State Archaeology and Historic Preservation Months/Weeks

Alaska

April is Alaska Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
https://www.nps.gov/gaar/learn/historyculture/ak-archaeology-month.htm

Arizona

March is Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month.
Information can be found at:
https://azstateparks.com/archy

Arkansas

March is Arkansas Archeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://archeology.uark.edu/learn-discover/archeology-month/

California

October is California Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
https://scahome.org/archaeology-month-2/

Colorado

May is Colorado Archaeology & Historic Preservation Month.
Information can be found at:
https://www.historycolorado.org/archaeology-historic-preservation-month

Connecticut

October is Connecticut Archaeology Awareness Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.cac.uconn.edu/aaw.html

Delaware

May is Delaware Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.delawarearchaeology.org/

Florida

March is Florida Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://fpan.us/FAM/

Georgia

May is Georgia Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://thesga.org/category/archaeology-month/

Idaho

May is Idaho Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
https://history.idaho.gov/preservation-month

Illinois

September is Illinois Archaeology Awareness Month.
Information can be found at:
https://ilarchsurv.org/am

Indiana

September is Indiana Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/3674.htm

Iowa

September and October are Iowa Archaeology Months.
Information can be found at:
https://archaeology.uiowa.edu/iowa-archaeology-month-2015

Kansas

April is Kansas Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.ksarchaeo.info/KAM/KAM/index.html

Kentucky

September is Kentucky Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
https://heritage.ky.gov/archaeology/Pages/overview.aspx

Louisiana

October is Louisiana Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
https://www.crt.state.la.us/cultural-development/archaeology/discover-archaeology/archaeology-month/index

Maine

October is Maine Archaeology Month.
Information can be found by September at:
http://www.mainearchsociety.org/

Maryland

April is Maryland Archeology Month.
Information can be found at
http://www.marylandarcheology.org/

Massachusetts

October is Massachusetts Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/MHC/mhcarch/ArchMonthintro.htm

Michigan

October is Michigan Archaeology Month.
Information is posted in August and can be found at:
http://www.michigan.gov/archaeology

Minnesota

Minnesota Archaeology Week is celebrated in September.
Information can be found at:
https://mn.gov/admin/archaeologist/educators/events/archaeology-week/

Mississippi

October is Mississippi Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.msarchaeology.org/maa/arch_month.html

Missouri

September is Missouri Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
https://associations.missouristate.edu/mas/archaeologymonth.html

Montana

April is Montana Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.mtarchaeologicalsociety.org/16401.html

Nebraska

Nebraska Archaeology Month is celebrated in September.
Information can be found at:
https://nebraskaarchaeology.org/nebraska-archaeology-month/

Nevada

May Nevada Archaeology Awareness and Historic Preservation Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.nvarch.org/

New Hampshire

April is New Hampshire Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.nhas.org

New Mexico

May is New Mexico Heritage Preservation Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.nmhistoricpreservation.org/programs/preservation-month.html

New York

New York State Archaeology Season is from May through October.
Information can be found at:
http://www.nyarchaeology.org

Ohio

October is Ohio Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
https://www.ohiohistory.org/learn/collections/archaeology/archaeology-blog/2013/september-2013/ohio-archaeology-month

Oklahoma

October is Oklahoma Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.ou.edu/okpan/oklahoma-archaeology-month

Oregon

October is Oregon Archaeology Celebration.
Information can be found at:
http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/

Pennsylvania

October is Pennsylvania Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.pennsylvaniaarchaeology.com/ArchMonth.htm

Rhode Island

October is Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.preservation.ri.gov/news/

South Dakota

May is South Dakota Archaeology & Historic Preservation Month.
Information can be found at:
http://history.sd.gov/preservation/

Tennessee

Tennessee Archaeology Awareness Week is held in September, along with a 30-day blogfest.
Information can be found at:
https://tennesseearchaeologycouncil.wordpress.com/taam/

Texas

October is Texas Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.thc.state.tx.us/archeology/aatam.shtml

Utah

May is Utah Archaeology and Preservation Month.
Information can be found at:
https://heritage.utah.gov/history/archaeology-preservation-month-2018

Vermont

September is Vermont Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://historicsites.vermont.gov/archaeology_month

Virginia

October is Virginia Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/arch_DHR/archaeo_index.htm

Washington

October is Washington Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
https://dahp.wa.gov/news-events/archaeology-month

West Virginia

October is West Virginia Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/shpoindex.aspx

Wisconsin

May is Wisconsin Historic Preservation and Archaeology Month.
Information can be found at:
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/hp/hpmonth/

Wyoming

September is Wyoming Archaeology Awareness Month.
Information can be found at:
http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/aamonth/

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