Idaho Professional Archaeological Council

06/08/2020

IPAC has been dissolved and this page will not be published in ~14 days. IPAC has been folded into Idaho Archaeological Society.

04/27/2020

IPAC has been officially dissolved into IAS (Idaho Archaeological Society). Please visit their page for information about archaeology in Idaho. Thank you for your support.
https://www.facebook.com/IdahoArchaeologicalSociety/

The Idaho Archaeological Society's mission is to preserve, educate, and encourage the study of Idaho's Antiquities.

07/27/2019

Comments from the Public are being sought.

The ACHP is seeking stakeholder input as it embarks on developing a new strategic plan. For more info and how to participate, https://go.usa.gov/xyGt2

12/17/2018

FEMA is looking for a GS-12 / IC -12 policy person in the Office of Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation- 2 years with a 2 year extension if funding is available.
Submit resume to [email protected] by December 21, 2018.

06/01/2018

https://m.phys.org/news/2018-05-ancient-populations-diverged-reconverged-americas.html

Recent research has suggested that the first people to enter the Americas split into two ancestral branches, the northern and southern, and that the "southern branch" gave rise to all populations in Central and South America.

05/22/2018

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/idaho/articles/2018-05-21/northern-idaho-archaeological-dig-offers-look-at-waypoint

An archaeological dig at a tiny northern Idaho waypoint town has uncovered more than 340 artifacts.

05/12/2018

Evidence of human activity dating back as far as 15,000 years has been found at Fort Rock Cave in southern Oregon.

archaeology.org/issues/298-1805/trenches/6523-trenches-oregon-fort-rock-cave

(Courtesy Tom Connolly)

04/09/2018

Longtime Idaho archaeologist Mark Druss died in Colorado on April 6, 2018 after a long illness. A memorial service for him will be held on Wednesday April 11, 2018 at 1 pm at Summers Funeral Home on Bannock Street in Boise, followed by burial at Dry Creek Cemetery.

08/27/2017

http://www.heraldandnews.com/klamath/exploring-the-past/article_3d00d212-7f53-5f00-81a9-f7d986b5a0c9.html?utm_content=buffer22b21&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

By analyzing Western Stemmed tradition artifacts from Cougar Mountain Cave, University of Nevada, Reno graduate student Sophia Jamaldin is trying to understand both the geologic history of the region and