A Big Thanks to our Corporate Sponsors!
The Nevada Archaeological Association would like to thank all of the local companies who help support our annual conference. Thanks to their contributions, we are better able to foster the archaeological community through research support, student travel grants, and a forum for exploring archaeological research and heritage management.
Upcoming Events
The 51st NAA Conference (2023) will be held in Fallon! REGISTER HERE!
Awards
Now Accepting Nominations!
The Silver Trowel is presented to professionals that have spent a majority of their professional career working in Nevada.
The Ting-Perkins award is presented to a deserving individual for outstanding avocational contributions to archaeology in Nevada.
Announcements
We have a new postal address: P.O. Box 206, Reno, NV 89504
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A Little About NAA
The Nevada Archaeological Association (NAA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization consisting of professional, academic, and avocational archaeologists, with members throughout the state and across the nation, regional chapters, and several affiliated societies. The mission of the NAA is to encourage public interest and involvement in archaeology and historic preservation by sharing information through lectures, workshops, field trips, an annual meeting, and both newsletter and journal publications. Archaeologists affiliated with the NAA volunteer their time to help educate other NAA members and to provide them opportunities to experience Nevada archaeology.
In Situ is the NAA’s quarterly newsletter, containing articles and short reports submitted by NAA members, notices about legal developments concerning archaeology and historic preservation, announcements for lectures and the annual meeting, chapter updates, and other information. Since 1972, Nevada Archaeologist has been the NAA’s annual journal, offering contributions from professional, academic, and avocational archaeologists. It is now a peer-reviewed publication. In Situ and Nevada Archaeologist are provided free of charge to NAA members as benefits for being part of the organization.
The NAA hosts a three-day annual meeting that features workshops on historic and prehistoric archaeology, paper presentations, a keynote speaker, student scholarship grants, socials, a silent auction, and the election of the NAA officers, board members, and support committee chairs. During the meeting banquet the NAA recognizes individual contributions to Nevada archaeology with the Silver Trowel Award for lifetime achievement by professionals and/or academics, and the Ting-Perkins Award for outstanding work by avocational archaeologists.
Each May the NAA also funds, designs, and prints a poster to celebrate Nevada Historic Preservation and Archaeology Awareness Month. The posters are distributed free to the public through land management agencies, educational institutions, and at the NAA annual meeting. To generate more visibility for Nevada archaeology, the NAA enters its annual poster in a contest hosted by the Society for American Archaeology.
Past Events
March 2021, 50th NAA Conference in Tonopah, Nevada.