Society for California Archaeology Awards
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Lifetime Achievement Award
This is given for cumulative contributions to California archaeology that have spanned a lifetime and are therefore reserved for the elder members of our profession. Although once awarded as a surprise, the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award is now notified well ahead of time so that they and their supporters can plan to attend the Annual Meeting Awards Dinner. The recipient is identified during the Annual Meeting with a special ribbon on his or her name tag, and is hosted, along with family members, at the awards dinner.
The deadline for 2010 submissions is January 1, 2010. Download the nomination form.
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Award Recipients:
2009 – Russell L. Kaldenberg
2008 – Eric Ritter
2007 – Keith L. Johnson
2006 – Michael A. Glassow
2005 – L. Mark Raab
2004 – Lowell John Bean
2003 – William (Bill) Olsen
2002 – Robert L. Edwards
2001 – Jerald J. Johnson
2000 – Thomas Blackburn
1999 – Makoto Kowta
1998 – Jay von Werlhof
1997 – Vera Mae Fredrickson
1996 – Claude Warren
1995 – Francis Riddell
1994 – Roberta Greenwood
1993 – David Frederickson
1992 – D. L. True
1991 – Lawrence Dawson
1990 – James A. Bennyhoff
1989 – Bert A. Gerow
1988 – Phil C. Orr
1987 – —
1986 – Albert Elsasser
1985 – Franklin Fenenga
1984 – Paul Ezell
1983 – William J. Wallace
1982 – Emma Lou Davis
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Mark Raymond Harrington Award for Conservation Archaeology
This award recognizes contributions to site preservation, public archaeology, etc. It has traditionally been announced as a surprise at the Banquet.
The deadline for 2010 submissions is January 1, 2010. Download the nomination form.
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Award Recipients:
2009 – Beth and Chris Padon
2008 – Janine MacFarland
2007 – The Eleven Autonomous Bands of the Pit River Tribe
2006 – California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
2005 – Julia Bendímez Patterson
2004 – Carolyn Shepherd
2003 – Beth and Chris Padon
2002 – John R. Johnson
2001 – Paul Chace
2000 – Mary Maniery
1999 – Valerie Levulett
1998 – Russ Kaldenberg
1997 – Chester King
1996 – John W. Foster
1995 – Thomas N. Layton
1994 – William Olsen
1993 – Paul Shumacher
1992 – Breck Parkman
1991 – Charles Rozaire
1990 – Lester A. Ross
1989 – San Diego County Archaeological Society
1988 – David A. Fredrickson
1987 – Ronald V. May
1986 – M. J. Moratto and W. Seidel
1985 – —
1984 – —
1983 – Thomas F. King
1982 – Jay Von Werlhof
1981 – Frank Latta
1980 – Pacific Coast Archaeological Society
1979 – Fritz Riddell
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Martin A. Baumhoff Special Achievement Award
This is given for a distinct, noteworthy effort, or for cumulative efforts on special topics such as specialized analyses or publication. It has traditionally been announced as a surprise at the Awards Dinner.
The deadline for 2010 submissions is January 1, 2010. Download the nomination form.
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Award Recipients:
2009 – Greg White
2008 – Terry Jones and Kathryn Klar
2007 – Robert L. Bettinger
2006 – Jack Meyer and Jeff Rosenthal
2005 – Irving Friedman and Robert L. Smith
2004 – Michael Moratto/Joseph Chartkoff
2003 – Thomas N. Layton
2002 – Michael A. Glassow
2001 – Glenn Farris
2000 – Richard E. Hughes
1999 – Randy Milliken
1998 – Sylvia Vane
1997 – Mark Sutton
1996 – Malcolm Margolin, News from Native California
1995 – Coyote Press: Gary S. Breschini and Trudy Haversat
1994 – Roy Salls
1993 – Phil Wilke
1992 – Jonathan O. Davis
1991 – W.I. Follett
1990 – Lavinia C. Knight
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Helen C. Smith Award for Avocational Society Achievement
This is decided upon from applications made by members at large by the Avocational Society Representative and a panel of reviewers for achievements made over the preceding year. There is a $200 cash award from the SCA that goes with this.
The deadline for 2010 submissions is January 1, 2010.Download the nomination form.
