Student Scholarships

Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc.

is proud to recognize the outstanding achievements of aspiring archaeologists and anthropologists currently enrolled in an accredited educational institution through its annual scholarship program. The Sacramento Archeological Society, Inc. (SAS) is seeking applicants for one or more scholarships. The total funds available allow us to award multiple scholarships typically from $500 to $1000.

A special Memorial Scholarship in memoriam of parted SAS members: Michael L. Barham, Diane Sangster, and Eloise Barker in the amount of $500 is offered to students pursuing archaeological projects in the United States’ Southwest. Since Michael and Diane were particularly interested in Southwest archaeology and participated in excavations in the Southwest, the scholarship deems to promote exploration in this area of the United States.

2013 scholars

Previous Scholar Recipients

Scholarship Application Information

Scholarships will be considered in archaeology and related fields for undergraduate and graduate students. Examples for which scholarships may be awarded include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • participation in a field school
  • dating of artifacts
  • a special archaeological/anthropological project
  • a special need for project related materials and/or equipment
  • tuition for a field school

Requirements

  • Scholarship Application Form
  • Previous Experience Statement including a brief CV or Resumé.
  • “Why are you applying for this scholarship?” explanation
  • Description of your proposal
  • An itemized budget
  • One copy of your transcript(s)
  • CV or Resumé
  • Two letters of recommendation (These should be emailed separately from the rest of the application.)
  • Be willing to present at a Sacramento Archeological Society’s public forum in the Sacramento area early in the following year.

Evaluation Criteria

  1. Is the application complete?
  2. Does the proposal promote the training of archaeologists?
  3. Does the proposal support the collection and dissemination of archaeological data?
  4. Does the proposal promote accessibility of archaeological data to the public?
  5. Is it likely that the project will be completed in 12 months?

 Scholarship Recipients

The Society is proud to recognize its scholarship recipients here and highlight the outstanding work each has done and plan to do.

