RECIPIENTS OF WARD F. WEAKLY MEMORIAL FUND SCHOLARSHIP
as of January 2001

AWARDEE

PURPOSE/CONTRIBUTION TO COLORADO ARCHEOLOGY

DATE

AMOUNT

INSTITUTION

Dan Bach

Senior Honor Thesis support - laboratory materials for investigation of faunal and floral materials from Sylvan Dale Archeological Project.

4/92

$400

Univ. of Northern Colo.

Ed Huber

Dissertation support - PMTs, computer supplies, drafting, and reproduction for study comparing the small PIII Green Lizard site with large, nearby PIII center, Sand Canyon Pueblo, resulting from investigations through the Crow Canyon Archeological Center.

10/92

$400

Washington State Univ.

Kay Adams

Travel to 50th Plains Conference to present paper on the Crescent Rockshelter, Ken Caryl Ranch, discussing rockshelter architecture.

11/92

$400

Univ. of Colo. Denver

Tracy Murphy

Senior Honors Thesis support - examination of 476 ground stone pendants from the Yellowjacket site area, Colorado.

4/93

$115

Univ. of Colo. Boulder

Craig Holton

Senior Honors Thesis support - pollen and phytolith analyses from West Stoneham Pasture area, South Platte Archeological Project.

4/93

$400

Univ. of Northern Colo.

Doug Parker

Funded for preparation of thin sections and X-ray diffraction analysis for trace element research on Yellowjacket site area, Colorado, ceramics.

4/93

$300

Univ. of Colo. Boulder

Christina Gobber

Support provided for analysis of blood residue on stone tools recovered during excavation of a late-dating tipi ring site (5WL1854) in the West Stoneham Archeological District, South Platte Archeological Project.

3/95

$371

Univ. of Northern Colo.

Bonnie Pitblado

Attend the Soc. American Archeology mtg. to present paper discussion Paleo-Indian/Archaic transition on the Colorado Plains.

4/95

$400

Univ. of Northern Colo./Univ. of Arizona

Mark Mitchell

Support provided for ceramic research on the Upper Purgatoire Complex, southeastern Colorado.

11/95

$400

Univ. of Colo. Denver

Stephen Sherman

Masters Thesis support - funding for two statistical computer programs for research investigating the application of quantitative spatial analysis to surface and subsurface distributions of artifacts prior to excavation at the Hudson Ming archeological site.

11/95

$360

Colorado State University

Angela Rayne

Attend Laramie, Wyoming, Plains Conference to present paper on her Colorado eastern foothills research.

12/95

$344

Univ. of Colo. Denver

Chris Pierce

Attend the Soc. American Archeology mtg. to present paper on doctoral research on Mesa Verde tradition ceramic utility wares resulting from investigations conducted through the Crow Canyon Archeological Center.

5/96

$300

Univ. of Washington

Caryn Berg

Attend the Soc. American Archeology mtg. to present paper investigating flaked stone tool production and use at a series of Archaic sites in southwestern Colorado resulting from initial phase of doctoral research.

5/96

$300

Univ. of Colo. Boulder

Carey Southwell

Attend the Soc. American Archeology mtg. to present paper on Senior Honors Thesis, "Colorado Game Drive Systems: A Comparative Analysis."

5/96

$300

Univ. of Colo. Denver

Thomas Lux

Senior Honors Thesis support - analysis of faunal remains from 5WL1977 in Stoneham Archeological District, Pawnee National Grassland, evaluating changing frequencies of small and large game animals through time.

11/96

$85

Univ. of Northern Colorado

Heidi Werner

Master’s Thesis – analysis of the prehistoric plant community of the West Stoneham Archaeological District, Colorado. [Left graduate school and returned scholarship dollars, 1999].

5/12/98

$400

Univ. of Iowa

Kathryn Plimpton

Senior Honors Thesis support - archival research and field documentation of Grand Ditch construction and associated Japanese work camps.

4/26/99

$400

Univ. of Northern Colorado

Erik Gantt

Thesis support - photographic documentation and curation of negatives of extensive private collection from Lindenmeier site

8/8/00

$600

Colorado State University

Jesse Sabia

Thesis support - funding to assist with ground penetrating radar research at 5SH181 in the Great Sand Dunes eolian system, San Luis valley.

12/28/00

$500

University of Denver

Sean Larmore Travel to Soc. Am. Archeo. Annual meeting to present research on Colorado McKean Sites 4/13/01 $500 University of Denver
Mark Muniz Dissertation support – photographic documentation of microscopic use-wear to investigate sexual division of labor as reflected in artifact 4/13/01 $450 University of Colorado
Chris Bevilacqua Dissertation support - petrographic analyses to investigate social organization and access to ceramic resources – both vessels and raw materials 12/16/01 $500 University of Colorado - Denver
Anna Gray Supplemental thesis support for Ludlow Massacre – related oral history interviews 4/23/02 $500 University of Denver
Cody Anderson Masters Thesis to defray the cost of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (ASM) dating of a cluster of cheno-am seeds recovered from Gilligan’s Island Site near Colorado Springs. 3/14/03 $500 University of Northern Colorado
Kevin Gilmore Dissertation support to help defray the cost of ASM dates on corn cobs from Franktown Cave and Colrow Cave 3/14/03 $500 University of Denver
Sarah Wilson Support o cover the cost of lodging while she studies Ute artifact collections held by Centennial Archeology, Inc. and Alpine Archeological Consultants, Inc. The study of the emergence of inequality among the Ute of western Colorado is part of her Master’s Thesis research. 3/14/03 $480 University of Colorado, Boulder
Mary Prascuinas Assistance to help defray the cost of ASM dating of buried charcoal deposits at a site where Clovis points have been found on the surface at 9000’ in the Colorado high country. 3/14/03 $500 University of Wyoming

 

 

Wade Broadhead TL dating of ceramic sherds from the San Luis Valley as part of MA Thesis investigating trade networks within the valley and between the valley and neighboring regions. 1/06/04 $500 University of Colorado - Denver
Ken Bedingfield MA Thesis support for neutron activation analyses of ceramics and raw materials to investigate prehistoric exchange and social structure on the Uncompahgre Plateau. 3/26/05 $500 University of Colorado - Denver
Joanne DellaSalla Assistance to present paper, "The Paleo-Indian Occupation of South Park," at the Salt Lake City Society for American Archeology annual meeting 4/05/05 $471 University of Denver

SUMMARY CHART, RECIPIENTS OF
WARD F. WEAKLY MEMORIAL FUND SCHOLARSHIPS

AWARDEES

AMOUNT

INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTED

30

$12,176

9 institutions represented: Washington State University (1), University of Colorado at Denver (7), University of Colorado at Boulder (5), University of Northern Colorado (7), Colorado State University (2), and University of Washington (1), University of Iowa (1), University of Denver (5), University of Wyoming (1)