UPAC goals are to: 

• Establish and promote high standards of archaeological research, reporting, and management.

• Establish and promote a mechanism to represent professional archaeological interests in political and public forums.

• Establish and promote a mechanism for communication within the archaeological community.

• Establish and promote a mechanism for arbitrating disputes within the archaeological community.

• Promote public education and interest in the fields of archaeology and cultural resource management.

• Provide advice to the State, Federal and other regulatory agency archaeologists upon request or as deemed appropriate.

• Promote our concern with the archaeology of Utah.

• Publish and encourage the publication of archaeological research.