Bob,

You forgot Carol Ruppe herself.

Mike

At 10:57 AM 12/7/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>We all know that the CIA (or was it the SPCA) shoved V. Gordon off
>the cliff.
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>By the way, you have the SHA Awards wrong. They are:
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>(1) J.C. Harrington Medal
>           Given for a lifetime of contributions to the field centered
>on scholarship. This award has so far gone to North Americans (Canada
>and the US) because of the depth of the discipline's history in this
>region. In 1997 it went to Jame Deetz and last year to Rick Sprague.It will
>eventually also go to scholars outside of North America.
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>(2) Carol V. Ruppe Distinguished Service AWard
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>         For outstanding contributions to the Society for Historical
>Archaeology. It has only gone to three individuals so far: Teff
>Rodeffer, Ron Michael and (this year) Norm Barka.
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>(3) John L. Cotter Award in Historical Archaeology
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>         Given to people at the start of the careers (including but
>not limited to students) for an outstanding achievement in a particular
>category. Last year it went to Paul Mullins, this year it will go to
>Audrey Horning. Both are North Americans (although Horning is now
>working in Europe) but again it is not limited to that region.
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>(4) SHA Awards of Merit
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>         A flexible award with usually three given each year. It does
>cover scholarship (e.g. William and Edith Wallace in Long Beach) but
>also all other categories (e.g. adminstration, law, politics,
>education) and can go to either individuals or associations. So far
>Awards of Merit have been given to nationals of the United States,
>Canada and Mexico but the category is not limited geographically.
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>For more information take a look at the SHA home page under SHA
>Awards.
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>                                         Bob Schuyler
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>At 04:49 PM 12/7/2000 +1000, you wrote:
> >I (and I know Denis is supportive) have always thought that there should be
> >a special Gordon Childe award in archaeology to commemorate the essential
> >spirit behind that last trip to Blackheath. Historical Archaeology has its
> >John Cotter Award for distinguished service in historical archaeology,
> >Australian Archaeology has its Big Man Award for those who show unique
> >sensitivity to archaeological issues. The Gordon Childe award could cross
> >all aspects of archaeology and celebrate the spirit behind that trip to the
> >Grose Valley back in 1957.
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> >Iain Stuart
> >Principal, Archaeology and Heritage Management
> >HLA-Envirosciences Pty. Ltd.
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>Robert L. Schuyler
>University of Pennsylvania Museum
>33rd & Spruce Streets
>Philadelphia, PA l9l04-6324
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>Tel: (215) 898-6965
>Fax: (215) 898-0657
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