The awards bestowed by FAS, much like the mission of the organization, commend the building of bridges between the professional archaeological community and all those with an interest in the heritage of Florida and protection of its rich cultural record.
FAS Certificates of Achievement
Chapters wanting to award FAS Certificates of Achievement to one or two (the maximum) of their members are encouraged to send the name(s) and a description of achievements by February 15th prior to each year’s Annual Meeting to the current FAS President.
ANNUAL MEETINGS AND AWARDS
| YEAR | LOCATION | HOST(S) | RIPLEY P. BULLEN AWARD | WILLIAM C. LAZARUS AWARD | ARTHUR R. LEE CHAPTER AWARD | CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT | OTHER RECOGNITIONS |
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| 2024 | Pensacola | Pensacola Archaeological Society, FPAN, UWF, AAS | Jan Lloyd | John F. Furey | St. Augustine Archaeological Association, AND Time Sifters Archaeology Society | Lifetime Achievement: Dr. Judy Bense | President's Award: Deborah Mullins and Andrea White, TFA Editors 2007-11 | Dorothy Moore Research Grant: Dennis Pierson (USF) and Colby Grant (USF) | Student Prize: Alyssa Catlin | |
| 2023 | ST. AUGUSTINE | St. Augustine Archaeological Association | Panhandle Archaeological Society at Tallahassee (PAST) | President's Award: Joanne Talley | Dorothy Moore Research Grant: Jaime Rogers | |||
| 2022 | MIAMI | Archaeological Society of Southern Florida | Lifetime Achievement: Dr. Barbara A. Purdy | ||||
| 2021 | FAS WEBSITE | Florida Anthropological Society | Sarah Miller | Linda Allred | Warm Mineral Springs/Little Salt Spring Archaeological Society | Thomas Franchino and Steve Tutko both SWFAS | Dorothy Moore Research Grant: Emilee McGann | FAS Student Paper: Crystal Wright |
| 2020 | NO MEETING | ||||||
| 2019 | CRYSTAL RIVER | Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society, Florida Public Archaeology Network Central Regional Center | Theresa Schober | Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society (CGCAS), the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) West Central and Central Offices, the Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological Research and Education (AWIARE), and the University of South Florida (USF) Anthropology Department | Lifetime Achievement: Louis Tesar | FAS President's Award: Sarah Bennett and Pat Balanzategui | Dorothy Moore Research Grant: Jessica Jenkins | ||
| 2018 | ST. PETERSBURG | USF St. Pete & AWIARE | Chris Davenport | Joanne Talley | Archaeological Society of Southern Florida | Janet Gooding: SWFAS | FAS President's Award: Pat Balanzatiqui | FAS Student Paper Competition Winner: Kendall Jackson, University of South Florida | Dorothy Moore Research Grant: Jamie Rogers, University of Central Florida | Sally McKeige Research Award; Ryan Harke, University of South Florida | Warm Mineral Springs/Little Salt Springs Student Travel Grants: Christina L. Bolte, University of West Florida, Rachel Hilt, University of Miami |
| 2017 | JACKSONVILLE | University of North Florida Archaeology Lab, Archaeological Institute of America-Jacksonville Chapter | Ann S. Cordell | Indian River Anthropological Society | Liz Clement and Jack Harvey: SWFAS | 2017 Annual Meeting Committee Chair Keith Ashley, UNF Archaeology Lab & Jacksonville Chapter of the America Institute of Archaeology | FAS Student Paper Competition Winner: Jessica Jenkins, University of Florida | Dorothy Moore Research Grant: Christina Bolte, University of West Florida | Chuck and Jane Wilde Research Award: Henna Bhramdat, Florida Atlantic University | Warm Mineral Springs/Little Salt Springs Student Travel Grants: Jennifer Dewey, Florida Atlantic University; Kendal Jackson, University of South Florida; Jenni Baggett, University of West Florida |
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| 2016 | JUPITER | Palm Beach County Archaeological Society | Frank Bushnell | Palm Beach County Archaeological Society | Lonnie B. Mann and James S. Dunbar: PAST | FAS Education Committee, Inaugural Chair Jason Wenzel, Current Chair Jennifer Knutson | FAS Student Paper Competition Winners: Nathan Lawres, University of Florida and S. Lee Johns, University of North Florida | Dorothy Moore Research Grant: Nathan Lawres, University of Florida | Chuck and Jane Wilde Research Award: Janene Johnston, University of West Florida | Warm Mineral Springs/Little Salt Springs Student Travel Grant: Henna Bhramdat, Florida Atlantic University |
