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year at its annual meeting, the ArchaeologicalInstitute of America recognizes
people who have made outstanding contributions to the field of archaeology.This
year I was honored to present the Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological
Achievement, the Institutes highest award, to Patty Jo Watson, the Edward
Each Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of Archaeology at Washington
University, St. Louis, and an Academic Trustee of the AIA. Patty Jo began her archaeologicalcareer at the Universityof Chicago, where she studied with Robert Braidwood,
the 1971 Gold Medal recipient. Her earliest research addressed the origins of agriculture and pastoralism in the Middle East, but she
soon branched out to undertake a groundbreaking
ethnoarchaeological study in western Iran. In
North America she has conducted excavations at
Kentucky's Mammoth Cave and co-directed the
Cibola Archaeological Research Project at a large
Zuni pueblo site. Finally, she has been a consultant
on the Xiolangdi Dam SalvageArchaeological Project at Bancum, China. Her landmark publication,
ArchaeologicalExplanation : The Scientific Method
in Archaeologyy is now required reading for stuc
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dents of archaeology.With its awarding of the Gold
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Medal, the AIA celebrates the breadth and depth
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of Patty Jo Watsons archaeological career.
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Edward V. Sayre, has had a distinguished
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career in the field of archaeological chemistry.
Patty Jo Watson excavating
While at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, he
Colorado'sHourglassCave
developed a program for the application of neutron activation analysis to a wide variety of materials, that has allowed archaeologists
to reconstruct ancient trade networks in ceramics, steatite, silver,jade, limestone, and
glass.
The James R. Wiseman Book Award was presented to Joseph Coleman Carter for
The Chora of Metaponto: The Necropoleis(Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998), an
interdisciplinary effort to chronicle burials at the Greek colony of Metaponto in
southern Italy..The Conservation and Heritage Management Award was presented to
Lawrence J. Majewski of New York University's Institute of Fine Arts in recognition
of his lifelong dedication to the field of conservation. We were saddened to learn that
Majewski died on December 2, several weeks after receiving the award.
Finally,the Undergraduate Teaching Award was presented to Patrick Thomas of the
Universityof Evansville,who was cited for his tireless devotion to his students, and the
Joukowsky Distinguished Service Award was given to James R. Wiseman in recognition of his extraordinaryand long-standing commitment to the AIA and its mission. On
behalf of the AIA and its members, I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all of this
year's honorees.

Nancy C. Wilkie
ofAmerica
Institute
President,Archaeological
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