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Abstract Submission Deadline Extended – Radiocarbon & Archaeology 9th International Symposium (Sponsored)
This post is sponsored by the Center for Applied Isotope Studies. The Radiocarbon & Archaeology 9th International Symposium will take place in Athens, Georgia, USA, at the Classic Center in downtown Athens from Monday, May 20 through Friday, May 24, 2019. The...
Perfect Your Negotiation Skills & Grow Your Business
Whether you are negotiating with a potential client, your project team, or embarking on the Section 106 consultation process, CRM success requires agreement and collaboration with other people. The first webinar in ACRA's 2019 series will help CRM practitioners of all...
Revised Monthly Member Update Available
Earlier today, we sent out our February monthly member update. That version was missing a link in the section about fostering collaboration between CRM and academia. We have created an updated version with the link to the full communication strategy. ACRA members can...
ACRA Supports New Bill to Preserve African American Burial Grounds
ACRA is pleased to support the African American Burial Grounds Network Act, which was introduced in Congress yesterday by Rep. Don McEachin (D-VA) and Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC). This legislation is consistent with our commitment to providing accurate information about...
A Different Kind of Day Off: AINW’s Volunteer Service Day
This post is authored by Jo Reese, VP/Senior Archaeologist with Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc. (AINW) in Portland, Oregon. This year, Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc., (AINW) offered to have Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as our first ever...
Call for Sessions: 2019 ACRA Conference
Do you have a topic that you think would be perfect for a presentation to fellow CRMers? Is there a discussion you think the industry should be having? If so, we want to know! The Call for Sessions for the 2019 ACRA Conference is open! The ACRA Annual Meeting is a...
CRM Firms in the News: Volume Two
Readers can now find relevant news items compiled all in one place! In our CRM Firms in the News series, we feature recent mentions of ACRA member firms and their projects across the country. Was your firm recently featured in a news article or on social media? Send...
Best Practices for No-Collection Projects and In-field Analysis
Many agencies have turned to no collection field strategies in recent years. Unfortunately, these strategies vary widely and are implemented with very little data, so we don’t know if they are effective. Several members of the Collection and Curation Committee have...
A Paperless Future? Digital Methods in CRM
This post is authored by Kye Miller, Senior Project Director at PaleoWest Archaeology. At the dawn of my career as an archaeologist, like most of us, I learned to draft site sketch maps with a compass and pacing, all forms and logs were kept on paper, and transects...
SAVE THE DATE: CRM Day on Capitol Hill
SAVE THE DATE: MAY 16-17 Join ACRA in Washington, D.C. on May 16-17 for CRM Day on Capitol Hill! We’ll be meeting with Senators and Representatives to discuss the CRM industry. There are 100 new members of Congress, and lots of new staffers too. We need to...