European Association of Archaeologists explained

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Abbreviation:EAA
Formation:1994
Type:Nonprofit
Headquarters:Prague, Czech Republic
Region Served:Europe
Fields:Archaeology, Cultural heritage management
Membership:3.973
Membership Year:2023
Language:En
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Eszter Bánffy
Website:https://www.e-a-a.org
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The European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) is a membership-based, not-for-profit association, open to archaeologists and other related or interested individuals or bodies in Europe and beyond. It was founded in 1994 at an inaugural meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where its Statutes were formally approved,[1] and recognized by the Council of Europe in 1999.[2] EAA has had over 15,000 members on its database from 75 countries. EAA holds an annual conference (Annual Meetings) and publishes the flagship journal, the European Journal of Archaeology. The EAA also publishes an in-house newsletter, The European Archaeologist (TEA), and two monograph series (Themes in Contemporary Archaeology and Elements: The Archaeology of Europe). The registered office of the association is in Prague, Czech Republic.

Mission

The EAA offers Statutes,[3] Code of practice and Principles,[4] and code of practice for fieldwork training.[5] The EAA further promotes international cooperation though interactions with Affiliate Organizations.[6] In 1999, the EAA was granted consultative status with the Council of Europe, which in 2003 was upgraded to participatory status.[7]

Governance

The EAA is governed by an Executive Board elected by full Members of the Association. The Executive Board comprises three or four officers (president, incoming president, treasurer, and secretary) and six ordinary members.[8] The current president is Eszter Bánffy and former presidents include:[9]

Awards

The EAA awards prizes and honours relevant to its aims. These include the European Archaeological Heritage Prize, the EAA Student Award, the EAA Book Prize and Honorary membership in the EAA.[10]

European Archaeological Heritage Prize

The EAA instituted the European Archaeological Heritage Prize in 1999. An independent committee awards the prize annually to an outstanding individual, institution, (local or regional) government or a (European or international) officer or body[11]

Student Award

A student award was instituted in 2002 and is awarded annually for the best paper presented at the EAA Annual Meeting by a student or an archaeologist working on a dissertation.[12]

EAA Book Prize

The EAA annually awards the EAA Book Prize.[13]

EAA Book Prize winning publications:

Annual Meetings

The EAA inaugural meeting took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia in September 1994. The official first Annual Meeting took place in September 1995 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and an Annual Meeting has taken place every year since. The table below shows the Meeting locations and dates.[14]

Ljubljana, Slovenia September 22–25, 1994
1stSantiago de CompostelaSeptember 20–25, 1995
2ndRiga, LatviaSeptember 25–29, 1996
3rdRavenna, ItalySeptember 24–28, 1997
4thGöteborg, SwedenSeptember 23–27, 1998
5thBournemouth, UKSeptember 14–19, 1999
6thLisbon, PortugalSeptember 12–17, 2000
7thEsslingen, GermanySeptember 19–23, 2001
8thThessaloniki, GreeceSeptember 24–28, 2002
9thSt. Petersburg, RussiaSeptember 10–14, 2003
10thLyon, FranceSeptember 5–12, 2004
11thCork, IrelandSeptember 5–11, 2005
12thCracow, PolandSeptember 19–24, 2005
13thZadar, CroatiaSeptember 18–23, 2007
14thLa Valletta, MaltaSeptember 16–21, 2008
15thRiva del Garda, ItalySeptember 15–20, 2009
16th The Hague, NetherlandsSeptember 1–5, 2010
17th Oslo, Norway September 14–18, 2011
18th Helsinki, Finland August 30–September 1, 2012
19th Pilsen, Czech Republic September 4–8, 2013
20th Istanbul, Turkey September 10–14, 2014
21st Glasgow, Scotland September 2–5, 2015
22nd Vilnius, Lithuania August 31–September 4, 2016
23rd Maastricht, Netherlands August 30–September 3, 2017
24th Barcelona, Spain September 5–8, 2018
25th Bern, SwitzerlandSeptember 4–8, 2019
26th Virtual, onlineAugust 26–30, 2020
27th Kiel, GermanySeptember 8–11, 2021
28th Budapest, Hungary August 31–September 3, 2022
29th Belfast, Northern IrelandAugust 30–September 2, 2023
  • 30th
Rome, ItalyAugust 26–31, 2024
  • 31st
Belgrade, SerbiaAugust–September, 2025
  • 32nd
Athens, GreeceAugust–September, 2026
* Those marked with an asterisk are upcoming

Publications

The EAA publishes the quarterly European Journal of Archaeology (EJA),[15] originally the Journal of European Archaeology (1993–1997), the monograph series THEMES In Contemporary Archaeology,[16] Elements: The Archaeology of Europe series and an electronic newsletter, The European Archaeologist (TEA).[17] EJA is currently co-edited by Catherine J. Frieman and Zena Kamash.https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-archaeology/information/editorial-board

External links

Notes and References

  1. Cleere, H. 1995. The EAA is up and running. The European Archaeologist 3: 1-3.; EAA Statutes
  2. Council of Europe Conference of INGOs http://coe-ngo.org/#/ingo/
  3. Web site: EAA Statutes. www.e-a-a.org. 2016-12-06.
  4. Web site: EAA Code of Practice. www.e-a-a.org. 2016-12-06.
  5. Web site: EAA Code of Practice for Fieldwork Training. www.e-a-a.org. 2016-12-06.
  6. https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/Communities/EAA_Affiliate_Organisations/EAA/Navigation_Communities/EAA_Affiliate_Organisations.aspx?hkey=9de239ae-62a3-41b7-a1a3-c4e7bbf81709 EAA Affiliate Organizations
  7. https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/About/Recognition_by_the_CoE/EAA/Navigation_About/Recognition_by_the_CoE.aspx?hkey=8f3f008e-da68-4dec-80a6-f037828adbdf Recognition of EAA by the Council of Europe
  8. https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/About/About_EAA/EAA_Statutes/EAA/Navigation_About/EAA_Statutes.aspx EAA Statutes Article VI: Organization
  9. Web site: About EAA . 2022-06-27 . European Association of Archaeologists.
  10. https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/Awards/EAA/Navigation_Prizes_and_Awards/EAA_Prizes_and_Awards.aspx?hkey=ea086d7c-b0ed-4f24-8600-0317b7e22d29 EAA Prizes and Awards
  11. https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/Awards/EAA_Heritage_Prize/EAA/Navigation_Prizes_and_Awards/EAA_Heritage_Prize.aspx?hkey=134e91f6-c03c-4a79-9804-83819710303b EAA European Archaeological Heritage Prize
  12. https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/Awards/EAA_Student_Award/EAA/Navigation_Prizes_and_Awards/EAA_Student_Award.aspx?hkey=1e46073f-c39d-4e62-8185-2f3c797ee526 EAA Student Award
  13. https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/Awards/EAA_Book_Prize/EAA/Navigation_Prizes_and_Awards/EAA_Book_Prize.aspx?hkey=0e4a0660-2988-4937-96ea-acfe813953e6
  14. https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/Conferences/EAA/Navigation_conferences/EAA_conferences.aspx?hkey=214646c8-7764-4c8a-851a-fc06cb3a0838 EAA Conferences
  15. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-archaeology EJA at Cambridge University Press
  16. https://www.routledge.com/archaeology/series/TCA Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group) "Themes in Contemporary Archaeology
  17. https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/Publications/TEA/EAA/Navigation_Publications/TEA.aspx TEA homepage

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