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MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA SCIENTIST NAMED ARCHAEOLOGIST OF THE YEAR

At its spring statewide meeting in Flagstaff on May 24, 2008, the Arizona Archaeological Society announced that Dr. David R. Wilcox, senior research anthropologist at the Museum of Northern Arizona, has been selected to receive its 2008 Professional Archaeologist of the Year Award.

This award recognizes the professional archaeologist who has contributed the most to the advancement of avocational archaeology in Arizona over a period of years, and announces to the professional archaeology community the high regard the Arizona Archaeological Society has for this individual. Dr. Wilcox joins Peter Pilles, Dr. Alfred Dittert, and Dr. Lex Lindsay as previous winners of this award.

The AAS chair customarily presents this award at the fall conference of the Arizona Archaeological Council, to be held this year at Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix on October 24 and 25, 2008.

The Arizona Archaeological Society congratulates Dr. Wilcox on his selection and expresses its deepest admiration for his efforts on behalf of the avocational archaeologist community.