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Archaeology Heads to Israel, Ya Dig?

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In the field of archaeology, no amount of research can replace the value of hands-in-the-dirt experience. That is why Tyler Jo Smith, Professor of Classical Art/Archaeology and the Director of the Interdisciplinary Archaeology Program at UVA, has for the past two summers brought a group of her

Scanning the Past, To Benefit the Future

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Will Rourk’s love of history is infectious. Rourk, a 3D technologies specialist at the University of Virginia Library’s Scholars’ Lab, documents historic architecture and artifacts, large and small, by 3D scanning them with state-of-the-art equipment. His enthusiasm shows in his smile as he talks

Alumni Spotlight

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Benjamin Leonard (Archaeology major 2010) has been a Senior Editor at Archaeology Magazine since 2019. He has also worked as both Associate Editor and Acquisitions Editor for Oxford University Press. As a specialist in Roman archaeology, Ben has excavated at Pompeii and written on a wide variety of

Congratulations to UVA alum, Dr. Justin Walsh!

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UVa alumn, Dr. Justin Walsh (Associate Professor at Chapman University), along with his co-principal investigator Dr. Alice Gorman (Flinders University in Australia) won the Archaeological Institute of America’s 2023 Award for Outstanding Work in Digital Archaeology for their project, Sampling

Congratulations, Prof. Dobbins!

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John J. Dobbins received the Martha and Artemis Joukowsky Distinguished Service Award from the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) at the annual meeting held in January 2023. Prof. Dobbins has been an AIA National Lecturer since 1982 and served as President of the AIA's Charlottesville Society