Research Institutions : North America
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Academies :
Academies and Royal Societies of Broad Scope (On this page we list academies and other bodies like them, such as royal societies of very broad scope, e.g. of sciences or arts)
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/academies.html

American Academy in Rome (Italy)
http://www.aarome.org/

California Academy of Sciences, Anthropology Department - (United States)
http://www.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/
Associations :
Alaska Anthropological Association (USA)
http://www.alaska.net/~oha/aaa/

American Anthropological Association (USA)
http://www.aaanet.org/

American Anthropology Section (USA ; American Anthropological Association)
http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/ej/jpe/anthenv/

American Cultural Resources Association (USA) - ACRA (ACRA FAQ : here)
http://www.acra-crm.org/index.html

American Rock Art Research Association (USA)
http://zzyx.ucsc.edu/Comp/Bill/ARARA/

Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Linguistics, and Archaeology Student's Association (Canada)
http://duke.usask.ca/~ss_apala/

Anthropology and the Environment Section (of the American Anthropological Association, USA)
http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/ej/jpe/anthenv

Archeo 08 (Canada; organisme sans but lucratif)
http://www.archeo08.qc.ca/

Association des archéologues du Québec (Canada)
http://www.archeologie.qc.ca/

Association des étudiants en archéologie, Université Laval (Canada)
http://www.hst.ulaval.ca/aeaul/

Association for Asian Studies (USA)
http://www.aasianst.org/

Association for Feminist Anthropology (member of the American Anthropological Association) (USA)
http://sscl.berkeley.edu/~afaweb/

Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (section of the American Anthropological Association, USA)
http://www.aaanet.org/apla/index.htm

Association for Washington Archaeology (USA)
http://www.cwu.edu/~mccutchp/archaeology/

Association of Historical Archaeologists of the Pacific Northwest (USA)
http://www.mindspring.com/~larinc/ahapn/index

Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists
(USA; member of the American Anthropological Association)
http://www.aaalla.org/

Association of Manitoba Archaeologists (Canada)
http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology/manarchnet/ama/index.html

British Columbia Association of Professional Consulting Archaeologists (Canada)
http://www.bcapca.bc.ca

California Mission Studies Association (USA)
http://www.ca-missions.org/

Canadian Archaeological Association (Canada)
http://www.canadianarchaeology.com/

Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association/Société canadienne de sociologie et d'anthropologie (french and english) (Canada)
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~csaa1/

Chacmool (Students Archaeological Association of the University of Calgary, Canada)
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~chacmool/

Illinois Association for Advancement of Archaeology (USA)
http://www.museum.state.il.us/iaaa/home.htm

Midwest Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association (BARFAA - USA)
http://www.luc.edu/depts/anthropology/BARFAA/

National Association of State Archaeologists (USA)
http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa/nasa/

National Parks Conservation Association (USA. Beware : Flash reader needed !)
http://www.eparks.org/

New England Antiquities Research Association (NEARA - USA)
http://www.NEARA.org/

New York State Archaeological Association (NYSAA - USA)
http://home.eznet.net/~spoon/nysaa.html

Northeastern Anthropological Association (USA)
http://www.neaa.org/

Professionnal Archaeologists of Kansas (USA)
http://www.ksarchaeo.info/index.html

Quebec Archaeologists Association (in french; Canada)
http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/pamu/champs/archeo/partenai/aaq.htm

Register of Professional Archeologists (USA)
http://www.rpanet.org/

Saskatchewan Association of Professional Archaeologists (Canada)
http://www.sasknow.com/~sapa/

Undergraduate Anthropology Association - University of Kansas (USA)
http://www.ukans.edu/~siva/

Upper Midwest Rock Art Research Association (USA)
http://www.tcinternet.net/users/cbailey/

Utah Rock Art Research Association (USA)
http://www.utahrockart.org/

Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists (USA)
http://www.smcm.edu/wapa/

Wyoming Association of Professional Archaeologists (USA)
http://spacr.state.wy.us/cr/shpo/wapa/
Centres, Commissions, Councils :
Alaska Native Heritage Center
http://www.alaskanative.net/

