We are an international association promoting research on and dissemination of knowledge of our human past, studied through a wide range of techniques derived from the natural sciences. SAS represents a distinguished group of scholars, students and professionals from many settings and organizations, committed to the stewardship of high ethical and technical standards in archaeological research.

Since 1977, SAS has been an international forum to discuss and present current applications and innovative techniques in archaeological research. We offer a quarterly newsletter, containing short articles, laboratory profiles, professional meeting summaries, recent publications and book reviews. SAS has a long tradition of endorsing the International Symposium of Archaeometry (ISA) and the leading publications sharing our common interest in using science and technology in archaeological research. In partnership with other organizations, we promote archaeology in modern day society. Also, SAS supports students interested in advancing archaeological sciences. Every year, SAS acknowledges their potential by granting the R. E. Taylor Poster Awards during a professional meeting. SAS is also developing a program to support research stays for students in archaeological sciences.

Please visit our webpage for more information on our community and resources, I’m sure the experience will be rewarding! I would like to cordially invite you to be part of our international community and to thank those of you who have joined us in our quest of promoting archaeological sciences in the study of humankind, by using the tools of tomorrow…

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Volume 21 #3, Fall 1998

Report from the Bulletin Editor (Rob Tykot )
Geoarchaeology (Michael R. Waters)
Archaeological Ceramics (C. Kolb)
Patterns and Process: A Two-day Symposium in Honor of Dr. Edward V. Sayre (Charles C. Kolb)
Harmon Craig wins Balzan Prize
International Council for Archaeozoology (Jon Driver)Laboratory Profile:
Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology and Museum of Himalayan Archaeology and Ethnography H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal) U.P. India
Book Reviews :
Bioarchaeology. Interpreting Behavior from the Human Skeleton . Clark S. Larsen. Reviewed by Elizabeth Miller
Environmental Archaeology: The Journal of Human Palaeoecology . Coordinating Editor: Glynis Jones
The Archaeology of Human Bones . Simon Mays. Reviewed by Andrew Millard
Traces of the Past: Unraveling the Secrets of Archaeology through Chemistry . Joseph B. Lambert. Reviewed by James H. Burton
Principles of Geoarchaeology: A North American Perspective . Michael R. Waters. Reviewed by Hector Neff
Geoarchaeology: The Earth-Science Approach to Archaeological Interpretation . George (Rip) Rapp, Jr., and Christopher L. Hill. Reviewed by William E. Boyd
A Most Indispensable Art: Native Fiber Industries from Eastern North America . James B. Peterson, ed. Reviewed by Azriel Gorski
Every Living Thing. Daily Use of Animals in Ancient Israel . Oded Borowski. Reviewed by Jonathan C. Driver
Feeding Colonial Boston: A Zooarchaeological Study . David B. Landon. Reviewed by Barry W. Bake
Volume 21 #1/2 January-June 1998
Report from the President (Rob Sternberg)
Conference Report Archaeological Sciences í97 Durham (Andrew Millard)
Archaeological Dating (W. Jack Rink)
Archaeological Ceramics (C. Kolb)
Bioarchaeology (David B. Landon)
Archaeometallurgy (Martha Goodway)
Remote Sensing and GIS (Apostolos Sarris)
Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology at Ticul, Yucatan, Mexico
Call for Papers : Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Using Specialist Studies in Archaeological Interpretation
New SAS Sponsored Publications
Meetings Calendar
Book Reviews :

Alluvial Geoarchaeology: Floodplain Archaeology and Environmental Change . A. G. Brown. Reviewed by Donald Thieme
Paleoethnobotany: A Handbook of Procedures . Deborah M. Pearsall. Reviewed by Mark Nesbitt
Statistics for Archaeologists: A Commonsense Approach . Robert D. Drennan. Reviewed by Robert E. Dewar
Paleoindian Geoarchaeology of the Southern High Plains . Vance T. Holliday. Reviewed by Joe Alan Artz
The Last Voyage of El Nuevo Constante: The Wreck and Recovery of an Eighteenth-Century Spanish Ship Off the Louisiana Coast
Charles E. Pearson and Paul E. Hoffman. Reviewed by Michael K. Faught,
Cahokiaís Countryside: Household Archaeology, Settlement Patterns, and Social Power . Mark Mehrer. Reviewed by James W. Cogswell
Archaeometry: An Australasian Perspective . W. Ambrose and P. Duerden (eds.).
& Archaeometry: Further Australasian Studies . W. R. Ambrose and J. M. J. Mummery (eds.).
& Archaeometry: Current Australasian Research . Barry L. Frankhauser and J. Roger Bird (eds.). Reviewed by Suzanne M. Young

