Apologies that the information regarding awards is not current on the SHA website. However, the call for nominations for the Deetz Award was hand-distributed to publishers at the SHA, SAA, and Society for California Archaeology meetings earlier this year. If you know of a book from 2009, 2010, or 2011 that should be nominated, please contact the publisher and/or the author ASAP. If they plan to nominate a book for the award that will be presented in January 2013 at the SHA meeting in Leicester, England, please notify me immediately OFF LIST at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 520-907-9677.
Thank you,
Terry Majewski
Chair, SHA Awards Committee
NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FROM MEMBERS, AUTHORS, AND PUBLISHERS
FOR THE 2013 SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
JAMES DEETZ AWARD
The Deetz Award is named for James Deetz (1930-2000), whose books are classics for professional archaeologists as well as for non-specialists. 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 2009, 2010, or 2011 will be eligible for consideration for the award that will be presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting in Leicester, England, U.K.
Submissions must meet the following criteria:
* Historical or postmedieval 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, 2012
Please send Letter of Nomination (letters may be emailed) and 3 sample copies for distribution to the selection panel, or direct questions to:
Deetz Book Award
c/o Teresita Majewski, Chair
SHA Awards Committee
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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).
2011
James P. Delgado, Khubilai Khan's Lost Fleet: In Search of a Legendary Armada (University of California Press, 2008).
2012
Laurie A. Wilkie, The Lost Boys of Zeta Psi: A Historical Archaeology of Masculinity at a University Fraternity (University of California Press, 2010).
Teresita Majewski, Ph.D., RPA, FSA
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