INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR OBSIDIAN STUDIES

WHO'S WHO AT THE IAOS?

PRESIDENT (2023-2025):
Theodora Moutsiou, University of Cyprus (Department of History and Archaeology)

SECRETARY-TREASURER:
Lucas Martindale Johnson, Cultural Resources Program Manager and Archaeologist, Nellis Air Force Base (email: [email protected].)

NEWSLETTER EDITOR:
Carolyn Dillian,
Coastal Carolina University (email: [email protected])

WEBMASTER:
Craig E. Skinner, Deschutes Meridian (email: [email protected])

WEBSITE SUGGESTION BOX:
Craig E. Skinner,
Deschutes Meridian (email: [email protected])

IAOS BOARD OF ADVISORS

Current:
None

Former:
Roger Green, University of Auckland *
Clement Meighan, University of California, Los Angeles *
Irving Friedman, U.S. Geological Survey *

IAOS YEARBOOK

Past-President (plus current affiliations)

  • 2020-2023: Sean Dolan, N3B Los Alamos
  • 2018-2020: Kyle Freund, McMaster University and Indian River State College.
  • 2016-2018: Rob Tykot, University of South Florida
  • 2014-2016: Jeffrey Ferguson, Archaeometry Laboratory at MURR
  • 2012-2014: Ellery Frahm, Yale University
  • 2010-2012: Tristan Carter, McMaster University
  • 2007-2010: Anastasia Steffen, Valles Caldera National Preserve
  • 2005-2007: Phil LeTourneau, University of New Mexico and BOAS, Inc.
  • 2003-2005: J. Michael Elam *
  • 2002-2003: Carolyn Dillian, Coastal Carolina University
  • 2001-2002: Geoffrey Brasswell, State University of New York at Buffalo
  • 1999-2001: J. Michael Elam *
  • 1998-1999: Geoffrey Brasswell, State University of New York at Buffalo
  • 1997-1998: David Frederickson *
  • 1996-1997: Jonathon E. Ericson, University of California (Irvine)
  • 1995-1996: Thomas L. Jackson, Pacific Legacy, Inc.
  • 1994-1995: Michael Glascock, University of Missouri
  • 1993-1994: Kim J. Tremaine, Tremaine & Associates, Inc.
  • 1992-1993: M. Steven Shackley, University of California (Berkeley)
  • 1991-1992: Craig E. Skinner, Deschutes Meridian
  • 1990-1991: Thomas M. Origer, Origer & Associates
  • 1990-1991: Christopher M. Stevenson, Diffusion Laboratory
  • 1989-1990: Robert Jackson, Pacific Legacy, Inc.
Secretary-Treasurer

  • 2020-Present: Lucas Martindale-Johnson
  • 2015-2020: Matthew Boulanger
  • 2011-2015: Kyle Freund
  • 2006-2011: S. Colby Phillips
  • 2002-2006: Janine Loyd
  • 1999-2001: Mike Gottesman *
  • 1996-1999: Patricia Dunning
  • 1996: Jeff Hamilton
  • 1993-1995: Viviana Bellifemine
  • 1990-1993: Lisa Swillinger *
  • 1989-1990: Kathleen Hull
Newsletter/Bulletin Editor

  • 2003-Present: Carolyn Dillian
  • 2003: William J. McFarlane
  • 1999-2003: William J. McFarlane and Carleen Sanchez
  • 1998-1999: Suzanne Stewart
  • 1995-1997: Blossom Hamusek
  • 1994-1995: Lisa Swillinger * and Blossom Hamusek
  • 1992-1993: Kim J. Tremaine
  • 1991-1992: Kim J. Tremaine and Robert J. Jackson
  • 1989-1990: Robert J. Jackson

Recipient: Lifetime Achievement Award

  • 1998: Jonathon E. Ericson
  • 1997: Wallace Ambrose
Webmaster

  • 1995-Present Craig E. Skinner, Deschutes Meridian

* Deceased

CRAIG SKINNER ANNUAL POSTER AWARD

2023 IAOS CRAIG SKINNER POSTER AWARD: The poster award at the International Obsidian Conference (IOC), Engura, Japan, goes to Yoshifumi Matsumura - Use of Obsidian Resources for Education and Tourism in Shirataki Geopark, Japan.

2024 IAOS CRAIG SKINNER POSTER AWARD: The poster award at the 2024 Society for American Archaeological Annual Meetings goes to Nicholas Suarez, Claire Ebert, John Walden, Julie Hoggarth and Jaime Awe for Interwoven Networks: Reconstructing Classic Maya Obsidian Economies in Western Belize An abstract of the research appears in issue 72 of the IAOS Bulletin.

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