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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
1999: M.M. Carrilho, Minister of Culture from Portugal
2000: Margareta Biörnstad, former state antiquarian, Sweden
2001: Otto Braasch, member of the Aerial Archaeological Group (AARG), Germany
2020: Gilly Carr and REMAINS of Greenland program and network; honorary mention to SARAT (Safeguarding Archaeological Assets of Turkey) Project and SPLASHCOS (Submerged Prehistoric Archaeology and Landscapes of the Continental Shelf)
2021: Laurajane Smith, Citizens Committee of Ierapetra and SITAR – Sistema Informativo Territoriale Archeologico di Roma / Geographic Archaeological Information System of Rome; honorary mention to West Dunbartonshire Council
2022: Sophia Labadi and AVASA/IIMAS - Engaging youngsters in cultural heritage: Urkesh One-on One program
2023: Fedir Androshchuk and Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi, honorary mention to Arturo Ruiz Rodríguez and the International Organising Team of the First Kings of Europe exhibition
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]
2002 - Laura M. Popova
2003 - Anita Synnestvedt
2004 - Jonathan D. Le Huray
2005 - Marta Caroscio
2006 - NOT AWARDED
2007 - Goce Naumov
2008 - NOT AWARDED
2009 - Pamela Cross
2010 - Camilla Norman
2011 - Heide Wrobel Norgaard
2012 - Maria Leena Lahtinen
2013 - Oliver Dietrich
2014 - Can Aksoy and Ziyacan Bayar
2015 - Patrycja Kupiec, and special commendation to Christine Cave and Alex Davies
2016 - Sian Mui and Shumon Hussain
2017 - Emma Brownlee and Yftinus van Popta
2018 - Hanna Kivikero
2019 - Annabell Zander
2020 - Samantha Leggett, and honorary mention to Tomas Janek
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]
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.[2]
