1935年12月28日,三十一位考古学家聚会于匹茨堡,标志着美国考古学会——一个“美国专业的和非专业的考古学者得以表达自己思想”的团体——的创立。1985年5月近两千名考古学者,包括三位学会的创始人在丹佛隆重集会,庆祝学会创建五十周年.《美洲古物》上的一篇回顾文章刊载了这次重要会议,六百三十四位专家的发言、公开演说和一整天的学术讨论会评价了这门学科 On December 28, 1935, thirty archaeologists gathered in Pittsburgh, marking the founding of the American Archeology Society, a group of “American professional and non-professional archaeologists able to express their ideas.” Nearly two thousand archaeologists, including the founding members of the three societies, held a grand rally in Denver in May 1985 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Association. A review article on American Antiquities contained this important meeting, Fourteen experts’ speeches, public speeches and a full day symposium evaluated the subject