Upcoming Events

The AAS Winter Meeting was just held at the Guntersville Museum.  Check back soon for information about new officers!

CHECK BACK SOON FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR VISIT THE LOCAL CHAPTERS PAGE FOR REGIONAL MEETING TIMES/PLACES.

Upcoming Events around the State:

• A Cemetery Preservation Workshop, Pond Spring: The General Joe Wheeler Home, Sponsored by the Alabama Historical Commission, Februrary 2, 2019.

• An Ancient Canoe Canal in Gulf Shores, Alabama, Dr. Greg Waselkov, USA’s Marx Library Auditorium (Main Campus), Thursday, February 7, 2019, 6:00pm

  Local lore and circumstantial evidence have long identified a large ditch-like feature spanning the Fort Morgan Peninsula west of Gulf Shores as an ancient canal. An on-going volunteer effort organized by citizens of Gulf Shores, Alabama, has now confirmed that folk identification. Archival, geoarchaeological, and radiocarbon evidence indicates a Middle Woodland date (about 1,400 years old) for the canal, which extends for half a mile between Oyster Bay and Little Lagoon, connecting Mobile Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. This may be the westernmost ancient canoe canal yet identified in the Southeast. The City of Gulf Shores plans to highlight a preserved section of canal in a heritage trail.

• French and Indian War Encampment, Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson, Wetumpka, AL, April 27-28, 2019.

• Alabama State Bicentennial Celebration - Old Cahawba Archaeological Park, October 11, 2019.

• Haunted History, Old Cahawba Archaeological Park, October 19 & 26, 2019.

Regional and National Archaeology Meetings:

• Society for American Archaeology, Annual Meeting, April 10-14, 2019, Albuquerque, NM

• Midwest Archaeological Conference, Annual Meeting, October 10-12, 2019, Mankato, MN.

• Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Annual Meeting: November 6-9, 2019, Jackson, MS.

• Society for Historical Archaeology, Annual Meeting, January 8-11, 2020, Boston, MA.

To submit events for inclusion on this page, please contact the Web Editor. To be eligible for consideration, events must be directly related to Alabama archaeology and/or history, or of regional archaeological interest.