The Society, which exists to foster an interest in archaeology and which encourages members to play an active part in the discipline, was founded in 1971 as the East of Scotland Archaeological Association. In 1975, on becoming affiliated to the Council for British Archaeology, the name was changed to the Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society (EAFS). This affiliation in due course became an affiliation to the Council for Scottish Archaeology. The inclusion of the word 'Field' in the name reflects the Society's intention of maintaining an active involvement with fieldwork in its various forms.

LECTURE PROGRAMME 2009
DATE	LECTURER	DESCRIPTION	SUBJECT
Wednesday, 11 February	Simon Stronach	Project Manager Headland Archaeology	Burgh Surveys and Archaeology
Tuesday, 10 March	Biddy Simpson	Heritage Officer ELC Archaeology Service	Prestongrange: a community archaeology project over 5 years
Wednesday, 15 April	Dr Gordon Noble	Department of Archaeology, Aberdeen University	Recent Excavations at Forteviot
Tuesday, 12 May	Geoff Bailey	Keeper of Archaeology & Local History Falkirk Museum	Carriden
Wednesday, 14 October	Martin Cook	Project Officer AOC Archaeology	Cramond Excavations 2008
Tuesday, 10 November	Pat Dennison	Director Centre for Scottish Urban History University of Edinburgh	Holyrood and Canongate; research at the site of the parliament of Scotland
Wednesday, 9 December	EAFS Members		2009 Project updates

Lecture Programme
The Society organises a lecture programme, including tea or coffee, from October until May: attending these lectures is possibly the best way of finding out more about the Society, and meeting with like-minded people.

EAFS News
The Society issues a bi-monthly newsletter which gives members an update on current activities and provides information about other events of interest. An online version of the newsletter is available here.