HISTARCHers:

 

As the submission deadline of November 14 is rapidly becoming just a month
away, I thought I would remind student members of SHA that they should
consider entering the 2012 SHA Student Paper Prize.

 

The 11th Society for Historical Archaeology Student Paper Prize will be
awarded at the 45th Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, to
be held in Baltimore, Maryland in January 4-8, 2012. The prize will be
awarded to a student, or students, whose written version of a conference
paper is judged superior in the areas of originality, research merit,
clarity of presentation, professionalism, and of potential relevance to a
considerable segment of the archaeological community. One prize will be
awarded: The winning author(s) will receive a book prize consisting of
titles donated by the many presses and organizations exhibiting in the SHA
Conference Book Room (totaling over $1,140 worth of items in 2011) and a
letter of recognition from the SHA President. The winning author (s) will be
encouraged to submit his or her paper to be reviewed for possible
publication in Historical Archaeology. The results of the competition will
be communicated to the entrants prior to the meeting and the winner will be
announced at the annual business meeting.

 

Criteria




1)      Entrants must be student members of the SHA prior to submission of
papers and registered for the 2012 annual meeting by December 2011.

 

 

2)      The paper must be prepared according to current Historical
Archaeology guidelines (see the SHA website for these details) and be
submitted by November 14, 2011.  Submissions are strongly encouraged to be
made electronically (MS Word or PDF) to Jamie Brandon, chair of the Student
Paper Prize Subcommittee at [log in to unmask]  If it is necessary to submit
in printed form please send 7 copies to Dr. Jamie Brandon, Arkansas
Archeological Survey, P.O. Box 9381, Magnolia, AR 71754. 

 

3)      The paper must be presented by one of the student authors at the
annual meeting.

 

4)      There may be a maximum of two authors on the paper.  All of the
authors must be students and members of SHA.  In the event of a winning
co-authored paper, the authors will split the available cash and book
prizes.

 

5)      Papers are to be limited to no more than 10 pages of text using
standard fonts, margins and line spacing (e.g. double spaced).  The intent
is that the length of the paper submitted must be in line with what can
reasonably be presented in 15 minutes.  Papers which are deemed by the
committee to be impossible to deliver in a standard 15 minute format will be
eliminated from the competition.  

 

6)      Any additional questions may be addressed to Jamie Brandon via email
(listed above) or via phone at 479.879.6229

 

You can find a PDF of the competition guidelines online at:

http://www.sha.org/about/documents/2012studentPaperGuidelines.pdf

 

Thanks & I hope to see you in Baltimore,

 

Jamie

 

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Dr. Jamie C. Brandon
Arkansas Archeological Survey 
Southern Arkansas University Research Station &
Research Assistant Professor
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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