Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America
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The Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement is awarded by the Archaeological Institute of America
in "recognition of a scholar who has made distinguished contributions to archaeology through his or her fieldwork, publications, and/or teaching."
It is the Institute's highest award. First awarded in 1965, it has been awarded annually since 1969.
Archaeological Institute of America
The Archaeological Institute of America is a North American nonprofit organization devoted to the promotion of public interest in archaeology, and the preservation of archaeological sites. It has offices on the campus of Boston University and in New York City.The institute was founded in 1879,...
in "recognition of a scholar who has made distinguished contributions to archaeology through his or her fieldwork, publications, and/or teaching."
It is the Institute's highest award. First awarded in 1965, it has been awarded annually since 1969.
List of AIA Gold Medal winners
- 2011: Susan Irene RotroffSusan Irene RotroffSusan Irene Rotroff is an American archaeologist, and Jarvis Thurston and Mona Van Duyn Professor in the Humanities, at Washington University in St. Louis.She graduated from Princeton University, with a Ph.D in 1976...
- 2010: John Humphrey
- 2009: Henry Tutwiler Wright
- 2008: James Wiseman
- 2007: Larissa BonfanteLarissa BonfanteLarissa Bonfante is an American classicist, Professor of Classics at New York University and an authority on Etruscan language and culture.Born in Naples, 1929, daughter of professor Giuliano Bonfante , Bonfante studied fine arts and classics at Barnard College, gaining her BA in 1954; she gained...
- 2006: Maria C. Shaw and Joseph W. Shaw
- 2005: Lionel CassonLionel CassonLionel Casson was a classicist, professor emeritus at New York University, and a specialist in maritime history. Casson earned his B.A. in 1934 at New York University, and in 1936 became an assistant professor. He went on to earn his Ph.D. there in 1939...
- 2004: David B. StronachDavid StronachDavid Stronach is a Scottish archeologist of ancient Iran and Iraq. He is currently a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.Stronach is a leading Western expert on the city of Pasargadae. He obtained an Master of Arts from Cambridge University in 1958. In the 1960s and 1970s he was...
- 2003: Philip BetancourtPhilip BetancourtPhilip P. Betancourt is an American archaeologist, author, and a specialist in the Aegean Bronze Age. He is the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Temple University and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology...
- 2002: Robert McCormick AdamsRobert McCormick Adams, Jr.Robert McCormick Adams Jr. is a U.S. anthropologist.Born in Chicago, he received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1957, where he was also employed as a member of the faculty. He served as the provost of the University of Chicago from 1982 and 1984. He served as the secretary of the...
- 2001: Emmett L. Bennett, Jr.
- 1999: Patty Jo WatsonPatty Jo WatsonPatty Jo Watson is an American archaeologist renowned for her work on Pre-Columbian Native Americans, especially in the Mammoth Cave region of Kentucky. She is now Distinguished University Professor Emerita, Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis...
- 1998: Anna Marguerite McCann
- 1997: Clemency Chase Coggins
- 1996: Wilhelmina F. JashemskiWilhelmina Feemster JashemskiWilhelmina Mary Feemster Jashemski was a noted scholar of the ancient site of Pompeii, where her archaeological investigations focused on the evidence of gardens and horticulture in the ancient city....
- 1995: R. Ross Holloway
- 1994: Emeline RichardsonEmeline Hill RichardsonEmeline Hill Richardson was a notable classical archaeologist and Etruscan scholar. She studied at Radcliffe College, receiving an A.B. in 1932 and an M.A. in 1935. In 1935/36 she studied with Bernard Ashmole at the University of London. She completed her Ph.D. in 1939 at Radcliffe College...
- 1993: Charles Kaufman Williams, II
- 1992: Evelyn Byrd Harrison
- 1991: Machteld J. MellinkMachteld MellinkMachteld Johanna Mellink was an archaeologist who studied Near Eastern cultures and history....
