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Lisbon – 2023

Lisbon – 2023

Bush-Cat-A-December-7th-Survivor Dominic Bush - Cat A Color Archaeological Site - 1st Place & People's Choice: December 7th Survivor (YO-21) at Shipwreck Beach, Lana'i, Hawai'i
Sterling_Cat-A_Inspecting-a-New-Anchor-in-Biscayne Stephanie Sterling - Cat A Color Archaeological Site - 2nd Place: Inspecting a New Anchor in Biscayne
Noe_Cat-A_End-of-Season Sarah Noe - Cat A Color Archaeological Site - 3rd Place: The end of the Field Season
Bandeira_Cat-B_Oil-Tanker_Figura-14 Beatriz Bandiera- Cat B Color Archaeological Field Work - 1st Place & People's Choice: Measurement of the propeller blades of the oil tanker Ilha Grande (1962), in the Parcel de Manuel Luis Marine State Park, Maranhao, Brazil
Olshefski-Cat-B-Colour-17th-c-to-medieval-stratigraphy-Moments Megan Olshefski - Cat B Color Archaeological Field Work - 2nd Place: Moments in Time: 17th Century to Medieval Stratrigraphy

CatB_2023_NGrinnan Nicole Grinnan - Cat B Color Archaeological Field Work - 3rd Place: Military veteran citizen scientists excavating the wreckage of a WWII aircraft, Saipan, CNMI
Rediscovery_Cat-C_Jamestowns-Shoe-Box-Finding-Matching-Sets Chuck Durfor - Cat C Color Archaeological Lab Work - 1st Place & People's Choice: Jamestown's Shoe Box Finding Matching Sets
Betti_Cat-D_Woodville-All-Beads-2022-scaled Colleen Betti - Cat D Color Artifact - 1st Place & People's Choice: Beads from the 1886-1939 Woodville School in Gloucester, Virginia
McMillon-Cat-D-Hidden-Artistry-of-a-French-Pocketwatch Emily McMillon - Cat D Color Artifact - 2nd Place: Hidden Artistry of a French Pocket Watch
Rediscovery_Cat-D_Jolly-Characters-Bartmann-Jugs-from-Jamestown Chuck Durfor & Leah Stricker - Cat D Color Artifact - 3rd Place: Jolly Characters Bartmann Jugs from Jamestown

Rediscovery_Cat-E_Taxing-Textiles-James-I-Alnage-Seal Catherine Davis - Cat E Black & White Image: Taxing Textiles, James I Alnage Seal
CatE_2023_NGrinnan Nicole Grinnan - Cat E Black & White Image - 2nd Place: High contrast at the wreckage of a Japanese Submarine Chaser, Saipan, CNMI
Bush-Cat-E-YO21-At-Rest-on-Shipwreck-Beach-1 Dominic Bush - Cat E Black & White Image - 3rd Place: YO-21 (WWII US Navy Oiler) at Rest on Lana'i's Shipwreck Beach
Johson_Cat_F_AJS07348 Alicia Johnson - Cat F Color Archaeological Portrait - 1st Place & People's Choice: Simon Brown on the Dunraven Shipwreck
Muckerheide-Cat-F-Student-Examining-16th-Century-Customs-Tag Sarah Muckerheide - Cat F Color Archaeological Portrait - 2nd Place: Student Examining 16th Century Customs Tag

Rediscovery_Cat-F_Finding-an-Early-17th-Century-Well Gabriel Brown - Cat F Color Archaeological Portrait - 3rd Place: Finding an Early 17th Century Well.
Sterling_Cat-G_Bliss-in-Biscayne Stephanie Sterling - Cat G Diversity - 1st Place: Bliss in Biscayne
Johnson_Cat_G_AJS07477 Alicia Johnson - Cat G Diversity - 2nd Place & People's Chioce: Egyptian Archaeologist Asma Elsayed
Rediscovery_Cat-H_Sketch-of-Terceira-Lead-Seal Michelle Bouquet - Cat H Artist's Perspective - 1st Place & People's Choice: Sketch of Terceira Lead Seal
Mallios-Cat-H-Illustration-of-vessel-11 Seth Mllios - Cat H Artist's Perspective - 2nd Place: Illustration of Vessel 11, Thomas Hughes & Sons ironstone bowl by field school student Tayla Graham

Carnatic.shipwreck Alicia Johnson - Cat I Archaeology in 3 Minutes Video - 1st Place & People's Choice: Wrecks at Risk, The Carnatic
a-tale-of-two-sites-scaled-e1671053319486 Nicole Grinnan & Michael Thomin - Cat I Archaeology in 3 Minutes Video - 2nd Place: A Tale of Two Sites
Muckerheide-Cat-I-16th-Century-Underwater-Archaeological-Investigations-scaled Sarah Muckerheide - Cat I Archaeology in 3 Minutes Video - 3rd Place: 16th Century Archaeological Investigation
Photo-Contest-Honorable-Mention
Mallios-Cat-A-Field-work-in-the-spring Seth Mallios - Cat A Color Archaeological Site: Field Work in the spring creates a bright and beautiful backdrop for digging

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