The SHA Journal has included memorial pieces on a number of prominent archaeologist. They are listed below with (PDF) links to the SHA article.
Charles C. Di Peso, 1920-1982
lain C. Walker, 1938-1984
Charles Herron Fairbanks, 1913-1984
Bert Salwen, 1920-1988
Carlyle Shreeve Smith, 1915-1993
Reynold J. Ruppe, 1917-1993
Kenneth E. Kidd, 1906-1994
Arnold Remmington Pilling, 1926-1994
John H. Rick, 1934-1993
John L. Cotter, 1911-1999
James Fanto Deetz, 1930–2000
George Irving Quimby, 1913–2003
Carol Varley Ruppé, 1923–2003
Norman F. Barka, 1938–2008
Kathleen Kirk Gilmore, 1914–2010
Daniel G. Roberts, 1947–2014
James Edward (Jim) Ayres, 1936–2015
Stanley A. South, 1928-2016
Bernard L. Bunny Fontana, 1931-2016
George Robert Fischer, 1937-2016
María del Pilar Luna Erreguerena, 1944-2020
Mary C. Beaudry, 1950-2020
Edward B. Jelks, 1922-2021
Paul R. Mullins, 1962-2023