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Helen C. Smith Award Recipients:
2009 – Nevada Rock Art Foundation
2008 – Colorado Desert District Archaeological Site Stewardship Program
2007 – Santa Clara County Archaeological Society
2006 – Ventura County Archaeological Society
2005 – San Diego Archaeological Center
2004 – Colorado Desert Archaeological Society
2003 – Pacific Coast Archaeological Society
2002 – Kern County Archaeological Society
2001 – Coastal Marine Archaeological Resources
2000 – Luther and Betsy Bertrando, San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society
1999 – Sacramento Archaeological Society
1998 – Archaeological Survey Association of Southern California
1997 – Fort Guijarros Museum Foundation
1996 – Friends of Sierra Rockart
1995 – Santa Cruz Archaeological Society
1994 – San Diego Archaeological Society
1993 – Fresno Archaeological Society
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Thomas F. King Award for Excellence in Cultural Resources Management
This is given to an individual who shows outstanding leadership in the field of cultural resources management. Nominations are made to the Thomas F. King Award Committee and the award is presented at the Awards Banquet.
The deadline for 2010 submissions is January 1, 2010.Download the nomination form.
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Thomas F. King Award Recipients:
2009 – Duane Christian
2008 – Trish Fernandez
2007 – Information Centers of the California Historical Resource Inventory System
2006 – Stan Berryman
2005 – —
2004 – C. William Clewlow, Jr.
2003 – Adrian Praetzellis
2002 – Dwight Dutschke and Hans Kreutzberg
2001 – David Whitley
2000 – Michael J. Moratto
1999 – Brian Byrd
1998 – Thomas F. King
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California Indian Heritage Preservation Award
The Society for California Archaeology is honored to formally recognize contributions made by California Indians to the preservation of their cultural heritage. The desire to preserve the heritage of this state is something that California Indians and archaeologists have in common.
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Award Recipients:
2009 – Jay Johnson
2008 – Charlie Cooke
2007 – Dwight Dutschke
2006 – Julia Parker
2005 – Patrick Orozco
2004 – Carmen Lucas
2003 – Larry Myers
2002 – Preston Jefferson Arrow-weed
2001 – Otis Parrish
2000 – Katherine Siva Saubel
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We know that many generations of California Indians have struggled for cultural survival and autonomy. Through this struggle, they have persevered, and in doing so, have given us a greater understanding of their culture and history. Their perseverance has also led to the current blossoming of California Indian heritage.Recognizing that any one individual or group may have participated in many different ways, some examples of the kind of contributions this award is meant to honor include the following:
- Maintaining traditional ways and knowledge
- Creating cultural centers, demonstration sites, and workshops
- Publishing, and otherwise documenting traditional stories, songs, and history
- Educating archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians, thereby building bridges of understanding between the academic and traditional worlds
- Participating in legal contexts to safeguard the respect of their ancestors, achieve federal recognition of their tribes, or otherwise taking part at state and national levels for the well-being of their communities
- Improving the social, economic, and cultural well-being of their communities
The SCA California Indian Heritage Preservation Award was created to honor California Indians who have contributed to one or more of these important accomplishments. It is with sincere appreciation and respect that we offer this award each year from the year 2000 onward.
A nominee for this award:
- Need not be a member of the Society for California Archaeology.
- Must be nominated by a member of the Society for California Archaeology. Nonmembers may request a member to submit a nomination on their behalf.
- Must be a California Indian who has contributed to the preservation of his or her culture in a substantial way either through cumulative contributions or one exceptional contribution.
This award is most similar to the Society for California Archaeology's most prestigious award, the Lifetime Achievement Award. It is most often given for cumulative contributions (by an individual or group) that have spanned a lifetime and therefore tends to be reserved for elder candidates. It may, however, be given to more junior candidates for outstanding onetime contributions. The goal of the award is to recognize one outstanding individual or group. However, occasionally more than one award may be given. It is also possible to give the award to individuals or groups from the past.
The individual or group recipient of the California Indian Heritage Preservation Award is notified well ahead of time so that they and their supporters can plan to attend the banquet. They are identified during the meeting with a special ribbon on their name tag, are provided accommodation and travel by the SCA, and are hosted to the banquet.
The deadline for 2010 submissions is January 1, 2010. Download the nomination form.
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Outstanding Student Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting
Giving a paper or poster at the SCAs? Don't miss the opportunity to win money, prestige, a banquet ticket, and more! Submit your paper or poster by March 1st, 2010 to the SCA Student Paper Competition. Papers should be submitted as e-mail attachments to the SCA Business Office at scaoffice@scahome.org. Please indicate "Student Paper Competition" in the e-mail subject line. Also please include the name of a faculty advisor in the email. Papers should be a minimum of 8-10 pages in length double-spaced, with references. Poster session presentations should include all relevant files in full layout.
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Award Recipients:
2009 – Jarrod "X" Kellogg
2008 – Melanie Beasely
2007 – Tsim D. Schneider and Adrian R. Whitaker
2006 – Victoria Stosel
2005 – Shannon Tushingham
2004 – Clarus J. Backes, Jr.
