Dear friends,
Please find attached a letter from our new ETS president, Charles Finney, as well as the program of this year’s archaeology lectures and a flyer announcing the first lecture on Sept. 16 by Prof. J.P. Dessel of UT’s Department of History. Dr. Dessel will speak about, "The Changing Face of Tell Tayinat, Turkey: The Assyrian Remaking of a Luwian Landmark.”
This lecture will take place at 7:30 pm in the Frank H. McClung Museum for Natural History and Culture on the UT campus. It is co-organized by the East Tennessee Society of the AIA and the McClung Museum. Entrance is free and open to the public. The lecture will be followed by a reception in the museum.
We hope to welcome you at this first event!
Aleydis Van de Moortel
Aleydis Van de Moortel, PhD
Lindsay Young Associate Professor
Department of Classics
1101 McClung Tower
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone (865) 974-8279
Fax (865) 974-7173
Secretary-treasurer East Tennessee Society (AIA)
http://web.utk.edu/~classics/aia/aia.html
Co-director Mitrou Archaeological Project
http://www.mitrou.or<http://www.mitrou.org>g/
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Dear Friends and Members of ETS/AIA:
Welcome to an exciting 42nd year of the East Tennessee Society, our local
chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America. As
you can see from the attached schedule, we have a season of
disinguished speakers spanning a wide range of interesting topics
(which you helped to define in the annual member survey). All
lectures are free and open to the public, so you are encouraged to
invite others to attend and be a part of our group.
The core purpose of the Archaeological Institute of America is to
advance our knowledge of the human past through archaeology. The AIA
stimulates archaeological fieldwork, it disseminates the results of
archaeological research through lectures at its local chapters, and it
helps protects the archaeological heritage of countries worldwide. It
derives a lot of its funding for these activities from its
annual membership fees. These fees help pay for two lecturers sent to
us by the national AIA office each year, among other things. The
remaining lectures of the East Tennessee Society are funded by ourselves
and by cooperating local institutions. If you have not renewed your
membership, please consider doing so to help ensure the continuation
of our programming and service to the community. We also ask that you
consider making a voluntary contribution to the ETS, which would be
used to sponsor additional lecturers and post-lecture receptions.
We wish to thank the director and staff of the Frank H. McClung Museum
for Natural History and Culture for their continued hospitality and
support for our lectures and mission. Additionally, we are deeply
indebted to Chuck and Pauline Bayne, who for the past eight years
arranged our post-lecture receptions and recently have retired from
that responsibility. Special thanks also go the last year's
president, Erin Darby, and vice-president, Theo Kopestonsky, for their
service, especially with the absence of the ETS' dedicated
secretary-treasurer, Aleydis Van de Moortel, who continued organizing our
activities from overseas. The mission of the ETS
is made possible only through its volunteers, and I would encourage
you to consider volunteering some of your time or ideas - it's a great
way to meet people and really understand the workings of the ETS.
Please mark your calendars for this year's International Archaeology
Day and National Fossil Day celebration, to be held October 12 from
1:30 - 5 pm at the McClung Museum. This year represents an
unprecedented offering of exhibits and activities and is suitable for
all age ranges. Please visit
http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/events/can-you-dig-it-10-12-2014/ for
more information.
I look forward to a rewarding year and hope to see you often at our
lectures and events!
Regards,
Charles E.A. Finney
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