- 1990: John W. Hayes
- 1989: Virginia R. Grace
- 1988: Brunilde Sismondo RidgwayBrunilde Sismondo RidgwayBrunilde Sismondo Ridgway, born in 1929 in Chieti , is an art historian and specialist in ancient Greek sculpture.-Life:The daughter of an Italian officer, she spent her childhood in Ethiopia, where her father is stationed. After World War II, she studied classics at the University of Messina,...
and John Desmond ClarkJ. Desmond ClarkJohn Desmond Clark was a British archaeologist noted particularly for his work on prehistoric Africa.Educated at Monkton Combe School near Bath, J. Desmond Clark graduated with a B.A... - 1987: Dorothy Burr ThompsonDorothy Burr ThompsonDorothy Burr Thompson was a classical archaeologist and art historian at Bryn Mawr College and a leading authority on Hellenistic terracotta figurines.-Biography:...
- 1986: George F. BassGeorge Bass (archaeologist)George Fletcher Bass is recognized as one of the early practitioners of underwater archaeology, along with Peter Throckmorton, Honor Frost, and others....
- 1985: Saul S. Weinberg and Gladys Davidson Weinberg
- 1984: Margaret Thompson
- 1983: James Bennet PritchardJames B. PritchardJames Bennett Pritchard was an American archeologist whose work explicated the interrelationships of the religions of ancient Israel, Canaan, Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon...
- 1982: Peter H. von BlanckenhagenPeter von BlanckenhagenPeter Heinrich von Blanckenhagen was a scholar of Roman art, and especially ancient wall painting.Born in Latvia, von Blanckenhagen and his family fled to Germany following the Bolshevik Revolution. It was in German universities that he received his training in classical archaeology...
- 1981: William Andrew McDonaldWilliam Andrew McDonaldWilliam Andrew McDonald was an American archaeologist born in Ontario, Canada. In 1935, he graduated from the University of Toronto with first class honors in classical studies. In 1936, McDonald received his Master's degree in ancient history from the same university...
- 1980: John Langdon Caskey
- 1979: Dows Dunham
- 1978: George M.A. HanfmannGeorge M.A. HanfmannGeorge Maxim Anossov Hanfmann was a famous archaeologist and scholar of ancient Mediterranean art.-Biography:...
- 1977: Lucy Shoe MerittLucy Taxis Shoe MerittLucy Taxis Shoe Meritt was a classical archaeologist and a scholar of Greek architectural ornamentation and mouldings.-Biography:...
- 1976: Edith PoradaEdith PoradaEdith Porada was an art historian and archaeologist, a leading authority on ancient cylinder seals and a professor of art history and archaeology at Columbia University.- About :...
- 1975: Eugene Vanderpool
- 1974: Margarete Bieber
- 1973: Gordon R. WilleyGordon WilleyGordon Randolph Willey was an American archaeologist famous for his fieldwork in South and Central America as well as the southeastern United States...
- 1972: Homer A. ThompsonHomer ThompsonHomer Armstrong Thompson was a leading classical archaeologist of the twentieth century, specializing in ancient Greece....
- 1971: Robert John BraidwoodRobert John BraidwoodRobert John Braidwood was an American archaeologist and anthropologist, one of the founders of scientific archaeology, and a leader in the field of Near Eastern Prehistory.-Life:...
- 1970: George E. MylonasGeorge E. MylonasGeorge Emmanuel Mylonas was a prominent Greek and Aegean archaeologist....
- 1969: Oscar Theodore BroneerOscar BroneerOscar Theodore Broneer was a Swedish American archaeologist prominent for his work on Ancient Greece.-Biography:...
, Rhys CarpenterRhys CarpenterRhys Carpenter was a classical art historian and professor at Bryn Mawr College.Carpenter was born in Cotuit, Massachusetts. He took his B.A. in Classics at Columbia University in 1909. Carpenter won a Rhodes scholarship at Oxford, studying at Balliol College. There he published his own poetry...
, and William B. Dinsmoor, Jr.William Bell Dinsmoor, Jr.William Bell Dinsmoor, Jr. was an American classical archaeologist and architectural historian.-Biography:He was born on July 2, 1923 in New York City to William Bell Dinsmoor and Zillah F... - 1966: Hetty Goldman
- 1965: Carl W. BlegenCarl BlegenCarl William Blegen was an American archaeologist famous for his work on the site of Pylos in modern day Greece and Troy in modern day Turkey...
External links
- Gold Medal Awards Archaeological Institute of America web site