Society Scholars
Year         Name                School Attended       Field of Study
2005 Ryan T. Brady CSU Sacramento Masters thesis research: Prehistoric Wetland Settlement and Mobility Patterns in the Mono Basin
2005 Anna Valdez Sacramento City College Achill Archaeological Field School in Ireland
2006 Amanda Bauer Sacramento City College Czech American Archaeological Field School
2007 Charlotte Cooper Sunseri University of California Santa Cruz Masters thesis research on modeling Exchange in Central Californias Prehistoric Economy
2008 Samantha Emmanuel University of California, Berkeley Archaeological Field School in Mycenae, Greece
2008 Kalie Sacco University of California, Berkeley Archaeological Field School in Mycenae, Greece
2009 Samuel Crenshaw University of California, Berkeley Nemea and Mycenae Field School in Greece
2009 Benjamin Harris Sonoma State University Masters thesis research on public archaeology projects in San Francisco Bay Area and their relationship to CRM policy and practices.
2009 Sheel Jagani University of California, Berkeley Pestas House Field School in Mycenae Greece
2009 Monica Nolte San Francisco State University Masters thesis research at the Smithsonian on establishing a better method for inferring activity from human remains found in archaeological sites.
2010 Gary Alexander American River College Flint Knapping Workshop
2010 Allison Barden University of California, Berkeley Field School in Guam
2010 Brandon Li University of California, Berkeley Field School in Japan
2010 Preeta Melelu Sacramento City College Field School in Yucatan
2010 Naomi Scher Sonoma State University AMS radiocarbon dating for masters thesis: A Geoarcheaological Assessment of the Potential for Buried Archaeological Sites in the Vacaville Area of Solano County, California
2011 Veronica Lim University of California, Berkeley Field School in Nemea, Greece
2011 Patricia Roberts University of California, Berkeley Field School in Nemea, Greece
2011 Ellie Maniery University of Nevada Field School in Great Basin
2012 Stephanie Chan Stanford University Denver University Amache Research Project
2012 Alexandra Levin University of California, Berkeley Mono Mills Field School, California
2012 Rory Ondracek American River College Catalina Field School
2012 Jessica Tudor Sonoma State University Clear Lake Artifacts Dating
2012 Erin Valadez University of California, Santa Cruz Zamartze Field School, Spain
2013 Heather Benham California State University, Sacramento 76 Draw Site field school, Deming, New Mexico
2013 Cassandra Brainard California State University, Sacramento Paleo-Indian field school, Oklahoma
2013 Antonietta Catanzariti University of California, Berkeley Excavation of Kamid el-Loz, Lebanon
2013 Kyle Lee-Crossett Stanford University Catalhoyuk Research Project, Turkey
2013 Kyle Steven Rabellino Sonoma State University Obsidian sourcing, Fairfield Osborn Preserve, Sonoma County, CA (Withdrawn)
2013 Allison Wolfe University of California, Berkeley Zooarchaeology and Field Ecology Field School at Eagle Lake, CA
2014 Antonietta Catanzariti University of California, Berkeley Survey of archaeological sites in Qara Dagh Valley, Iraqi-Kurdistan
2014 Kasey Cole California State Chico Zooarchaeology & Field Ecology Field School at Eagle Lake, CA
2014 Jesica Jayd Lewis North Carolina State University Palatine East Potter Project at Rome, Italy & Najerilla Valley Research Project at Camprovin, Spain
2014 Heather Macinnes California State Chico Aditu Servicios Arquelologicos Mortuary Archaeology Field School
2014 Bonny O’Neill California State Chico Betty’s Hope Plantation Field School in Antigua
2014 Julia Prince California State Chico Stable isotope analysis of bone samples
2015 Allison Blair University of Nevada, Reno Spike Island Field School in Cobh, Ireland
2015 Derik Boyd California State University, Chico Analyzing patterns of trauma on human skeletal remains from post-Medieval communities in England
2015 Rachel Davies California State University, Sacramento Rimrock Draw Rockshelter Field School, Oregon
2015 Leah Hansard University of California, Davis Master-in-Training at Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project in Murlo, Greece
2015 Naomi Martisius University of California, Davis Analyze Neanderthal Bones in France
2016 Roshanne Shirley Bakhtiary University of California, Davis Conduct stable oxygen isotopic analyses of ancient shellfish collected in Santa Clara County
2016 Amanda Dobrov University of California, Berkeley Analyze collection of African Amphora at American Academy in Rome from Palatine East Pottery Project.
2016 Samantha Dunham University of California, Davis Study Neanderthals in Belgium at the site of Trou Al’Wesse
2016 Sarah A. Hall California State University, Chico Study adult skeletons from SCCVMC collection at Cal State University, Chico
2016 Anna Khrustaleva University of California, Santa Barbara Excavation at Audrey-North Site, a lower Illinois Mississippian River Valley occupation site
2016 Susan E. Lagle University of California, Davis Research of archaeological (Neanderthal) assemblages in France
2016 Mallory Melton University of California, Santa Barbara Attend the Boston University’s Wood Identification Workshop
2016 Jason Miszaniec University of California, Davis Radiocarbon dating of samples from Difchahak site at Shaktoolik, Norton Sound, Alaska
2016 Jewell Cora Soriano University of California, Berkeley Mapping project at Taraco Peninsula, Bolivia
2017 Jennifer Black University of California, Berkeley Palatine East Pottery Project in Rome.
2017 Lucia Diaz University of California, Davis Field school in Sierra Nevada Mountains
2017 Erida Ebel California State University, Davis Field school in Alaska
2017 Guilia Gallo University of California, Davis Excavation in Serbia
2017 Patricia McNeill University of California, Davis Excavation in Germany
2017 Karlene Shippelhoute University of California, Berkeley/John Hopkins University Jezrell Valley Regional Project, Israel
2017 Kevin Smith University of California, Davis Research bows ad atlatls
2017 Sara Watson University of California, Davis Examine Nelson Bay Cave lithics at Chicago Field Museum
2018 Aaron Brown University of California, Berkeley Palatine East Pottery Project in Rome.
2018 Gloria Howat Brown California State University, Sacramento Ethnobotancy Analysis
