The members of the Jury for the 1983 Prince of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities, Antonio Domínguez Ortíz, Enrique Fuentes Quintana, Manuel García Pelayo, Antonio Hernández Gil, Juan José Linz, Jesús de Polanco and Manuel Tuñón de Lara gathered in Oviedo on the 9th and 10th of June, 1983, under the presidency of José Tarradellas and with José Ignacio García Lomas acting as secretary, have agreed unanimously to grant this award to Julio Caro Baroja, in recognition of a constant and rigorous work of research dedicate to the Social and Cultural Anthropology of the peoples of Spain and of certain social groups, with special concern for Basque history, culture and society, with which he has contributed works of exception value to international scientific discourse.