2003 – —
2002 – Nathan Stevens
2001 – Alexander Degeorgey
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James A. Bennyhoff Memorial Fund Award
Award to support original research on the prehistory of California and the Great Basin, with special consideration given to projects emphasizing analysis of existing museum collections, those housed in regional repositories and/or those reported in inventories and reports which focus on: 1) the development, significant refinement and/or modification of time–sensitive typologies or seriation studies useful in identifying prehistoric spatial or temporal units, or 2) relating primary data to revision of existing culture historical taxonomic frameworks. Download the flyer for the award.
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Award Recipients
2009 – John Schlagheck
2008 – Teri Joslyn
2007 – Donna Gillette
2006 – Elizabeth Sutton
2005 – Allika Ruby
2004 – Deanna Grimstead and Brandon Patterson
2003 – Shannon Tushingham
2002 – Alexander Degeorgy
2001 – Kathleen Hull
2000 – Torbin Rick
1999 – Sharon McFarland
1998 – Eric Wohlgemuth
1997 – Rene Vellanoweth
1996 – Nelson Siefkin
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SCA student members are invited to submit research proposals for the James A. Bennyhoff Memorial Award. The award is intended to support original student research on the prehistory of California and the Great Basin.
Projects may involve more than one subdiscipline of anthropology and may have objectives beyond those of culture history; nonetheless, a significant portion of the study must involve direct work with artifacts or other primary source data (e.g., mission registers, historical/archival documents), and must show promise to enhance the scientific understanding of California and Great Basin prehistory. Research projects may involve preparation of a thesis, dissertation, or a formal refereed publication.
Funds from the award (up to $1,000) may be used by the recipient for any purpose directly related to the study; e.g., travel for the purpose of studying collections, photography, illustrations, graphics, radiocarbon studies, or obsidian analyses. Additional support is available to conduct up to 100 obsidian hydration readings (courtesy of Origer's Obsidian Laboratory), up to 50 obsidian source analyses (courtesy of Richard Hughes at Geochemical Research Laboratory)and up to four AMS dates courtesy of the CAMS facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Application for the Bennyhoff Memorial Fund Award should include:
- a concise statement of the research problem to be addressed
- a detailed budget
- a time–line for completion of different phases of the project
- a resume
- a letter of support from a faculty advisor
The applicant must complete the proposed research and submit a report to the committee within one calendar year of receipt of the award. Applications should be mailed to:
Tom Origer
(707) 584-8200
Any questions about the award can be directed in writing to the address above or e–mailed to the Committee Chair, Tom Origer. The recipient is announced during the banquet awards ceremony at the SCA Annual Meeting.
Below are award-winning research designs:
2007 – Donna Gillette
Dissertation research will be centered at the Hopland Research and Extension Center (HREC) in Mendocino County, California, the location of three clusters of boulders that exhibit visible signs of use and are thought to represent fertility ritual. Known as PCNs (Pecked Curvilinear Nucleated elements), these markings (i.e., rock art) are a portion of a broader tradition of cultural markings that are found at more than 100 sites throughout the Coastal Ranges of California. Field research at the HREC will include representatives of the Hopland Pomo people, and, in part, will focus on placing the tradition in a temporal context utilizing two existing collections (over 2,000 unanalyzed artifacts at UC Davis), a provenienced surface collection (360 artifacts from the HREC), and artifacts resulting from current subsurface investigations near the boulders. Obsidian hydration testing and sourcing will facilitate the study.
2006 – Elizabeth Sutton
Investigations of many archaeological sites in the Santa Barbara Channel region have recovered a large number of artifacts known as digging stick weights. This study will involve a systematic analysis of these tools to determine whether there are typological differences associated with temporal or spatial parameters, or with different soil types that can be associated with edible, underground resources. Similar kinds of differences will be analyzed for weights recovered from mortuary and residential contexts. At least 175 digging stick weights from the study area are known to be housed in the collections of at least four important institutions (UCSB, UCLA, UCB, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History).
2005 – Allika Ruby
An existing archaeological collection from ALA–413, the Santa Rita Village site, will be examined to investigate the timing of the Meganos Intrusion into the eastern Bay Region of central California . Chronological refinement of the collection will be undertaken through radiocarbon dating and obsidian hydration and sourcing analysis to assign specific traits to the Meganos culture. These data can then be used to reconstruct settlement patterns, long distance trade networks, and regional conflict.
2004 – Deanna Grimstead and Brandon Patterson
Work to support two thesis projects would establish the age of a group of prehistoric sites and components in the Cache Creek drainage. Once established, the associated lithic and faunal assemblages will be evaluated. Will attempt to understand trade relationships and projectile point maintenance.