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| 2015 | SARASOTA | Time Sifters Archaeology Society | Steve Koski | David Burns | Panhandle Archaeological Society at Tallahassee | FAS President's Award: Joanne Talley | Dorothy Moore Research Grant: Kristen Hall | FAS Student Prize: Nathan Lawres and Eric Prendergast | | |
| 2014 | PUNTA GORDA | Warm Mineral Springs/Little Salt Spring Archaeology Society | George Luer | Nick McAuliffe | FAS President Award: Theresa Schober | ||
| 2013 | ST. AUGUSTINE | Time Sifters Archaeology Society | FAS President Award: Charles Reynolds | Chuck Wilde Award: Katherine Higgins (UF) | Dorothy Moore Student Grant: Kendal Jackson (USFSP) | ||||
| 2012 | TALLAHASSEE | Panhandle Archaeological Society at Tallahassee | Steve Martin | Emerald Coast Archaeological Society | Pat Balanzategui: Emerald Coast Archaeological Society | Chuck Wilde Award: Crystal Gieger | Dorothy Moore Student Grant: Christopher Hunt | Student Paper Award: Melissa Timo |
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| 2011 | ORLANDO | Central Florida Anthropological Society | Barbara Purdy | Kathryn Betz & Matthew Betz: Southwest Florida Archaeological Society; | Jean Lucas: Emerald Coast Archaeological Society | |||
| 2010 | FORT MYERS | Southwest Florida Archaeological Society | Anne Reynolds | Bill Lucas & Pat Balanztegui: Emerald Coast Archaeological Society ; | |||
| 2009 | PENSACOLA | Pensacola Archaeological Society | Joyce Nunnery: Emerald Coast Archaeological Society | Barbara Wright: Pensacola Archaeological Society | FAS Board of Directors Award: Ryan Wheeler | Student Paper Award: Lee Bloch; Jana Futch | |||
| 2008 | ST. PETERSBURG | Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society | Carl D. Halbirt | {1st award with new name. A proclamation to Art R. Lee was read by Patty Flynn and a plaque was presented to Art’s widow, Lynn, and son Art Lee III} Warm Mineral Springs/Little Salt Spring Archaeological Society | Gene Feicht & Dennis Guy: Pensacola Archaeological Society | Thor and Grace Larsen: Kissimmee Valley Archaeological and Historical Conservancy | FAS President Acknowledgement: Jack and Dottie Thompson; Terry Simpson | FAS President Award: George M. Luer | FAS Board of Directors Tribute: Eileen and Wilbur Aist | |
| 2007 | LAKE WALES | Kissimmee Valley Archaeological and Historical Conservancy | Steve & Alyne Busch: Kissimmee Valley Archaeological and Historical Conservancy | Shari Arnold & Edward Jacobs: Central Florida Anthropological Society | Student Paper Award: Willet Boyer | |||
| 2006 | STUART | Southeast Florida Archaeological Society | Tom McCaskey: Emerald Coast Archaeological Society | Ken Alderman & John Crane: Pensacola Archaeological Society | FAS Board of Directors Award: Sheila Stewart | Student Paper Award: Willet Boyer | |||
| 2005 | GAINESVILLE | Christine L. Newman | Dorothy Thompson & Don Taggart: Southwest Florida Archaeological Society | John Jansen: Emerald Coast Archaeological Society | FAS Board of Directors Award: Tommy Abood; Sally McKeige | Student Paper Award: Neill Wallis | |||
| 2004 | FT. LAUDERDALE | Broward County Archaeological Society | Southwest Florida Archaeological Association | Betsy McCarthy & Jo Ann Gray: Southwest Florida Archaeological Society | Jan Lloyd & Kay Gautier: Pensacola Archaeological Society | FAS Board of Directors Award: Phyllis Kolianos; Steve Martin; Ryan Wheeler | Student Paper Award: David Thulman | ||
| 2003 | TALLAHASSEE | Panhandle Archaeological Society at Tallahassee | Scott Mitchell | St. Augustine Archaeological Association | Charlie Strader & Sue and Jim Long: Southwest Florida Archaeological Society | Rod Phelps: Kissimmee Valley Archaeological and Historical Conservancy | Janet Walker & Mike McKay: Central Florida Anthropological Society | Triel Lindstrom: Panhandle Archaeological Society of Tallahassee | Eloise Hardman & Roger Block: Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society | FAS Board of Directors Award: David Burns | |
