**NEWS**

MCC Field School
Crew Member-1
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Phoenix Chapter offers Mapping Courseat Q-Ranch

2009 Bookmark Contest Winners
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New book on Southwest Archaeologylook here

Elden Pueblo 2009 Schedule

Verde Valley Chapter
Announces Distinguished Speaker Program
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The Petroglyph
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The Arizona Archaeological Society was founded in 1964 as an independent, non-profit, state-wide volunteer organization to serve as a bond between professional archaeologists and avocational nonprofessional volunteers in order to foster interest and research in the archaeology of Arizona; to encourage better public understanding and concern for archaeological and cultural resources; and, to protect antiquities by discouraging exploitation of archaeological resources. Objectives of AAS

• To foster interest and research in the archaeology of Arizona.
• To encourage public understanding and concern for archaeological and cultural resources.
• To protect antiquities by discouraging exploitation of archaeological resources.
• To aid in the conservation and preservation of scientific archaeological data and associated sites.
• To serve as a bond between the professional and the avocational archaeologist.
• To increase knowledge and improve the skills of the members in the discipline of archaeology.
• To participate in investigations in the field of archaeology and to put the information so obtained into published form.
• To publish a journal and such monographs as the Publication Committee deems appropriate.