Departments.


"The Coming of the Greeks "
by Professor Emeritus John Coleman, Cornell University.


Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 7:30 PM - Missouri History Museum Auditorium
Professor Zvi C. Koren, Director of the Edelstein Center for the Analysis of Ancient Artifacts, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat Gan, Israel.
The Unprecedented Discovery of Biblical-Blue Tekhelet and Royal Purple Argaman at Masada. .


Tuesday 13 March 2012, 7:30 PM - Missouri Historical Museum Auditorium
Elizabeth Lee, Director of Projects and Development, CyArk, Oakland, California.
Digital Preservation of the World's Cultural Heritage..

Tuesday 10 April 2012, 7:30 PM - Missouri Historical Museum Auditorium
John F. Haslett, Independent Research and Author.
Recent experiments with Manteno-Huancavilca sailing replicas: possible Maritime Innovations emplohyed by the chiefdomos of Coast Ecuador.

*Wednesday 9 May 2012, 7:30 PM - Missouri Historical Museum Auditorium
Professor Richard Talbert, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Joukowsky Lecturer for the AIA.
All Roads lead to Rome: The Roman Highway System in Global Perspective.
Membership in the AIA has its benefits! Join us and be invited to pre-lecture dinners, meet the speaker and others with a similar interest in archaeology, professionals, travelers and armchair archaeologists. For an application, leave name, address and zip code at : 312.432.3900 or JFBrilliaint@cs.com

***All lectures and programs are free and open to the public. Reception are held following the lecture to meet the speaker**



Four important excavation projects are currently directed by members of the St. Louis Society:

aetosPiso Aetos on Ithaka, Greece by Prof. Symeonoglou

Republic of Macedonia by Profs. Michael and Neathery Fuller

Abila of the Decapolis in Jordan by Prof. David Chapman

IIklania Archaeological Project by Prof. Michael Cosmopoulos

Four important 1906 - 1907 projects conducted by Gerard Fowke and sponsored by the St. Louis Society:

Painted Rock in Osage County, Missouri

Dawson Mounds in Boone County, Missouri

Easley Mounds in Boone County, Missouri

Utz village site in Saline County, Missouri

 

Three members of the St. Louis Society have received the "Gold Medal" for their distinguished archaeological achievement by the Archaeological Institute of America:


Prof. George Mylonas.............. Prof. Patty Jo Watson................ Prof. Susan Rotroff
................1970.......................................1999.........................................2011.........

St. Louis Society Officers:
Howard R. Wimmer, President and Secretary
           John E. Kelly, Vice President
    C. Dennis Joerger, Treasurer

Board of Directors:
Expiring 2012: Judith Feinberg Brilliant, Hon. Gerald B. Cohn and Jerome E. Glick
Expiring 2013: Lisa Aya Calmak, Neathery Batsell Fuller and Lawrence D. Perlmutter
Expiring 2014: Linda L. Bickel, Michael J. Fuller and Allison Thomason

Nominating Committee: Judy Feinberg Brilliant and Neathery Batsell Fuller

The St. Louis Society of the AIA Office telephone number is (314) 432-3900

Neathery and Michael Fuller
Web Designers and Archaeologists.
Updated 14 August 2011