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Conferences & Networking

The SAS regularly sponsors conferences, workshops, and conference sessions. If you're planning an event on any topic relevant to the goals of the society, please get in touch with the VP of Intersociety Relations so that we can explore partnering with you and your organization. 

If you're a student SAS member interested in getting involved with the society and promoting professional fellowship among your peers, check out the Student Ambassador program and reach out to our VP for Membership Development to learn more.

2025 SAS and JAS Emerging Investigator Award

Winner - Sara McGuire

We are very pleased to announce that the Journal of Archaeological Science (JAS) and Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS) Emerging Investigator Award for 2025 has been awarded to Sara A. McGuire for the paper “Revolution and Resilience: A multianalytical approach to the study of diet, metabolic stress, and life experiences in Revolutionary Philadelphia”. Follow the DOI for more info: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2025.106312

The paper was selected as an excellent example of a combined multy-disciplinary approach integrating extensive datasets from bio- and biomolecular archaeology as well as historical sources. The Award Committee was particularly impressed by the depth and scale of the conducted analysis, as well as the intricate interpretative conclusions synthesising wider historical processes and individual life experiences. 

Author’s comments:

The research presented in this article stems from my first postdoctoral fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum Conservation Institute. I was thrilled at the prospect of learning what life was like during such a historic period at the earliest foundations of the United States, with the interests and concerns of the modern descendant population and community in mind. We found that early Americans in Philadelphia were resilient in the face of significant change, and were able to find unique ways to supplement their diets and survive in the face of the challenges of the period.  

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2025 SAS-JAS Emerging Investigator Winner Sara McGuire

Honorouble Mention - Nicolas Bourgon

Due to high number and quality of papers nominated this year, the Award Committee decided to also announce one Honourable Mention for the SAS-JAS Emerging Investigator Award 2025:
Nicolas Bourgon for the paper “Less is more: Limiting semi-invasive sampling for multi-isotope analyses and increasing data output from single aliquot samples”, cf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2025.106308. The paper was highlighted due to its methodological novelty and future potential in trace element and stable isotope analysis, whilst emphasising the ethical considerations of destructive sampling from archaeological skeletal remains.

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2025 SAS-JAS Emerging Investigator Honorable Mention Nicolas Bourgon