ARCHAEOLOGY

DISPATCHES FROM THE AIA

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As this issue of “Dispatches from the AIA” was being put together, the majority of the world was in some level of lockdown in response to a global pandemic. We hope that by the time you read this, we will all be emerging from these unprecedented circumstances. In the meantime, like many other organizations around the world, we are confronting the reality of COVID-19 and its effects. The AIA and our local societies have canceled or postponed all public programs and shifted our efforts to digital platforms. We

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