2003 – ShannonTushingham
Attempt to refine the regional chronology of the northwest coast by observing trends in time sensitive markers, focusing on coastal versus interior occupation. Intends to sample sites in a variety of environmental contexts: Smith River, Pacific coast, Lakes Earl and Talawa estuaries, and mountainous uplands of interior. Proposed to present data at SCA meeting.
2002 – Alexander Degeorgy
Identifying Paleo–Indian and Lower Archaic sites within the Cache Creek Primitive Area through implementation of principles of geomorphology for Master's thesis. Collection of obsidian from landforms to understand temporal position of sites and establish landscape evolution chronology for region.
2001 – Kathleen Hull
Study of short– and long–term cultural consequences of population decline at Euroamerican contact in Yosemite Valley using archaeological, ethnohistoric, and ethnographic data. Identifying pre– and post–contact sites through radiocarbon and obsidian hydration analyses; characterize obsidian geochemical makeup to contrast material acquisition in pre– and post–contact periods.
2000 – Torbin Rick
Obtained three AMS radiocarbon dates on shell fishhooks from the Channel Islands of southern California as part of a larger study to date shell fishhooks throughout California coast. Findings published in Radiocarbon, Volume 43, No. 1, 2001 (pp. 83–86), with acknowledgement of financial support from SCA Bennyhoff fund; larger study submitted for review to Journal of Archaeological Science; paper given at SCA. Obtained AMA date of 560 cal. BP on single–piece fishhook originally dated by association to 5500 BP; earliest dates for these artifact forms are thought to be 3000 cal BP based on additional AMS dates. Emphasized the uses of AMS dating to refine artifact, site, and regional chronologies.
1999 – Sharon McFarland
Temporal and geographical boundaries and change in long distance and local obsidian exchange systems in San Diego County. Obsidian from Archaic sites form Coso (eastern California); obsidian from Late Prehistoric sites usually Obsidian Butte in Imperial Valley. Thesis finished and defended at SDSU. Fifty–two specimens analyzed through fund (total of 941 for thesis). Relationship between source and region was statistically significant (north–south inter–group exchange routes replaced by east–west intra–group trade), but not mutually exclusive; a third important source in the region was identified, from near San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. A hydration rate for the Obsidian Butte source was proposed (t=47microns 2) using arrow points (no dart points available) in conjunction with radiocarbon dates and the Coso hydration rate.
1998 – Eric Wohlgemuth
Data for dissertation on the evolution of intensive plant use in native Central California – resolve discontinuities in radiocarbon and hydration for two Solano County sites. No write up of findings, but three presentations given: Sacramento Archaeological Society; SCA Annual meeting;' SCA Northern Data Sharing meeting. Funds used for one of several AMS dates from rock features to date a potentially early cemetery at SOL–315 (Windmiller or Early Berkeley). Middle Period dates were returned. Radiocarbon dates on human bone from the cemetery indicated they were 4000–4500 hears old. Additional radiocarbon and hydration analysis form nearby site SOL–391 indicated a 4800–3400 BP occupation associated with passive acorn leaching pits dug in an area with a high seasonal water table.
1997 – Rene Vellanoweth
AMS date of Olivella Grooved Rectangle bead from Fort Rock Valley, Oregon. Part of a larger study of the chronometric refinement of OGR beads and other shell artifacts throughout western North America. Paper to be submitted to Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology . In general OGR beads from southern California date to about 5000 CYBP, while those in the Great Basin tend to be about 500 to 2,000 years younger (based on associated charcoal dates). The AMS date of a bead associated with 4000 BP radiocarbon dates from structural floors was about 5000 cal BP, indicating that the temporal lag between desert and coast may not be real.
1996 – Nelson Siefkin
Excavations at KIN–66/H, a large, natural mound on the shore of Tulare Lake dating to the Middle and Late prehistoric/historic periods, revealed a burial with over 5,000 associated Olivella and Haliotis beads. He hypothesizes that the complete split–punched beads represent raw material for bead blanks as opposed to finished beads. Proposed to examine bead detritus fromKin–66/H, and reevaluate temporal placement of split–punched beads of Tulare Lake Basin. Ran radiocarbon dates on Anodonta mussel (no correction factors for freshwater mussel from San Juaquin Valley). Two dated to the Middle Period, two in the Middle/Late Transition, and one in the Late Period; all but one of the Middle Period dates agreed with associated artifacts. It was also concluded that split punched beads did not serve solely as raw materials but were opportunistically utilized. |
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