SHA AWARDS TO BE PRESENTED IN 2004 IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

The Society for Historical Archaeology and its Awards Committee are
pleased to announce the full and final list of the honors to be presented in
January 2004 at the SHA Annual Meetings in St. Louis, Missouri.

President Julia A. King will present the following awards during the
conference.


J. C. HARRINGTON AWARD

The Harrington Medal for 2004 will be presented to:

KATHLEEN A. DEAGAN

Kathleen Deagan will be recognized for her outstanding scholarship,
student training, and professional service in historical archaeology.  Her
research has focused on the complex topics of interactions among Native
American, Hispanic, and African sectors of the colonial communities in a
variety of settings ranging from military to domestic to religious sites.
Deagan's investigations were always integrated into her overarching
objective to understand post-1500 cultural development in the Americas
in response to the environmental and social realities of colonization, most
particularly Spanish colonization and ethnogenesis.  In the process,
Deagan conceptualized and implemented refined archaeological field
techniques, making significant methodological contributions to the
discipline.  Deagan’s efforts throughout the years have enriched and
facilitated the work of others by example, generosity, and unmatched
intellectual contributions.  Her stellar publications include 10 books, 35
major articles, and 18 chapters in books.  She has served the Society for
Historical Archaeology throughout her career as Newsletter Coordinator
for the Southeast (1979-1984), Board Member (1980-1983), Editorial
Advisory Committee (1983-1999), President Elect (1984), and President
(1985), and has been a role model for women in archaeology and one of
the Society for Historical Archaeology’s most effective ambassadors.


SHA AWARDS OF MERIT

MARGARET KIMBALL BROWN

Dr. Margaret K. Brown has been a pioneer and leader in the investigation
of sites associated with the French Colonial experience in the upper
Mississippi River valley for more than 30 years..  Dr. Kimball was the first
state archaeologist in Illinois and has always been a strong proponent for
historic cultural resources.  As Superintendent at Cahokia Mounds State
Historic Site, she continued her research on the French in Illinois and in
1983 founded the Center for French Colonial Studies, serving as its first
president.  The Center serves as a clearinghouse for information on
current research on the Illinois Country and publishes original documents
and research related to the French presence in the upper Mississippi
Valley.  Among Dr. Kimball’s many publications on the region are The
Village of Chartres in Colonial Illinois, 1720-1765 (co-edited with Lawrie
Cena Dean) and The French Colony in the Mid-Mississippi Valley,
co-authored with Dean).


GORDON DE ANGELO

Gordon De Angelo is a retired Landscape Architect who has made
outstanding contributions to historical archaeology through his voluntary
participation in numerous projects; he is best known for having surveyed
and prepared maps for a host of archaeological sites from ca. 1960 to the
present.  De Angelo took a course in historical archaeology from J.C.
"Pinky" Harrington at Cooperstown in 1963 and was a founding member
of the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology in 1971, a CNEHA
board member from 1972-1977; a member of the Society for Historical
Archaeology from 1967 to present; a member of the Society for
Post-Medieval Archaeology from 1968 to present; a past president of the
New York State Archaeological Association (1984-86); a Director of the
Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum from 1988 to present; and on
the Board of the Preservation Association of Central New York from 1988
to present.


MICHAEL "SONNY" TRIMBLE

Dr. Michael "Sonny" Trimble currently serves as the Director, Mandatory
Center of Expertise (MCX) for the Curation and Management of
Archaeological Collections, US Army Corp of Engineers, St. Louis District.
Sonny has been a tireless proponent of sound collections management
practices and served as a vocal advocate to address the nation’s crises in
archaeological collections management.  Sonny’s efforts, and those of
his colleagues, have led to an improvement of the storage conditions and
curation of hundreds of important archaeological collections accounting
for tens of millions of archaeological specimens.  This effort has had a
profound impact on collection practices across the country.  Sonny will be
recognized for his pioneering efforts in collections management and for
his long-term commitment to our national patrimony.


CAROL V. RUPPÉ DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

RODERICK SPRAGUE

Roderick Sprague will be honored for his exemplary record of service to
the Society for Historical Archaeology, as a member of the Board of
Directors (1970–71), Secretary-Treasurer (1971–1974), member of the
Editorial Advisory Board since 1977, as Book Review Editor from 1977 to
1997, and Archivist from 1987–1998, as President in 1976 and 1990, and
for his continuing service as Parliamentarian from 1984 to the present.
Sprague has already been awarded the Society's highest honor, the J.C.
Harrington Medal for his lifetime of scholarly achievement in historical
archaeology.  The Society, in presenting Rick with its Distinguished
Service award, wishes to acknowledge and recognize Rick's outstanding
record of selfless service and to highlight through Rick's record of
assistance to the Society in ways small and large how much the Society
relies upon and appreciates his dedication and the example he has set
for others.


JOHN L. COTTER AWARD IN HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

ANNALIESE CORBIN

Dr. Corbin is being honored for the outstanding manner in which she has
distinguished herself early in her career through a combination of
professional service, teaching, and publication.  At present she is
Associate Professor of Maritime History at East Carolina University, where
she directs the department’s underwater field schools. Her master’s
thesis was published in book form as The Material Culture of Steamboat
Passengers: Archaeological Evidence from the Missouri River (Plenum
Press, 2000), and her dissertation, Merchants, Mounties, and Shipwrecks:
The Life and Times of the Steamboat Red Cloud, is forthcoming from
University of Florida Press. Dr. Corbin is the founding president of the
P.A.S.T. Foundation, a non-profit group dedicated to bringing
archaeological science and technology to school-age children.  She has
also been active in the Society for Historical Archaeology, serving on the
Advisory Council of Underwater Archaeology, as bookroom organizer, and
as book review editor for Historical Archaeology.


JAMES DEETZ BOOK AWARD

THOMAS N. LAYTON

The inaugural SHA James Deetz Book Award will be presented to Dr.
Thomas N. Layton (San José State University) for his book, Gifts of the
Celestial Kingdom:  A Shipwrecked Cargo for Gold Rush California
(Stanford University Press, 2002).


Mary C. Beaudry, Chair
SHA Awards Committee
Department of Archaeology
Boston University
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Boston, MA 02215–1406 USA

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