Dear histarchers,

I'm sending along the announcement for the 2011 SHA Deetz Award again, because the deadline is approaching on June 1, 2010. Although I passed along the new information to the SHA webmaster, it has not yet been updated. Send along to anyone who might have a book to nominate.

Anyone with questions can contact me at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Thanks!

Terry Majewski
Chair, SHA Awards Committee


Call for Nominations for 2011 Society for Historical Archaeology
James Deetz Award

The Society for Historical Archaeology James Deetz Award Committee is seeking nominations from members, authors, and publishers for the 2011 award.

The Deetz Award is named for James Deetz (1930-2000), whose books are classics for professional archaeologists as well as for nonspecialists.  Deetz's accessible and entertaining style of writing gave his books influence beyond the discipline because they are read by a broad audience of non-specialists.  The Deetz Award is intended to recognize books and monographs that are similarly well written and accessible to all potential readers.

Books and monographs bearing a date of publication of 2007, 2008, or 2009 will be eligible for consideration for the award that will be presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas.

Submissions must meet the following criteria:

 *   Historical or post-medieval archaeology must be the major focus of the work;
 *   The work must be based upon archaeological evidence rather than strictly upon historical evidence;
 *   The work may deal with European, colonial, or indigenous cultural groups in early modern and modern times but not solely with prehistory;
 *   The work may be a monograph or an edited volume of essays on the same theme;
 *   The work must be well written and accessible and have appeal both to crossover audiences and to the public (i.e., not aimed specifically at scholarly or specialist audiences).

Deadline: June 1, 2010

Please send Letter of Nomination and 3 sample copies for distribution to the Committee, or direct questions, to:

Deetz Book Award
c/o Teresita Majewski, Chair
SHA Awards Committee
Statistical Research, Inc.
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Previous Winners
2004

Thomas N. Layton
Gifts of the Celestial Kingdom: A Shipwrecked Cargo for Gold Rush California (Stanford University Press, 2002).

2005

Laurie A. Wilkie
The Archaeology of Mothering: An African-American Midwife's Tale (Routledge, 2003).

2006

Jane Perkins Claney, Rockingham Ware in American Culture, 1830-1930: Reading Historical Artifacts (University Press of New England, 2004).

2007

Kent G. Lightfoot, Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants: The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers (University of California Press, 2004)

2008

Mark P. Leone, The Archaeology of Liberty in an American Capital: Excavations in Annapolis.  (University of California Press, 2005)

2009


James Bruseth and Toni Turner, From a Watery Grave:  The Discovery and Excavation of La Salle's Shipwreck, La Belle (Texas A&M University Press, 2005)

2010


Shannon A. Novak, House of Mourning: A Biocultural History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre (University of Utah Press, 2008)