2008

ALICE HAMILTON SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

            The 2008 Colorado Archaeological Society Alice Hamilton Scholarship Award Committee awarded $4,550 this spring to a field of twelve finalists consisting of two undergraduates, nine Masters Candidates and one PhD Student.

 

            All of this year’s applicants were well qualified and were strongly supported with Letters of Recommendation from top archaeological educators and researchers around Colorado and other states.  Students were from four separate institutions across the state, and requests involved research from Paleo through Historic periods.

 

            The Scholarship requirement is that students be enrolled (at least half-time load) at a Colorado institution of higher education in archaeology or related field.  Awards are made on the quality of the application and worthiness of the project as it pertains to the enrichment of the field of archaeology (with an emphasis on Colorado, Southwestern or Rocky Mountain archaeology).

 

The Scholarship fund monies are generated by donation and through fund-raising activities at the State and local Chapter levels.  $750 is the maximum award allowed to any one student.

 

STEPHAN MATT, Undergraduate, Ft. Lewis College, Durango                                              $300

For Senior Seminar field work expenses:  Chimney Rock Archaeological Area survey

 

SARAH STUGART, Undergraduate, Ft. Lewis College, Durango                                            $200

For Field School expenses:  Fort Lewis College archaeological field school

 

KATHERINE ARNTZEN, Masters Candidate, University of Denver, Denver                       $325

For thesis fieldwork expenses:  Ocasta-By-The-Sea, Washington, comparative study of an NPRR town as advertised, as remembered via on-going oral history, and as built, via ground-penetrating radar

 

* EMILY BAN K, Masters Candidate, Colorado State University, Fort Collins                      $325

For thesis fieldwork expenses: Archival study of marine and freshwater shell usage throughout eastern Colorado

 

AMANDA BENSEY, Masters Candidate, University of Denver, Denver                                $500

For thesis fieldwork expenses:  Ground-penetrating radar investigation of ten unexcavated “small” sites on the south side of Chaco Canyon

 

ALISON BREDHAUER, Masters Candidate, University of Colorado, Boulder                      $500

For thesis fieldwork expenses:  Investigation of Ancestral Puebloan towers in the Comb Ridge area of SE Utah

 

CHARLES EVANS, Masters Candidate, Colorado State University, Fort Collins                  $450

For thesis laboratory analysis expenses:  Obsidian sourcing and other lab work on materials previously collected from sites along the St. Charles River in SE Colorado

 

* ERIN PARKS, Masters Candidate, Colorado State University, Fort Collins                       $375

For thesis research travel expenses:  Investigation into public interpretation of PaleoIndian sites; the results are to be applied to the public interpretation of the Lindenmeier site in Fort Collins

 

JAKOB SEDIG, Masters Candidate, University of Colorado, Boulder                                    $400

For thesis research travel expenses:  Interpretation of projectile point function by use-wear analysis and analysis of fracture patterns

 

* ABRAHAM THOMPSON, Masters Candidate, Colorado State University, Fort Collins    $450

For thesis fieldwork materials:  Incremental borer and temperature gun to assess the impact of wildfire on the archaeological record; Upper Greybull River, Wyoming.

 

MICHELLE TROGDON, Masters Candidate, University of Colorado, Boulder                      $325

For thesis fieldwork:  For support of geochemical analysis of ancient agricultural terraces in Oaxaca, Mexico

 

CODY NEWTON, PhD Student, University of Colorado, Boulder                                             $400

For dissertation research expenses:  Purchase of a metal detector for the search for and identification of protohistoric Native American sites in eastern Colorado

 

* CAS student member

 

A heartfelt thank-you is extended to all students who applied.  It is very interesting and rewarding for the committee members to read and rank the applications.  The decisions were, as always, quite difficult as all the submissions were worthy of support.  Students are encouraged to apply again next year, if they still meet the eligibility requirements.

 

 

One of the additional requirements and benefits of these scholarships to

both applicants and CAS members:

 

Students are requested to submit a short written summary on how the monies were used, and are encouraged to present their research findings (or a progress report) at the CAS annual meeting, or perhaps at a local Chapter monthly meeting.

 

Completed papers may also be submitted for publication in CAS’ respected quarterly journal,

Southwestern Lore.

 

 

            CAS members who are interested in reading applications may contact the Committee via email, phone or mail.  This report is being sent to all winners, their references, CAS Chapters and to various Colorado public and educational entities as a press release.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Phil Williams

Phil Williams, Chair, CAS Alice Hamilton Scholarship Fund Committee

ahsfc@hotmail.com, p2pwms@comcast.net

7230 Fleetwood Ct., Colorado Springs, CO 80919   719-594-0176

 

Southwestern Lore 

Contact: Judi Halasi, Editor

judith.halasi@frontrange.edu

CAS Annual Meeting

Montrose, CO, September 26-28, 2008

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