American Council of Learned Societies (USA)
http://www.acls.org/jshome.htm

Anasazi Heritage Center, Bureau of Land Management Colorado
http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/index.htm

Archaeology Research Center, University of Maine (Farmington)
http://archaeology.umf.maine.edu/

Arctic Studies Center (North America)
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/

Arizona Archaeological Council (AAC - USA)
http://www.arizonaarchcouncil.org/

Battlefield Restoration and Archaeological Volunteer Organization (New Jersey, United States)
http://bravo_nj.tripod.com./

Billings Curation Center (Bureau of Land Management Montana State Office)
http://www.mt.blm.gov/bcc/index.html

Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies
http://www.campbellcenter.org

Center for American Archeology (Kampsville, Illinois)
http://www.caa-archeology.org

Center for Anthropology and Science Communications (CASC)
http://www.sciencesitescom.com/CASC/

Center for Archaeoastronomy
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/

Center for Archaeological Investigations (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale)
http://www.siu.edu/~cai/index.htm

Center for Desert Archaeology (US South West)
http://www.centerfordesertarchaeology.org/

Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Anthropology
http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/chpa/

Center for Historical Archaeology, (University of Florida)
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/anthro/Caribarch/chaweb.htm

Center for Public Archaeology - California State University at Northridge
http://www.csun.edu/anthropology/public_arch.htm

Center for the Study of Architecture (archaeological and architectural)
http://csanet.org/

Center for the Study of the First Americans (Texas A&M University)
http://www.centerfirstamericans.com/

Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads
http://www.csen.org/

Center for World Indigenous Studies
http://www.cwis.org/

Central Coast Center for Archaeological Research (California)
http://www.tcsn.net/sloarchaeology/

Centre archéo-topo (Canada)
http://www.archeotopo.qc.ca/

Centre d'Histoire et d'Archéologie de la Métabetchouane Animé et Scénarisé (CHAMANS)
http://www.digicom.qc.ca/~cham/

Committee on Refugees and Immigrants (focuses on the global problems of forced dislocation, the provision of asylum
and resettlement to refugees, and the adjustment of immigrants)
http://mason.gmu.edu/~cori/corihead.htm

Community of anthropologists of science, technology and computing - (CASTAC)
http://symptom.mit.edu/castac/

Computational Anthropology Section (member of the American Anthropological Association)
http://hcs.ucla.edu/companth/cas-aaa.html

Connecticut Archaeology Center
http://www.cac.uconn.edu/

Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation (United States)
http://www.cttrust.org/

Consortium for the Computer Interchange of Museum Information
http://www.cimi.org/

Council for Museum Anthropology (CMA : includes anthropology museums on the web) (USA)
http://luna.cas.usf.edu/~curtis/cma.html

Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology (United States - Canada)
http://www.smcm.edu/Academics/soan/cneha/home.htm

Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
http://www.crowcanyon.org

Cultural Resource Survey Program of the New York State Museum (New York, United States)
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research/anthropology/crsp/

Dalhousie's TOSL/ESR Laboratory
http://is.dal.ca/~digs/t-intro.htm

Deer Valley Rock Art Center (Arizona)
http://www.asu.edu/clas/anthropology/dvrac/

Delaware State Historic Preservation Office
http://www.state.de.us/shpo/default.shtml

Federation of Small Anthropology Programs (a membership committee of the General Anthropology Division of the American Anthropological Association)
http://www.umd.umich.edu/~dmoerman/fosap.html

International Council for Archaeozoology (based in the USA)
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/anthro/icaz/

Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist
http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa

Louisiana Division of Archaeology
http://www.crt.state.la.us/crt/ocd/arch/homepage/index.htm

Maine Historic Preservation Commission
http://www.state.me.us/mhpc/

Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference (MAAC)
http://www.maacmidatlanticarchaeology.org/

Minnesota Historical Society-Archaeology Division, St. Paul
http://www.umn.edu/marp/index.html

Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center (MVAC)
http://www.uwlax.edu/mvac/

MURR Archaeometry Lab (Nuclear Archaeology and Geochemistry Group)
http://www.missouri.edu/~murrwww/pages/intro_main.shtml

Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology
http://MASCA.museum.upenn.edu/

National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) - Resources Directory
http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/