| 2002 | ST. PETERSBURG | Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society | Jack Thompson | Pensacola Archaeological Society | Dorothy Ward & Linda Allred: Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society | Thomas McCaskey & Kenneth Alderman: Pensacola Archaeological Society | FAS President Award: Steve Martin | |
| 2001 | ST. AUGUSTINE | St. Augustine Archaeological Association | Elizabeth Benchley; Nancy Marie White | Southeast Florida Archaeological Society | Jody Brinton & Mac Perry: Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society | Martha Ridlehoover & John Crane: Pensacola Archaeological Society | Gordon Davis: Kissimmee Valley Archaeological and Historical Conservancy | FAS Board of Directors Award: Sheila Stewart | | |
| 2000 | FORT MYERS | Southwest Florida Archaeological Society | Dot Moore | Kissimmee Valley Archaeological and Historical Conservancy | Judy Pritchard & David Burns: Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society | John Dante: Southwest Florida Archaeological Society | Jane Wilde & Charles Wilde: Kissimmee Valley Archaeological and Historical Conservancy | Barbara Tansey & Brian Conesa: Archaeological Society of Southern Florida | FAS President Award: Terry Simpson; Loren Blakeley: Bob Austin | FAS Board of Directors Award: Jack Thompson | |
| 1999 | WALTON BEACH | Eglin Air Force Base Cultural Resources Management Branch | Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society {1st year given} | Gordon R. Willey | Anne Reynolds: Kissimmee Valley Archaeological and Historical Conservancy | Gypsy Graves: Broward County Archaeological Society | Jack Brown & Jack Jetton: Time Sifters Archaeology Society | Lisa Weier: Archaeological Society of Southern Florida | James C. Coleman & Harvin Dickey: Pensacola Archaeological Society | FAS Board of Directors Award; Eileen Aist; Nancy Van Epps | ||
| 1998 | GAINESVILLE | Ryan Wheeler and local FAS members | Judy Bense | Connie Franklin | A.“Chris” Christiansen: Kissimmee Valley Archaeological and Historical Conservancy | Gail Hart: St. Augustine Archaeological Association | Ella Mae Ablahat & Captain Carl B. Johnson: Southwest Florida Archaeological Society | FAS Board of Directors Award: Nancy Olson | |
| 1997 | MIAMI | Archaeological Society of South Florida | Kathleen A. Deagan | Wes Powell & Pam Vojnovski: Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society | Margaret Perkins: St. Augustine Archaeological Association | FAS President Award: Arthur R. Lee | Lifetime Achievement Award: William H. Sears | ||
| 1996 | SARASOTA | Time Sifters Archaeology Society | Brent Weisman | Lyman O. Warren | Lillian O’Haver & Mark Winterbottom: Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society | Annabella Flores & Elizabeth Read: Archaeological Society of Southern Florida | Wayne “Bud” House & Shirley House: Southwest Florida Archaeological Society | Judith Bense; L. “Connie” Franklin; Cyndi Sims; Mike Davis; Glenda Marshman: Pensacola Archaeological Society | FAS President Award: Betty Riggan; Jack Thompson; Terry Simpson | |
| 1995 | SEBRING | Kissimmee Valley Archaeological and Historical Conservancy | Raymond Williams | John Bieriault; Walter Askew | Grant Hammersberg & Marlene Adams: Archaeological Society of Southern Florida | Stan Babicz & Terry Simpson: Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society | Nancy Van Epps & Mary Ann Fabro: Pensacola Archaeological Society | George Allen: St. Augustine Archaeological Association | Charlie Strader & Lynn G. Lee: Southwest Florida Archaeological Society | Sue Safford & Lucia Taylor: Time Sifters Archaeological Society | FAS President Award: Marion Smith; Dot Moore | |
| 1994 | DANIA | The Graves Museum of Archaeology and Natural History, and Broward County Archaeological Society | Larry Ellis & Jim Radz: Central Florida Anthropological Society | Loren Blakeley & Lee Hutchinson-Neff: Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society | Creighton Northrop & Jim Fitch: Kissimmee Valley Archaeological and Historical Conservancy | Elizabeth “Connie” Franklin & Harv Dickey: Pensacola Archaeological Society | Jean Belknap & Walter M. Buschelman: Southwest Florida Archaeological Society | Hervey Cunningham: Time Sifters Archaeological Society | ||||