2018 Ryan Gallagher University of California, Davis Excavation at Trou Al’Wesse, Belgium
2018 Guilia Gallo University of California, Davis Bukovac Serbia burnt bone analysis
2018 Corey Johnson University of California, Davis Analyze artifacts from Nihewan site of Feiliang, China
2018 Naomi Martisius University of California, Davis Present research at AAWRA in France
2018 Ryan Poska Sonoma State University Obsidian hydration and XRF Testing for Bear Creek Ranch
2018 Kevin Smith University of California, Davis Analysis of Paleo-coastal lithics
2018 Sara Watson University of California, Davis Training for heat treatment of silicate
2019 David Cook University of California, Berkeley Aidonia field school in Nemea, Greece.
2019 Danielle Dadiego University of California, Santa Cruz Archaeometric analyses of glass beads and led shot
2019 Jill Eubanks University of California, Davis Stable isotope analysis of deer mandibles
2019 Sarah Marie Foley University of California, Davis Scladina, Belgium field school
2019 Jonathan Robert Garcia Sonoma State University Chico field school
2019 Susan E. Lagle University of California, Davis European Society for the Study of Human Evolution Conference
2019 Candice Ralson University of California, Davis Stable carbon, nitrogen and oxygen analysis of human bone
2019 Bee Thao Sonoma State University Ethnographic/ethno historical research on Chinese, Japanese and Filipino women in the period 1900 to 1945
2019 Peiqi Zhang University of California, Davis Compare stone tools from Nwya Devu on Tibetan Plateau with ones from Northern Asia
2020 Caleb Chen University of California, Davis Field School – Trou al’Wessse, Belgium – school cancelled
2020 Luis Flores-Blanco University of California, Davis Research Titicaca Basin, Peru – Measure hydration depths on projectile points
2020 Daniel Goring University of California, Davis Study lithic assemblages at Trou al’Wesse, Belgium – cancelled
2020 Morgan Hall University of California, Davis U.C. Davis Field School – Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest – school cancelled
2020 Nikoletta Karapanos University of California, Davis U.C. Davis Field School – Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest – school cancelled
2020 Jessia Morales University of California, Davis Research the use of dogs as “hunting tools” in CA
2020 Peiqi Zhang University of California, Davis Compare early Upper Paleolithic tools found in Mongolia with those found on Tibetan Plateau.
2021 Marcela Barron University of California, Davis Oxygen isotope dating of CA mussels from Monterrey pre-contact site (CA-MNT-17)
2021 Marlena Billings University of California, Davis Study rondelles from Upper Paleolithic Magdalenian culture
2021 Caleb Chen NYU Backed stone tool study
2021 Morgan Hall University of California, Davis UC Davis Field School Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest
2021 Kiana Hugins University of California Merced Fresno State Field School in Serra Nevada
2021 Parinita Kumari University of California, Davis UC Davis Field School Humboldt-Toiyabe national Forest
2021 Sara Watson University of California, Davis Examine the Middle Stone Age lithic assemblages from Nelson Bay Cave, South Africa curated in the Chicago Field Museum
2022 Marlena Billings University of California, Davis Pont de Bonn Field School
2022 Haley Bjorklund University of California, Davis La Prele Mammoth Site Field School
2022 Megan Donham California State University, Los Angeles Disert Ireland Field School
2022 Erika Ebel University of California, Davis Peptide Mass Fingerprinting Analysis of Iita Bone Artifacts
2022 Daniel Hampson New Mexico State University SW Field Recording
2022 Danielle Marie Huerta University of California, Santa Cruz Analysis of SW Pottery
2022 Corey Johnson University of California, Davis Analysis of Stone Artifacts from Upper Paleolithic site in Mongolia
2022 Diana Malarchik University of California, Davis Stable Isotope Analysis of Teeth
2022 Lucy Maun Oxford University, U.K. Analysis of faunal remains excavated at the Wallace Great House, Cortez, CO
2022 Patricia J. McNeill University of California, Davis Collect field samples for regional strontium isocape of Namaqualand, South Africa
2022 Jessia Morales University of California, Davis Stable isotope analysis of bone collagen and bone apatite of canid remains
2022 Sara Watson University of California, Davis Examine the Middle Stone Age lithic assemblages from Knysna Eastern Heads, Cave 1, South Africa
2022 Jessica Weinmeister New Mexico State University Conduct field work at Crosspatch Site in SW
2023 Lauren Castaneda University of California, Davis Blue Oaks Ranch Reserve Field School
2023 Edgar Herta University of California, Davis Stable Isotope Analysis of remains from two San Francisco Bay regions
2023 Emily S. Johnson University of California, Santa Barbara Soil analysis in Guatemala and Belize
2023 Katilin Jones California State University Sacramento San Juan Totah Archaeological Project Field School
2023 Roxanne Lois F. Lamson University of California, Davis Stable Isotope Analysis of beads from Ban Non Wat, Thailand
2023 Diana Malarchik University of California, Davis Stable Isotope Analysis of Teeth
2023 Brianna Ramirez New Mexico State University Blackfriary Archaeology Field School, Ireland
2023 Thomas J. Snyder University of California, Davis Analysis of skeletal remains from Yaracahi, Peru
2023 Noor Kandeel Sullivan University of Maryland, College Park Michael L. Barham recipient for Gallina Field School, New Mexico
2024 Katie Bakun University of California, Berkeley/Peralta Community College Range Creek Field School, Utah
2024 Annabella Garcia California State University San Bernardino Slavia Field School, Poland
2024 Morgan Hall University of California, Davis Excavation in Peru
2024 Hayley Kievman University of Utah Analysis of skeletal remains from California burials
2024 Diana Malarchik University of California, Davis Stable Isotope Analysis of Teeth from San Francisco
2024 Erin Mooneyham University of California, Davis Blue Oaks Ranch Reserve Field School
2024 Jessica Morales University of California, Davis Stable Isotope Analysis of Prehistoric Canid Teeth
2024 Brooke Morey Indiana University Stable Isotope Analysis of Teeth from El-Hesa Island, Egypt
2024 Brandon Yam Hampton College, NY Memorial Scholarship recipient for Crow Canyon Field School, New Mexico