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At the 1986 meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, its organizers, Kenneth Feder; Luanne Hudson and Francis Harrold decided to hold a symposium to examine Pseudo archaeology beliefs from a variety of academic standpoints, including archaeology, physical anthropology, sociology, history and psychology. From this symposium, an anthology was produced, entitled Cult Archaeology & Creationism: Understanding Pseudo Archeology Beliefs about the Past (1987).

At the 2002 annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, a workshop was held on the topic of pseudo archaeology. It subsequently led to the publication of an academic anthology, Archaeological Fantasies: How Pseudo archaeology Misinterprets the Past and Misleads the Public (2006).

On 23 and 24 April 2009, The American Schools of Oriental Research and Duke University Center for Jewish Studies, along with the Duke Department of Religion, the Duke Graduate Program in Religion, the Trinity College of Arts and Science Committee on Faculty Research, and the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, sponsored a conference entitled "Archaeology, Politics, and the Media," which addressed the abuse of archaeology in the Holy Land for political, religious, and ideological purposes. Emphasis was placed on the media's reporting of sensational and politically motivated archaeological claims and the academy's responsibility in responding to it.