National Center for Science Education : Defending the Teaching of Evolution in the Public Schools
http://www.natcenscied.org/

New Hampshire State Conservation and Rescue Archaeological Program
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/boisvert/

New South Wales Heritage Office
http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/

North Carolina Archaeology -
(Compiled by the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology, North Carolina Archaeological
Council, and North Carolina Archaeology Society)
http://www.arch.dcr.state.nc.us

Northern Kentucky University Anthropology Clubs and Organizations
http://www.nku.edu/~anthro/clubs.html

Old Pueblo Archaeology Center (Tucson, Arizona)
http://www.azstarnet.com/nonprofit/oldpueblo/

Pennsylvania Archaeological Council (USA)
http://www.pennarchcouncil.org/

Powell Archaeological Research Center (Columbia, Illinois)
http://www.powellarchaeology.org/

Réseau archéo-Québec (Quebec archaeology network)
http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/pamu/champs/archeo/index.htm

Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission
http://www.rihphc.state.ri.us/

Rutgers Undergraduate Anthropology Club
http://anthro.rutgers.edu/ugrad/anthroclub/

School of American Research (a center for the study of the archaeology and ethnology of the American Southwest)
http://www.sarweb.org

South Central Coastal Information Center (California)
http://anthro.fullerton.edu/sccic/

South Dakota State Archaeological Research Center (the Office of the State Archaeologist and a division of the S.D. State Historical Society,
State Department of Education and Cultural Affairs)
http://www.sdsmt.edu/wwwsarc/sarc.html

Southeast Archaeological Center
http://www.cr.nps.gov/seac/seac.htm

United Archaeological Field Technicians (UAFT)
http://members.aol.com/uaft/home.htm

United States Information Agency - International Cultural Property Protection
http://www.usia.gov/education/culprop/index.html

Upper Midwest Rock Art Research Association
http://www.tcinternet.net/users/cbailey/index.htm

Washington State Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
http://www.oahp.wa.gov/

World Monuments Fund ("The World Monuments Fund is a New York-based non-profit dedicated to preserving and protecting endanged works of historic art and architecture around the world.The World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites, a program of World Monuments Fund, is issued every other year")
http://www.worldmonuments.org/

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre (Government of Yukon, Dept. of Tourism and Culture, Museums Unit)
http://www.beringia.com/
Groups :
Grupo de Zooarqueología de Camélidos (in english - member of the International Council for Archaeozoology - USA)
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/icaz/workgzc.htm

Late Antiquity Research Group (roman and byzantine archaeology research projects) (USA)
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/lateantique/

New York State Museum -Anthropological Research
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research_collections/research/anthropology/
Institutes and Foundations :
Archaeological Institute of America (USA)
http://www.archaeological.org

Arizona State University Archaeological Research Institute (USA)
http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/

Cataraqui Archaeological Research Foundation (Canada)
http://www.carf.info/

Fondation archéo-Richelieu (Canada)
http://www3.sympatico.ca/fond-arch/
see also : http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/pamu/champs/archeo/partenai/richelie.htm

Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI - USA)
http://www.famsi.org/

Getty Institute :
Getty Conservation Institute - http://www.getty.edu/conservation/
Getty Research Institute - http://www.getty.edu/research/
Getty Institute, Grants - http://www.getty.edu/grants/

Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (University of Virginia - USA)
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/

Institute for Minnesota Archaeology, Minneapolis (USA)
http://www.imacinc.com/

Institute of Human Origins (Arizona State University - USA)
http://www.asu.edu/clas/iho/

National Science Foundation (USA).
http://www.nsf.gov/

Research Institute for the Study of Man - RISM (USA)
http://www.rism.org/

Rock Art Foundation (San Antonio, Texas, USA)
http://www.rockart.org/

Summer Institute of Linguistics (located at the International Linguistics Center in Dallas, Texas, study of minority languages and cultures around the world) (USA)
http://www.sil.org

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.
http://www.wennergren.org/
Societies :
American Ethnological Society (USA)
http://www.music.columbia.edu/%7Ececenter/AES/

