At the recent SAA conference in Austin, Texas, a WAC party was hosted by Springer, celebrating the launch of WAC’s journal, Archaeologies, with Springer. As you can see from the […]

Standford Archaeology Center – April 19th – April 21st 2007 Members of the WAC Committee on Ethics held their first face-to-face working meeting April19-21, 2007 at Stanford University as guests […]

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Re: Request bv the Government of the Republic of Cvprus for the renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding with the USA Government, concerninq the imposition of import restrictions on pre-classical […]

Re: United Nations Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

26 February 2007

H. E. Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khafalifa
President, United Nations General Assembly
United Nations
New York, New York 10017

Your Excellency:

Re: U.S./Cyprus Bilateral Agreement

2 February 2007

Cultural Property Advisory Committee
Cultural Heritage Center
U.S. Department of State
301 4th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20547

On behalf of the World Archaeological Congress (WAC), I am writing to you regarding Cyprus’ recent request to include coins more than 250 years old on the list of archaeological materials whose import into the U.S. is restricted through bilateral agreement. WAC supports Cyprus’ request. Coins have important archaeological research potential when found in context and unfortunately are easily subject to pillage and illegal export. Coins are part of Cyprus’ rich cultural heritage and when remove seriously jeopardizes its ability to interpret and understand its past.

The Executive of the World Archaeological Congress (WAC) announces that the Sixth WAC Congress, WAC-6, will be held in Ireland at the the University Colllege Dublin from 29th June – […]

WAC had a significant presence at the Fifteenth Congress of International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences Congress, held in Lisboa, Portugal, 4th September, 2006. In her capacity of President […]