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We are happy to announce a new member of the AAI / Open Context team. Dr. Pnar Durgun joins us today in a new position as Curator for Digital Collections Interpretation and Public Engagement. Pnar is an archaeologist with a background in art history, anthropology, and cultural heritage. She received her PhD from Brown University and has been teaching for about a decade in universities, museums, and school classrooms about the ancient world using archaeological and museum collections. [ 113 more words ] https://alexandriaarchive.org//introducing-aai-open-conte/

The Alexandria Archive Institute team is delighted to welcome Dr. Christine Szuter to its Board of Directors. Christine received her BA (sociology and psychology) from Bowling Green State University, her MA (anthropology) from Loyola-Chicago, and her PhD (anthropology) from the University of Arizona. Dr. Szuter served as President & CEO of the Amerind Foundation in Dragoon, Arizona, an Indigenous museum, art gallery, and research center. [ 210 more words ] https://alexandriaarchive.org//aai-welcomes-new-board-mem/

Thanks to support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, we are now accepting applications for two new full-time postdoctoral positions to help develop our new Data Literacy Program. Please visit the job postings here and share this announcement widely. https://alexandriaarchive.org//aai-open-context-invites-a/

San Francisco, CA, 17 June 2020 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded The Alexandria Archive Institute (AAI) a grant to support the launch of a program in data literacy and to develop institutional ties to sustain open data publishing and curation services in archaeology. The Mellon Foundation’s grant of $610,000 will be matched by an additional $203,333 from the [ 357 more words ] https://alexandriaarchive.org//aai-receives-mellon-founda/

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New: Traces in a Lost Landscape: Aboriginal archaeological sites, Dyarubbin/Nepean River & contiguous areas, NSW, Australia (Data Paper) by Grace Karskens, Geor...gia Burnett & Shawn Ross with data hosted by OpenContext & referee comment by Lynley Wallis The aim of this project was to map that lost landscape of Castlereagh, together with extant sites in the contiguous area to provide a landscape perspective for this significant region. While some rescue investigations and excavation projects have been published, the bulk of the survey, excavation, and artefact data collected existed only in 55 unpublished archaeological reports.This project collates and presents the data at a much more fine-grained level, along with terrain maps and elevation data. This project was conducted in consultation with the local Aboriginal community and New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.52.8

Getting close to having a million sites indexed in DINAA. Thanks to all the resource managers in the ca. 30 states who have so graciously shared information. Now to continue to create linkages to new data, and fill in the blank areas.

Highlights from 2018 https://alexandriaarchive.org/20//28/highlights-from-2018/

The rise and fall of the Library of Alexandria:

We are excited to announce that the AAI (Open Context) has received an Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities! https://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2018-08-08 #NEHGrant Huge thanks to the NEH’s Division of Preservation and Access for supporting this work!

We are deeply saddened by the loss of a friend and colleague. In working with him, we learned of his deep love for his family. He will be dearly missed by so many. https://t.co/a9IUPZCohM

Janelle Jenstad: Important question to consider when building a digital humanities #dh project = What would you like OTHER people to be able to do with it? #linkedpasts

After a fantastic lunch (@leifuss living up to expectations), Linked Pasts III is now underway #linkedpasts : https://t.co/Gex6KPC3Gl

We're thrilled with the continuing press coverage of @dinaa_proj on #culturalheritage #archaeology #climatechange. Here's an example from @washingtonpost : https://t.co/SbKhNOKKv1

In the News: Sobering new research suggests that many iconic symbols of the nation’s history could be wiped out by rising waters. An estimated 13,000 archeological and historic sites could be submerged. https://nexusmedianews.com/rising-seas-could-erase-chunks-o