Experiencing Oklahoma Archaeology Month 2018

Abstract

Oklahoma Archaeology Month (OAM) is an annual event taking place each October (Figure 1), and as the name suggests it encompasses events taking place across the US state of Oklahoma. It is not the only coordinated archaeology events series in the world; the UK has the Festival of Archaeology, for example, and some thirty-seven US states have either an Archaeology Week or Month. These Archaeology Months take place at different times of the year — Alaska has its archaeology month in April, for example, while Georgia’s archaeology month is May. However, October is a popular time for state archaeology months, with a