The ARIADNE RI is delighted to announce that the International Association of Classical Archaeology (AIAC) has joined the ARIADNE RI. We welcome back our colleagues who participated in the ARIADNEplus project which contributed over 14,000 records from Fasti online to the Portal.
The primary activities of AIAC after its founding in 1945 were the co-ordination and care for the archaeological libraries of Rome and the publication of information through the archaeological communities of all countries involved in Classical Antiquity. The review, Fasti Archaeologici. Annual Bulletin of Classical Archaeology, published information about new archaeological finds and resumés of publications in English in order to maximise its reach. The series was replaced by Fasti Online and the journal FOLD&R in 1997. AIAC also organises the CIAC congresses.
The records provided by AIAC in the Portal cover archaeological resources from across Europe and north Africa, the majority being located in Italy, Greece and east Europe, dating from prehistory to the 20th century. Many contain English translations of the original language description.