American Folklore Society (USA)
http://afsnet.org/index.cfm

Archaeological Society of British Columbia (Canada)
http://www.asbc.bc.ca/

Archaeological Society of Connecticut (USA)
http://www.siftings.com/asc.html

Archaeological Society of Maryland (USA)
http://www.marylandarcheology.org/

Archaeological Society of South Carolina (USA)
http://www.assc.net/

Arkansas Archaeological Society (USA)
http://www.uark.edu/depts/4society/index.php?pages/home

Biblical Archaeology Society (USA)
http://www.bib-arch.org/

Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies (Canada)
http://www.utoronto.ca/nmc/rim/csmshome.html

Colorado Archaeological Society (USA)
http://www.coloradoarchaeology.org/

Colorado Archaeological Society, Indian Peaks Chapter (IPCAS; in Boulder; USA)
http://www.indianpeaksarchaeology.org/

Costume Society of America (USA)
http://www.costumesocietyamerica.com

El Paso Archaeological Society (USA)
http://www.epas.com

Gypsy Lore Society
http://www.gypsyloresociety.org

Hawaiian Historical Society (USA)
http://www.hawaiianhistory.org/

Iowa Archeological Society (USA)
http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa/IAS/iashome.htm

Maine Archaeological Society (USA)
http://www.mainearchsociety.org

Manitoba Archaeological Society (Canada)
http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology/manarchnet/mas/index.html

Massachusetts Archaeological Society (USA)
http://webhost.bridgew.edu/mas/

Michigan Archaeological Society (USA)
http://www.miarch.org/

Minnesota Historical Society (USA)
http://www.mnhs.org/

Missouri Archaeological Society (USA)
http://web.missouri.edu/~moarch/

Montana Archaeological Society (USA)
http://www.cot.msubillings.edu/MAS/

National Paleolithic Society ("A society for the study of man's arrival to the Americas"; USA)
http://www.natlpaleo.org/

New Hampshire Archaeological Society (USA)
http://www.nhas.org

Ohio Historical Society (USA)
http://www.ohiohistory.org

Ontario Archaeological Society (Canada)
http://www.ontarioarchaeology.on.ca/

Orange County Society - Archaeological Institute of America (USA)
http://www.geocities.com/aiaoc/

Pacific Coast Archaeological Society (USA)
http://www.pcas.org/

Society for American Archaeology (USA)
http://www.saa.org/

Society for Anthropological Sciences (USA)
http://anthrosciences.org/

Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges (SACC) (USA)
http://ccanthro.bizland.com/

Society for Archaeological Sciences (USA)
http://www.wisc.edu/larch/sas/sas.htm

Society for California Archaeology (USA)
http://www.scahome.org/

Society for Economic Anthropology (USA)
http://www.lawrence.edu/fac/peregrip/peregrine.html

Society for Hawaiian Archaeology (USA)
http://www.sha.hawaii.edu/

Society for Historical Archaeology (USA)
http://www.sha.org/

Society for Industrial Archeology (USA)
http://www.ss.mtu.edu/IA/sia.html

Society for Latin American Anthropology (USA)
http://www.ucr.edu/anthro/slaa/Slaa1.htm

Society for Medical Anthropology (USA)
http://www.medanthro.net/

Society for Medical Anthropology (member of the American Anthropological Association - USA)
http://www.people.memphis.edu/~sma

Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, Inc. (USA)
http://www.pennsylvaniaarchaeology.com/

Society for the Anthropology of Europe (USA)
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~sae/sae/index.html

Society for Visual Anthropology (USA)
http://www.societyforvisualanthropology.org/

Society of Africanist Archaeologists (USA)
http://www.safa.rice.edu/

Somerset County Archaeology Society (Pennsylvania, USA)
http://www.shol.com/spa20/index.htm

South Dakota Archaeological Society (USA)
http://www.usd.edu/anth/orgs/sdas.html

Texas Archeological Society (USA)
http://www.txarch.org

Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia (Canada)
http://www.uasbc.com/

University of California San Diego Anthropology Society (USA)
http://weber.ucsd.edu/~anthclub

Vermont Archaeological Society (USA)
http://www.vtarchaeology.org/

Wisconsin Archeological Society (USA)
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/ArchLab/WAS/
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