| 1993 | CLEARWATER BEACH | Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society | Bob Austin | George Luer | |||
| 1992 | ST. AUGUSTINE | St. Augustine Archaeological Association | Robert S. Carr | Arthur Lee; Tom and Mary Lou Watson | |||
| 1991 | PENSACOLA | Pensacola Anthropological Society | |||||
| 1990 | NAPLES | Southwest Florida Archaeological Society | Bill Marquardt | Ben Waller | |||
| 1989 | JACKSONVILLE | Northeast Florida Anthropological Society | Valerie Bell | Dan Laxon | |||
| 1988 | WINTER PARK | Central Florida Anthropological Society and Rollins College | Harold Cardwell | ||||
| 1987 | CLEARWATER BEACH | Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society | Louis Tesar | ||||
| 1986 | GAINESVILLE | University of Florida Dept. of Anthro. graduate students (in conjuction with annual meeting of The Florida Academy of Sciences) | Yulee Lazarus {first award} | ||||
| 1985 | DAYTONA BEACH | Volusia Anthropological Society and and Ocali Scrub Archaeological Society | |||||
| 1984 | PALM BEACH | Palm Beach County Anthropological Society; Broward County Archaeological Society; and Flagler Museum | John W. Griffin | ||||
| 1983 | TALLAHASSEE | Apalachee Anthropological Society and Florida Division of Archives, History, and Records Management | Calvin Jones | ||||
| 1982 | TAMPA | Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society | Jerald Milanich {first award} | ||||
| 1981 | COCOA BEACH | Indian River Anthropological Society | |||||
| 1980 | WINTER PARK | Central Florida Anthropological Society | |||||
| 1979 | CORAL GABLES | Archaeological Society of the Museum of Science-Miami and Univ. of Miami | |||||
| 1978 | WALTON BEACH | Temple Mound Museum and Northwest Florida Anthropological Society | |||||
| 1977 | TAMPA | J. Raymond Williams, FAS President; University of South Florida; and Suncoast Archaeological Society | |||||
| 1976 | FORT LAUDERDALE | Broward County Archaeological Society and Broward Community College | |||||
| 1975 | OCALA | Ben I. Waller, FAS President | |||||
| 1974 | JACKSONVILLE | Northeast Florida Anthropological Society | |||||
| 1973 | ST. AUGUSTINE | John W. Griffin, FAS President | |||||
| 1972 | WINTER PARK | Central Florida Anthropological Society | |||||
| 1971 | ST. PETERSBURG | Suncoast Archaeological Society | |||||
| 1970 | DAYTONA BEACH | Ripley P. Bullen, FAS President | |||||
| 1969 | CRYSTAL RIVER | Ripley P. Bullen, FAS President | |||||
| 1968 | MELBOURNE | Florida Institute of Technology | |||||
| 1967 | WALTON BEACH | City of Fort Walton Beach and Temple Mound Museum | |||||
| 1966 | CLEARWATER | St. Pete. Jr. College, Clearwater Campus | |||||
| 1965 | GAINESVILLE | University of Florida, Dept. of Anthropology | |||||
| 1964 | COCOA | Indian River Anthropological Society | |||||
| 1963 | TAMPA | USF and FAS Tampa Bay Chapter | |||||
| 1962 | ORLANDO | The Central Florida Museum | |||||
| 1961 | CORAL GABLES | FAS South Florida Chapter and University of Miami | |||||
| 1960 | GAINESVILLE | University of Florida, Dept. of Anthropology | |||||
| 1959 | ORMOND BEACH | William H. Sears, FAS President | |||||
| 1958 | RAINBOW SPRINGS | Rainbow Springs | |||||
| 1957 | WINTER PARK | Rollins College | |||||
| 1956 | RAINBOW SPRINGS | Rainbow Springs | |||||
| 1955 | RAINBOW SPRINGS | Rainbow Springs | |||||
| 1954 | CORAL GABLES | University of Miami and The Historical Association of Southern Florida | |||||
| 1953 | GAINESVILLE | University of Florida, Dept. of Sociology and Anthro.; Florida State Museum; and Florida Park Service | |||||
| 1952 | WINTER PARK | Rollins College | |||||
| 1951 | TALLAHASSEE | Florida State University Dept. of Anthro. and Archaeology | |||||
| 1950 | GAINESVILLE | Gainesville Archaeological Society | |||||
| 1949 | GAINESVILLE | Gainesville Archaeological Society | |||||
| 1948 | *no meeting | ||||||
| 1947 | DAYTONA BEACH | initial organizing meeting |