About the Texas Archeological Society

Texas Archeological Society Awards

Winners of TAS AWARDS, announced at the banquet for the Annual Meeting in San Antonio, October 27, 2007:

Congratulations to these very special TAS members!

• Fellow – Patricia Mercado-Allinger
• Distinguished Service Award – Joe D. Hudgins
• Golden Pen Award – Jay C. Blaine
• Francis Stickney Field School Award – Neal Stilley and Gladys Swanson
• C. K. Chandler Avocational Sites Recorded Award – David L. Calame, Sr.

The TAS offers six awards to members in recognition of outstanding service to the Society and to Texas archeology. The awards are:

FELLOW: Awarded to a TAS member for major contributions to the TAS and to Texas archeology. This is the most prestigious award; no more than one Fellow award is given per year.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Awarded to an individual or group, usually but not necessarily TAS members, for a specific major service to the TAS, to Texas archeology, or to both.

GOLDEN PEN: Awarded to an avocational TAS member for a significant published contribution or contributions to Texas archeology.

TEXAS BIFACE: A stewardship award presented to an avocational TAS member for contributions to the preservation of cultural resources in Texas.

FRANCIS STICKNEY FIELD SCHOOL AWARD: Awarded to an individual for major contribution(s) to the annual summer field school in archeology.

C.K. CHANDLER AWARD: Given to the avocational archeologist who records the most sites during the course of a year.

The award is named in honor of C.K. Chandler, a prodigious site recorder, the award will recognize members' efforts to document our irreplaceable and often endangered archeological sites.  The recipient must be a TAS member in good standing.  Site documentation must be submitted to the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory for an official trinomial.  Documentation should minimally include a completed electronic TexSite form (an electronic program developed by the Texas Historical Commission for site data recording) and a site location plotting on a 1:24,000 USGS topographic quadrangle base map.  Don't forget to include the landowner information!

The sites recorded cannot be part of a funded project. The award will cover the period from 1 September through 31 August of the following year.

Please contact Jonathan Jarvis at jjarvis@mail.utexas.edu, trinomials@austin.utexas.edu, or (512) 471-5959 if you need assistance with TexSite, navigating the trinomial process, or site recording in general.

Nominations for 2008 awards should be submitted to the Awards Committee Chairperson (Alan Skinner) at arcdigs@aol.com or 11020 Audelia Road, C105, Dallas TX 75243-9085.

See History to view previous winners.