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10 Program of the 78th Annual MeetingAWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARRIBEAN ARCHAEOLOGYRecipient: Luis Guillermo Lumbreras SalcedoLuis Guillermo Lumbreras Salcedo has earned the Award for Excellence in LatinAmerican and Caribbean Archaeology 2013 for his contributions to the practiceand institutional development of Latin American archaeology and to theconstruction and dissemination of archaeological knowledge. His outstandingresearch in Peru has provided an important model for theoretical andmethodological approaches elsewhere and has inspired many generations ofcolleagues and students in the Americas. It is clear that he has been a highlyinfluential and visionary leader of Andean archaeology. The breadth and depth ofthe impacts stemming out of his theoretical and substantive works are historicand without comparison among his Andean and Andeanist contemporaries. He isone of the few archaeologists who has developed theoretical views thatchallenge and offer viable alternatives to the traditional paradigms. His ideashave transcended political boundaries. His book, Archaeology as a SocialScience, has been one of the most influential writings in Latin America andbeyond. He has served to bridge the Andean and Andeanist intellectualtraditions.LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDRecipient: Henry WrightHenry Wright is the 2013 recipient of the SAA Lifetime Achievement Award. Inhis career, he has made transformative contributions to archaeological theoryand method, and has conducted important research in North America,Mesopotamia, Africa, and China. He exemplifies the highest qualities of enduringscholarship, teaching, service, and outreach, both nationally and internationally.Henry Wright is the consummate field archaeologist, always working with strongtheoretical engagement. His fieldwork has focused on the emergence of theworld's earliest states, although he has also investigated a wide range of othertopics. Henry Wright's contributions to scholarship have been acknowledged by aMacArthur Fellowship in 1993, election to the National Academy of Sciences in1994, and a Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement from theArchaeological Institute of America in 2009. At the University of Michigan, he wasawarded a Collegiate Professorship in 2001 and the Albert C. SpauldingDistinguished University Professorship in 2006.