The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) is the largest organization of professional archaeologists

Archaeology

Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...

 of the Americas in the world. The Society was founded in 1934 and today has over 7000 members. The Society holds an annual conference and publishes the flagship journal of American archaeology, American Antiquity

American Antiquity

The professional journal American Antiquity is published by the Society for American Archaeology, the largest organization of professional archaeologists of the Americas in the world. The journal is considered to be the flagship journal of American archaeology.American Antiquity is a quarterly...

. The journal Latin American Antiquity

Latin American Antiquity

Latin American Antiquity is a professional journal published by the Society for American Archaeology, the largest organization of professional archaeologists of the Americas in the world...

is also published by the SAA. The SAA has also published an in-house journal, which has gone through several changes of name. The Bulletin of the Society for American Archaeology was replaced by the SAA Bulletin in 1990, which in turn was superseded by The SAA Archaeological Record in 2001.

The headquarters of the Society are in Washington, D.C..

Mission

The SAA supports a variety of professional and public activities, best summed up in their Mission Statement. They aim to:

1. expand understanding and appreciation of humanity's past as achieved through systematic investigation of the archaeological record,
2. promote research, stewardship of archaeological resources, public and professional education, and the dissemination of knowledge, and
3. serve the public interest.

Annual Meeting Locations

The first annual meeting took place in December 1935 in Andover, Massachusetts, and has taken place every year since. Only one meeting, the 8th annual meeting of 1943, did not physically take place. According to the most recent annual meeting program book, "because of travel difficulties & other wartime restrictions, the 1943 Annual Meeting was conducted by mail". The table below shows the meeting locations and dates since the year 2000. The SAA's next annual meeting will take place April 18–22, 2012 in Memphis, TN.

Meeting	Location	Date
75th	St. Louis, Missouri	April 14–18, 2010
74th	Atlanta, Georgia	April 22–26, 2009
73rd	Vancouver, British Columbia	March 26–30, 2008
72nd	Austin, Texas	April 25–29, 2007
71st	San Juan, Puerto Rico	April 2006
70th	Salt Lake City, Utah	March–April 2005
69th	Montreal, Quebec	March–April 2004
68th	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	April 2003
67th	Denver, Colorado	March 2002
66th	New Orleans, Louisiana	April 2001
65th	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	April 2000

publications

The SAA is publishing several journals:

• American Antiquity
  American Antiquity
  The professional journal American Antiquity is published by the Society for American Archaeology, the largest organization of professional archaeologists of the Americas in the world. The journal is considered to be the flagship journal of American archaeology.American Antiquity is a quarterly...
  
  
• Latin American Antiquity
  Latin American Antiquity
  Latin American Antiquity is a professional journal published by the Society for American Archaeology, the largest organization of professional archaeologists of the Americas in the world...