Orange County

Society Contact
Larry Cripe
ocarchaeology@yahoo.com

Chartered in 1991

Best Society Website Award winner – 2021
Society Outreach Grant recipient – 2018, 2015, 2014
Golden Trowel Award winner – 2015
Outstanding Local Society Prize winner – 2003

Website: http://www.aia-oc.org

Past Society Events:

Dung and Desert Copper: Environmental archaeology at the macro- and microscale

April 12 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

The Deep Prehistory of the Human Presence in the World’s High Mountains and Plateaus

January 26, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Let’s Talk about Ancient Apocalypse: It’s Inaccurate, Harmful, and the Real Story of Ice Age Peopling of the Americas is Far More Interesting Anyway!

February 11, 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Otzi The Iceman: Forensic Science and Ancient Medicine in a Cold Case Murder

February 26, 2023 @ 2:00 pm

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