Society for American Archaeology Book Award Winners

The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) awards two prizes to honor recently published books. One prize is for a book that has had, or is expected t ...more

Winners

	Negotiated Settlements: Andean Communities and Landscapes under Inka and Spanish Colonialism by Steven A. Wernke 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award for Scholarly Book (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science is Rewriting Their Story by Dimitra Papagianni 3.96 avg rating — 1,283 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award for Popular Book (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prehistory of Home by Jerry D. Moore 3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award for Popular Book (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Light and Shadow: Isolation and Interaction in the Shala Valley of Northern Albania (Monumenta Archaeologica (28)) by Michael L. Galaty (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award for Scholarly Book (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i by Patrick Vinton Kirch 4.29 avg rating — 112 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award for Popular Book (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hillforts of the Ancient Andes: Colla Warfare, Society, and Landscape by Elizabeth N. Arkush 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award for Scholarly Book (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island by Terry L. Hunt 3.84 avg rating — 614 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award for Popular Book (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Island of Fogs: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Investigations of Isla Cedros, Baja California by Matthew R. Des Lauriers it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating Society for American Archaeology Book Award for Scholarly Book (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Traces of Fremont: Society and Rock Art in Ancient Utah by Steven R Simms 4.21 avg rating — 34 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mound Excavations at Moundville: Architecture, Elites, and Social Order by Vernon James Knight Jr. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digging in the City of Brotherly Love: Stories from Philadelphia Archaeology by Rebecca Yamin 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony 3.98 avg rating — 2,978 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imagining Head-Smashed-In: Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains by Jack W. Brink 4.22 avg rating — 51 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius (1000-250 BC): The Archaeological Evidence (Ideas, Debates and Perspectives) by Lothar Von Falkenhausen 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monuments, Empires, and Resistance: The Araucanian Polity and Ritual Narratives by Tom D. Dillehay 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before Albany: An Archaeology of Native-Dutch Relations in the Capital Region 1600-1664 by James W. Bradley 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From a Watery Grave: The Discovery and Excavation of La Salle's Shipwreck, La Belle by James E. Bruseth really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rise of Bronze Age Society: Travels, Transmissions and Transformations by Kristian Kristiansen 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ancient Mexico and Central America: Archaeology and Culture History by Susan Toby Evans 3.82 avg rating — 98 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ambiguous Images: Gender and Rock Art by Kelley Hays-Gilpin 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Archaeological Landscapes of the Near East by Tony J. Wilkinson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before California: An Archaeologist Looks at our Earliest Inhabiatants by Brian M. Fagan 3.60 avg rating — 30 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amelia Earhart's Shoes: Is the Mystery Solved? by Thomas F. King 3.62 avg rating — 65 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Archaeology at La Isabela: America's First European Town by Kathleen Deagan 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Constructing Frames of Reference: An Analytical Method for Archaeological Theory Building Using Ethnographic and Environmental Data Sets by Lewis Roberts Binford 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unearthing Gotham: The Archaeology of New York City by Anne-Marie Cantwell 3.98 avg rating — 60 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga by William W. Fitzhugh (Editor) 4.17 avg rating — 288 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe by Clive Gamble 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mississippian Political Economy by Jon Muller really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating Society for American Archaeology Book Award (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Pyramids: Solving the Ancient Mysteries by Mark Lehner 4.25 avg rating — 221 ratings Society for American Archaeology Book Award (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars