The J. C. Harrington Award was established in by the
Society for Historical Archaeology The Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) is a professional organization of scholars concerned with the archaeology of the modern world (15th century-present). Founded in 1967, the SHA promotes scholarly research and the dissemination of knowledg ...
and is named in honor of
J. C. Harrington (1901–1998), a pioneer founder of historical archaeology in North America. The award is presented for a "life-time of contributions to the discipline centered on scholarship". The award is an inscribed medal. No more than one Harrington Award is presented each year.
List of medal recipients
Source
Society for Historical Archeology*1982
J. C. Harrington
Jean Carl Harrington (October 25, 1901 – April 19, 1998) was an American archaeologist best known for his work at Jamestown, Virginia and his contributions to the methodology of historical archaeology. He has been called the "father of hist ...
*1983
Charles H. Fairbanks
*1984
John L. Cotter
*1985 Kenneth E. Kidd
*1986 George I. Quimby
*1987 Arthur Woodward*,
Stanley South
Stanley A. South (February 2, 1928 - March 20, 2016) was an American archaeologist who was a major proponent of the processual archaeology movement. South's major contributions to archaeology deal in helping to legitimize it as a more scientific e ...
*1988
Edward B. Jelks
*1989 Bert Salwen* Carlyle Shreeve Smith
*1991
Ivor Noël Hume
Ivor Noël Hume, OBE (30 September 1927 – 4 February 2017) was a British-born archaeologist who did research in the United States. A former director of Colonial Williamsburg’s archaeological research program and the author of more than 20 boo ...
*1993 Bernard L. Fontana
*1995
Kathleen K. Gilmore
*1997
James Deetz
*1999
George F. Bass
*2000
Roderick Sprague
Roderick Sprague III (February 18, 1933 – August 20, 2012) was an American anthropologist, ethnohistorian and historical archaeologist, and the emeritus Director of the Laboratory of Anthropology at the University of Idaho in Moscow, where h ...
*2001 Roberta S. Greenwood
*2002 Charles E. Cleland
*2003 Merrick Posnansky
*2004
Kathleen A. Deagan
Kathleen A. Deagan is an American archaeologist who primarily focuses on excavations in Florida and the Caribbean. Known for her History, historic archaeology which uncovered the colonial past of ''Spanish Florida, La Florida'', and work in St. A ...
*2005 Marcel Moussette
*2006 Donald L. Hardesty
*2007
William Kelso
William M. Kelso, C.B.E., Ph.D., F.S.A. (born 30 March 1941), often referred to as Bill Kelso, is an American archaeologist specializing in Virginia's colonial period, particularly the Jamestown settlement. He is currently the Emeritus Director ...
*2008 James E. Ayres
*2009 Robert L. Schuyler
*2010
Judy Bense
*2011
Pilar Luna Erreguerena
*2012 George Miller
*2013
*2014
Theresa A. Singleton
*2015
Douglas D. Scott
*2016
Mark P. Leone
*2017
Leland Ferguson
*2018
Julia A. King
*2019
Charles E. Orser
*2020
Henry M. Miller
*2022
Martha A. Zierden
*2023
Julia G. Costello
*2024 Paul R. Mullins*,
David G. Orr
*2025
Paul A. Shackel
* awarded posthumously
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List of archaeology awards
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List of history awards
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