ANNUAL MEETING FORMAT

The IAS Leadership has voted to alternate holding the Annual Meeting in person and online as follows; currently there is no hybrid presentation or attendance option.

2026: 66th Annual Meeting was held in person only in Berkeley, CA on January 9-10.

2027: 67th Annual Meeting will be held online only. Papers will be available before and after the meetings; live-streamed discussions will take place January 8-9.

2028: 68th Annual Meeting will be held in person in Berkeley, CA on January 7-8.

67th Annual Meeting,
Jan 8th to Jan 9th 2027

For details, please see the 67th Annual Meeting page

Past meetings

Programs and Abstracts

  • 66th Annual Meeting
    2026: PDF icon Program (1.28 MB)
  • 65th Annual Meeting
    2025: PDF icon Program (229.7 KB)
  • 64th Annual Meeting
    2024: PDF icon Program (1.28 MB)
  • 63rd Annual Meeting
    2023: PDF icon Program (339.71 KB)
  • 62nd Annual Meeting
    2022: PDF icon Program (313.9 KB)
  • 61st Annual Meeting
    2021: PDF icon Program (156.54 KB) PDF icon Abstracts (168.19 KB)
  • 60th Annual Meeting
    2020: PDF icon Program (585.36 KB) PDF icon Abstracts (162.92 KB)
  • 59th Annual Meeting
    2019: PDF icon Program (548.22 KB) PDF icon Abstracts (168.91 KB)
  • 58th Annual Meeting
    2018: PDF icon Program (598.35 KB) PDF icon Abstracts (165.09 KB)
  • 57th Annual Meeting
    2017: PDF icon Program (602.32 KB) PDF icon Abstracts (186.08 KB)
  • 56th Annual Meeting
    2016: PDF icon Program (117.03 KB) PDF icon Abstracts (153.75 KB)
  • 55th Annual Meeting
    2015: PDF icon Program (117.45 KB) PDF icon Abstracts (185.47 KB)
  • 54th Annual Meeting
    2014: PDF icon Program (103.17 KB) PDF icon Abstracts (182.55 KB)
  • 53rd Annual Meeting
    2013: PDF icon Program (121.29 KB)
  • 52nd Annual Meeting
    2012: PDF icon Program (120.79 KB)
  • 51st Annual Meeting
    2011: PDF icon Program (102.27 KB)
  • 50th Annual Meeting
    2010: PDF icon Program (172.67 KB)
  • Previous Annual Meetings
    1969 to 2009: PDF icon Program (3.54 MB)

Videos of Selected Talks

Embedded thumbnail for The Psychedelic Throughline to the Wari Empire For the Middle Horizon (700-900 AD)
2026 Keynote Talk by PATRICIA KNOBLOCH
The Psychedelic Throughline to the Wari Empire For the Middle Horizon (700-900 AD)
Embedded thumbnail for Reexistencias afrodescendientes en los Andes: el Circuito de la Memoria afrochoteño como Patrimonio Vivo
2026 Travel grantee talk by KATHERINE CHALÁ MOSQUERA
Reexistencias afrodescendientes en los Andes: el Circuito de la Memoria afrochoteño como Patrimonio Vivo
Embedded thumbnail for CONCLUSIONS FROM CHAVIN DE HUANTAR: 30 YEARS OF LESSONS FROM A SECRETIVE SITE (PART I)
2023 Keynote Talk by Dr. John Rick
CONCLUSIONS FROM CHAVIN DE HUANTAR: 30 YEARS OF LESSONS FROM A SECRETIVE SITE (PART I)
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2023 Keynote Talk by Dr. John Rick
CONCLUSIONS FROM CHAVIN DE HUANTAR: 30 YEARS OF LESSONS FROM A SECRETIVE SITE (PART II)
Embedded thumbnail for Erasures, Revisions, and Histories in Andean Studies
2021 Keynote Talk by Rachel O'Toole
Erasures, Revisions, and Histories in Andean Studies
Embedded thumbnail for W'akas, plazas, and conquest: The children of Pariaqaqa and the Inka empire (Huarochirí, Peru)
2020 Keynote Talk by Carla Hernández Garavito
W'akas, plazas, and conquest: The children of Pariaqaqa and the Inka empire (Huarochirí, Peru)
Embedded thumbnail for Agricultural oasis at the southern puna: Ancient water management in Antofagasta de la Sierra (Argentina)
2020 Travel grantee talk by Lorena Grana, Marcos Quesada, and Victoria Arébalos presented by Lorena Grana
Agricultural oasis at the southern puna: Ancient water management in Antofagasta de la Sierra (Argentina)
Embedded thumbnail for Archaeology and ritual at Sechin Bajo, Casma, Peru
2019 Keynote Talk by Peter Fuchs, Renate Patzschke, and Jesus Briceño, presented by Peter Fuchs
Archaeology and ritual at Sechin Bajo, Casma, Peru
Embedded thumbnail for Ocupación Wari en el Antisuyo
2019 Travel grantee talk by Javier Fonseca
Ocupación Wari en el Antisuyo
Embedded thumbnail for Where mountain and forest meet: Toward a history of people and landscape in the Eastern Andes of Chachapoyas
2018 Keynote Talk by Anna Guengerich
Where mountain and forest meet: Toward a history of people and landscape in the Eastern Andes of Chachapoyas
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