This award recognizes an outstanding student conference paper based on original research. All student members of SAA in good standing are eligible to participate. Committee members evaluate papers anonymously, scoring them on the 1) quality of arguments presented; 2) quality of supporting data; 3) contribution to broader methodological or theoretical issues in archaeology; 4) contribution to understanding a specific region or topic; 5) quality of writing, paper structure and length; and 6) quality, appropriateness and number of graphics for a 15-minute oral presentation. The award winner receives acknowledgement from the SAA president and more than $1000 worth of books and other prizes.
The following publishers sponsored the 2010 winner:
- University of Alabama Press
- University of Arizona Press
- AltaMira Press
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishers
- University of California Press
- University Press of Colorado
- Elsevier
- University Press of Florida
- Harvard University Press
- University of Iowa Press
- Left Coast Press
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Oxford University Press
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- University of Pittsburgh Latin American Archaeology Publications
- School for Advanced Research Press
- Southern Methodist University Press
- Statistical Research Inc. Press
- University of Tennessee Press
- Thames and Hudson
- University of Utah Press
Thank you to our sponsors for recognizing the importance of student research in archaeology and contributing generously to this award!!
Requirements
The paper abstract must be accepted by SAA for the upcoming annual meeting.
- A student must be the primary author of the paper and be the presenter at the meeting. The paper abstract must be accepted by SAA for the upcoming annual meeting.
- The paper must be double-spaced, with 1-inch margins and 12-pt font. Please do not submit raw data unless they are to be presented as part of the paper itself. An average 15-minute paper is approximately 8 pages long (double-spaced, not including references cited). Any paper longer than this will be docked points.
- The student must submit electronic copies of 1) a separate title page with name and full contact information; 2) the conference paper containing slide call outs and references; and 3) pdfs of all PowerPoint slides, with numbered captions, to be used in the oral presentation. Please DO NOT put your name anywhere besides the cover sheet so that your paper may be reviewed anonymously by the committee.
- The student must have a faculty or supervisory sponsor review the paper before the student submits it to the Student Paper Award Committee.
- The faculty/supervisory sponsor must send an email to the submission address at the time of paper submission saying that he/she has read and approved the paper being submitted.
Helpful Links
Student Paper Award Committee scoring matrix
Creating good PowerPoint presentations:
http://desktoppub.about.com/od/microsoft/bb/powerpointrules.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/resources/technology/business-software/presenting-with-powerpoint-10-dos-and-donts.aspx#Powerpointtips
http://www.ezinearticles.com/?Creating-a-Professional-Microsoft-PowerPoint-Presentation&id=166464
Deadline for Paper Submission
January 12, 2011
Contact
Rebecca H. Schwendler
Chair, SAA Student Paper Award Committee
National Trust for Historic Preservation
535 16th St., Suite 750
Denver, CO 80202
E-mail: rebecca_schwendler@nthp.org
Awardees
2010
John M. Marston, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California at Los Angeles
“Identifying Agricultural Risk Management Using Paleoethnobotanical Remains”
2009
Michael Mathiowetz, University of California at Riverside
“The Son of God Who is in the Sun: Political Authority and the Personified Sun God in Ancient West and Northwest Mexico”
2009*
David Anderson, Tulane University
“Xtobo and the Emergent Preclassic of Northwest Yucatan, Mexico”
*notable second place winner
2007
Scott Ortman, Arizona State University
"Population Biology of the Four Corners to Rio Grande Migration"
2006
Metin I. Eren, Southern Methodist University, and Mary E. Prendergast, Harvard University
"The Reduction Rumble! A Comparison of Reduction Values, Means, and Ranges"
2005
Elizabeth Horton (with Christina Rieth), Washington State University
"Style, Function and Ceramic Manufacture: A Case Study from Central New York"
2004
Briana L. Popiner and David R. Braun, Rutgers University
"Strengthening the Inferential Link between Cutmark Frequency Data and Oldowan Hominid
Behavior: Results from Modern Butchery Experiments"
2003
Devin Alan White, University of Colorado at Boulder
"Hyperspectral Remote Sensing in Southern Arizona"
2002
Christopher Morehart, Florida State University
"A Paleoethnobotanical Perspective in Ancient Maya Cave Utilization"
2000
Nathan S. Lowrey (with Thomas C. Pleger), American University
"Landscapes of Contention: Socioeconomic Intensification and the Rise of Communalism among the Late Woodland and Effigy Mound Cultures"