Archaeological Institute of America-Milwaukee Society

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)-Milwaukee Society is one of 108 local societies throughout the United States and Canada, with two in Europe. The AIA-Milwaukee Society was founded in 1968 and now has a membership of almost 100. Each year between September and May the Milwaukee Society sponsors at least six lectures by professional archaeologists who are eager to share the results of their fieldwork and research with the general public. Three of these lectures are provided annually by the national AIA office and are funded through membership dues and contributions. At least three additional lectures and occasional other programs or field trips are organized locally. All of our lectures are free and open to the public. All lectures are illustrated and intended for a general audience.

Members of the national AIA may elect to join the Milwaukee Society at no extra charge. Membership privileges include subscriptions to AIA's colorful, popular, and informative Archaeology Magazine, as well as to the national and local newsletters. Members are eligible to participate in the Annual Meeting and register at a discount, and may take part in national and local governance and other volunteer opportunities, and they receive all mailings and announcements by the Milwaukee Society. Members are also eligible for discounts on locally sponsored field trips, tours, and may purchase print or online subscriptions to the AIA's prestigious scholarly journal, The American Journal of Archaeology, at discounted rates. In addition, AIA members have the satisfaction of joining with over 200,000 others in supporting the AIA's efforts to promote a vivid and informed public interest in the cultures and civilizations of the past, support archaeological research, foster the sound professional practice of archaeology, advocate the preservation of the world's archaeological heritage, and represent the discipline in the wider world.

Twice a year the Milwaukee Society publishes a local members-only newsletter called The Artifact which includes notices of upcoming events, previews of forthcoming lectures, reports from the field by our professional members, news from the Central Office, Fieldwork Opportunities and other items of interest to our members. If you have news items you would like to share with the members of the local society, please send them along to Jane Waldbaum.

The Artifact*

Volume 18(2) Spring, 2013 (pdf 937kb)
Volume 18(1) Fall, 2012 (pdf 790kb)
Volume 17(2) Spring, 2012 (pdf 820kb)
Volume 17(1) Fall, 2011 (pdf 760kb)
Volume 16(2) Spring, 2011 (pdf 850kb)
Volume 16(1) Fall, 2010 (pdf 734kb)
Volume 15(2) Spring, 2010 (pdf 1.1mb)
Volume 15(1) Fall, 2009 (pdf 1.1mb)
Volume 14(2) Spring, 2009 (pdf 1.1mb)
Volume 14(1) Fall, 2008 (pdf 733kb)
Volume 13(2) Spring, 2008 (pdf 394kb)
Volume 13(1) Fall, 2007 (pdf 528kb)
Volume 12(2) Spring, 2007 (pdf 622kb)
Volume 12(1) Fall, 2006 (pdf 895kb)

Volume 11(2) Spring, 2006 (pdf 611kb)
Volume 11(1) Fall, 2005 (pdf 2.0mb)
Volume 10(2) Spring, 2005 (pdf 1.3mb)
Volume 10(1) Fall, 2004 (pdf 1.2mb)
Volume 9(2) Spring, 2004 (pdf 286kb)
Volume 9(1) Fall, 2003 (pdf 656kb)
Volume 8(2) January, 2003 (pdf 78kb)
Volume 8(1) September, 2002 (pdf 33kb)
Volume 7(2) January, 2002 (pdf 122kb)
Volume 7(1) September, 2001 (pdf 164kb)
Volume 6(2) Spring, 2001 (pdf 155kb)
Volume 6(1) September, 2000 (pdf 169kb)
Volume 5(2) January, 2000 (pdf 202kb)
Volume 5(1) September, 1999 (pdf 152kb)

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President: Jane C. Waldbaum
Vice President for Programs: Elisabetta Cova
Vice President for Education and Outreach: Jocelyn Boor
Secretary-Treasurer: Alice Kehoe
Assistant to the President: Shannon Freire
Refreshments Coordinators: Jennifer Keim and Dana Lynn Lovrek
Web Master: Thomas H. Hruby

AIA-Milwaukee Society By-Laws (pdf 20k)