Volume 20 #3/4 July-December 1997Report from the Bulletin Editor (Rob Tykot )
Report from the President (Rob Sternberg)
Inter-Society Relations Report (M. Steven Shackley)
Membership Report (Arleyn W. Simon)
Webmanager Report (James Burton)
Archaeological Ceramics (C. Kolb)
Archaeometallurgy (Martha Goodway)
Geoarchaeology (Michael R. Waters)
International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany (Delwen Samuel)
3rd International Symposium - 14C and Archaeology (A.J. Timothy Jull)
Early Materials Forum (Paula Mills)
Metals in Antiquity (Martha Goodway)
Awards
Meetings Calendar
Book Reviews :

Ancient Mining . Robert Shepherd. Reviewed by F.R. Beardsley
Moundbuilders of the Amazon . Anna Curtenius Roosevelt.
Archaeological Prospecting and Remote Sensing . Irwin Scollar, Allain Tabbagh, Albert Hesse, and Irmela Herzog. Reviewed by James I. Ebert
Geological Methods for Archaeology . Norman Herz & Ervan G. Garrison. Reviewed by Professor Brooks Ellwood and students from his Geoarchaeology course
Ground Penetrating Radar: An Introduction for Archaeologists . Lawrence B. Conyers and Dean Goodman. Reviewed by Stephen Ball
The Origins of Native Americans : Evidence from Anthropological Genetics. Michael H. Crawford. Reviewed by David L. Browman

Volume 20 #1/2 January-June 1997Report from the President (Rob Sternberg)
Report from the Bulletin Editor (Rob Tykot )
Reports from the Vice-Presidents (S. Shackley, A. Simon, J. Burton)
Wiener Laboratory Profile (S. Pike)
Archaeological Ceramics (C. Kolb)
Archaeometallurgy (M. Goodway)
Remote Sensing (A. Sarris)
Archaeological Dating (J. Rink)
C14 Internet Resources (T. Higham)
Bioarchaeology (D. Landon)
Meetings Calendar (S. Mulholland)
AIA Pomerance Award
"Archaeological Chemistry", special issue of Israel Journal of Chemistry
Recent Publications
Book Reviews :

Learning from Things, reviewed by F. R. Beardsley
Human Adaptation at Grasshopper , reviewed by J. Buikstra
Archaeological Chemistry (M.V. Orna ed.) reviewed by G. Rapp
Archaeological Chemistry (A.M. Pollard & C. Heron) reviewed by C. Kolb
Society, Culture, and Technology in Africa, reviewed by M. Leney
Arsenic, Nickel et Antimoine, reviewed by E. Garrison
Trade and Discovery, reviwed by P. Nicholson

Volume 19 #3/4: July-December 1996

From the President
From the new editor of the Bulletin
Archaeological Ceramics by Charles C. Kolb
Monte Verde Field Tripby Dena Dincauze
Daniel Wolfman: 1939-1994 by Rob Sternberg
Rock Images and Landscapes Digital Mapping and Recording Project by James Ebert
Report on the Science and Archaeology Conference held at Harvard University, October 14-16, 1994 by Rob Sternberg
The 1996 Expenditures and 1997 Budget for the S.A.S.Book Reviews

Calibration 1993 (Radiocarbon 35:1), reviewed by Peter Kuniholm
Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology III, reviewed by Mark Pollard
Interpreting Space: GIS and Archaeology, reviewed by James Ebert
Progress in Old World Palaeoethnobotany and Man's Role in the Shaping of the Eastern Mediterranean Landscape, reviewed by Mark Nesbitt
Science and the Past , reviewed by Garman Harbottle
Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials , reviewed by James Burton

Volume 19 #1/2: January-June 1996

The First European Phytolith Workshop
Archaeometallurgy news
Coming Archaeometry Symposia
Review of Ecology and Ceramic Production in an Andean Community
Review of Lost Scents: Investigations of Corinthian Plastic Vases by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Review of In the Wake of Contact: Biological Responses to Conquest
Review of Paleonutrition: The Diet and Health of Prehistoric Americans
Review of Whither Environmental Archaeology
Review of Soils in Archaeology: Landscape Evolution and Human Occupation
Report from the Chair for Electronic Communication
Garman Harbottle Awarded the Seaborg Medal
Norman Herz Awarded the Pomerance Science Award
Positions Open 

Volume 18 #4: October-December 1995
President's musings
Archaeometallurgy news
Conference Report, Archaeological Prospection 1995
Call for Papers, Symposium on Materials Issues
Materials Research Society, Fall Meeting

Volume 18 #3: July-September 1995

From the new editor
Archaeometallurgy news
Archaeometry 1996 Preliminary Program