Awards & Eligibility

The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society sponsors four awards.

The AAHS Awards Committee handles the nominations process for these three awards which are presented annually at the Pecos Conference.

The AAHS Board of Directors annually may present one or more Katherine Cerino Awards.  This award is given in honor of Katherine Cerino, an extraordinary volunteer who has given innumerable hours to the Society over many years in a variety of roles. She has worked tirelessly to chair the Library Committee and as a member and chair of the Research and Travel Grants committee.  She fulfilled the role of Vice President for Activities for multiple years, set up the AAHS email and she has managed the AAHS website and helped to plan a website redesign. Volunteers like Katherine are a rarity and this award is given to others in honor of all of her hard work supporting the Society.  The award is given to recognize people who have volunteered their services or made other contributions on behalf of the Society and its programs for at least the previous two years.