Pomerance Award for Scientific Contributions to Archaeology

2013 Pomerance Award Winner Stephen Weiner receives his award from AIA Vice President Andrew Moore

The committee for the AIA Pomerance Award for Scientific Contributions to Archaeology invites nominations for the 2014 award. Eligibility is not restricted to members of the AIA, and candidates for the medal may be sought internationally with no geographical limitations. The recipient may be a professional or amateur scientist, or a team, whose interdisciplinary work with archaeologists merits recognition. Persons who have received the Gold Medal of the AIA are not excluded from eligibility.

Due Date for Nomination
Completed nominations should be received by Institute Headquarters at the below address no later than April 1, 2013.

Please send name(s) and a CV or statement about the nominee's contributions to the field to:

Atten: Awards, AIA Pomerance Medal Committee
Archaeological Institute of America
656 Beacon Street, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02215-2006
FAX: (617) 353-6550
Phone: (617) 353-6550
E-mail: Awards@aia.bu.edu

2013 Pomerance Award for Scientific Contributions to Archaeology:  Stephen Weiner

Born in Pretoria, South Africa, Steve Weiner obtained a B.Sc. degree in chemistry and geology at the University of Cape Town, the M.Sc. in geochemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena in 1977 in the field of mineral formation in biology. In the same year, he joined the faculty of the Weizmann Institute.  Steve Weiner carries out research in two fields: biomineralization and archaeological science. In 1989, he published a book entitled On Biomineralization with the late H.A. Lowenstam, and in 2010 he published Microarchaeology: Beyond the Visible Archaeological Record. He is the recipient of the 2010 prize of the Israel Chemical Society, and the 2011 Aminoff Prize for Crystallography from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Past Winners of the Pomerance Award for Scientific Contributions to Archaeology

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