*The AIA is seeking nominations for the Best Practices in Site Preservation
and Conservation and Heritage Management Awards.  Please forward this
information to appropriate colleagues.*



*Best Practices in Site Preservation Award*



*The Archaeological Institute of America’s Best Practices in Site
Preservation Award
<http://www.archaeological.org/sitepreservation/award> is presented to a
group or project recognized by their peers for doing exemplary work in the
field of site preservation and conservation. A $5,000 grant will be awarded
to the winners to further their best practices in site preservation. Award
winners will be selected by a committee of professional archaeologists,
conservators, and heritage specialists before the AIA’s Annual Meeting in
January 2016. *



*Please nominate deserving projects through the nomination form on the
AIA’s website at http://www.archaeological.org/sitepreservation/award
<http://www.archaeological.org/sitepreservation/award>.  The deadline for
this award is May 1, 2015; no nominations will be accepted after this date.
Early submission is encouraged.*



*Conservation and Heritage Management Award*

The AIA’s Conservation and Site Preservation Committee invites nominations
for the Conservation and Heritage Management Award
<http://archaeological.org/awards/conservationheritage>. This award is made
in recognition of an individual's or institution's exceptional achievement
in any of the following areas:

1)      Archaeological conservation

2)      Archaeological conservation science

3)      Archaeological heritage management

4)      Education/public awareness of archaeological conservation through
teaching, lecturing, and exhibition, or a publication.

*Please send name(s), a CV, and a substantive statement about the nominee's
qualifications for the award to: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> no
later than May 1, 2015.*





*Past Winners*



*Best Practices in Site Preservation*

2015    Temple of the Winged Lions Cultural Resource Management – Jordan
2014    California Archaeological Site Stewardship Program - California, USA
2013    George Bey - Kaxil Kiuic, Mexico
            Cristina Vidal Lorenzo and Gaspar Muñoz Cosme - La Blanca,
Guatemala
2012    Donald Haggis and Margaret Mook - Azoria, Crete
2011    Giorgio Buccellati - Tell Mozan, Syria

*Conservation and Heritage Management Award*



*2015     Elizabeth Pye*

*2014     Staffordshire Hoard Conservation Project*

*2013     Sudharshan Seneviratne*

*2012     James R. McCredie*

*2011     Archaeological Conservancy*

*2010     Henry Cleere*

*2009     Heritage Watch*

*2008     Catherine Sease*

*2007     Pointe-à-Callière Musée d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de Montréal*

*2006     Hester A. Davis, Arkansas Archaeological Survey, William Lipe,
Washington State University, and Charles R. McGimsey, III, Arkansas
Archaeological Survey*

*2005     Parks Canada Agency, les Services d'Archéologie Subaquatique à
Agence Parcs Canada, under the direction of its Chief Archaeologist, Robert
Grenier*

*2004     Nicholas P. Stanley-Price*

*2002     Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Working Group*

*2001     Museum of London*

*1999     Lawrence J. Majewski*

*1998     Department of Conservation and Materials Science at the Institute
of Archaeology, University of London*



*More information about AIA Awards can be found
at: http://archaeological.org/awards <http://archaeological.org/awards>.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.*



*Best wishes,*


*Samantha  *

-- 
Samantha Craig
Development Associate
Site Preservation Program Administrator
Archaeological Institute of America
656 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02215
617.353.9364