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Welcome to the Arizona Archaeological Society
The Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) welcomes you to our web site where you can learn more about archaeology around the state and how to actively participate in learning about and preserving our Arizona heritage.
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AAS Annual Meeting
The Yavapai Chapter is excited about hosting the Fall State Meeting in Prescott on October 30 & 31. Great food; election of officers for 2011; historic Prescott features; an outstanding speaker; and the enchanting sites of the Prescott Culture will make this a memorable occasion for AAS members. Of course there will be a silent auction (bring money), and a NEW Rock Art Photo contest. See the September Petroglyph, pages 3 and 4, for details and the registration form. |
The AAS is taking on an ambitious new project; maintaining the ruins of the prehistoric villages at the recently closed Homolovi Ruins State Park. Working with archaeologist, Chuck Adams, PhD, of the Arizona State Museum, we are completing plans to maintain previously stabilized standing walls at the park, several of which are in urgent need of repair. Field work is scheduled for two weekends -- September 18 & 19 and 25 & 26. The work, under the general technical supervision of Dr. Adams, will be planned and organized by Tom Woodall and Walter Gosert of the Northern Arizona Chapter and Jim Britton of Phoenix Chapter. Click HERE for additional information. |
The Phoenix Chapter is offering a survey class on four weekends in Aug/Sept/Oct: Aug 27-29, Sept 10-12, Sept 24-26 and Oct 8-10. There are no prerequisites to take this class, but if you have had a mapping
class in the past it will give you a chance to use those skills along with
learning archaeological survey techniques. Click HERE for additional information. |
 The U.S. Forest Service has announced their plans for the 2010 field schools at Elden Pueblo in Flagstaff Arizona running from June through August. Courses include Laboratory Techniques, Ruins Stabilization, Rock Art Recording, Site Assessment Field Days. Click HERE for more information. |
 The Arizona Site Stewards Program is an organization of volunteers, sponsored by the public land managers of Arizona, whose members are selected, trained and certified by the State Historic Preservation Office and the Governor's Archaeology Advisory Commission. The chief objective of the Stewards Program is to report to the land managers destruction or vandalism of prehistoric and historic archaeological and paleontological sites in Arizona through site monitoring. Many members of the AAS are site stewards and we support their efforts to preserve these sites. |
