Abbey Dias, Sonoma Coast Historical and Undersea Nautical Research Society - 1st Place & People's Choice - Cat A Color Archaeological Site: Tahoe's Hidden Legacy,Small Craft at Rest in Emerald Bay
George Brown, Mount Vernon - 2nd Place - Cat A Color Archaeological Site: Preserved Fruit in the Mount Vernon Cellar
Rachel Archambault - 3rd Place Cat A Color Archaeological Site: Territorial Dispossession in the Plastic Age
George Brown, Mount Vernon - 1st Place & People's Choice - Cat B Color Archaeological Field Work: One Bottle at a Time
Samuel Haskell, Indiana University - 2nd Place - Cat B Color Archaeological Field Work: Artifact Documentation, Zona Colonia, Santo Domingo
Alexis Catsambis, NHHC - 3rd Place - Cat B Color Field Work: Corrosion
George Brown, Mount Vernon - 1st Place - Cat C Color Lab Work: Recovering 250-Year-Old Cherries!
William Doub, Indiana University - 2nd Place - Cat C Color Archaeological Field Work: X-Ray Fluorescense Analysis, 16th Century Pewter
George Brown, Mount Vernon - 1st Place - Cat D Color Artifact: Details of a 5mm Glass Bead
Askar Mazitov, Indiana University - 2nd Place Cat D Color Artifact: 16th Century Ivory Sundial, Writing Tablet, and Lice Comb
Barry McGill, National Monuments Service Ireland - 3rd Place Cat D Color Artifact: Bronze Age stone axe recovery, River Shannon, Ireland
Makenzie Long, NAU - People's Choice - Cat D Color Artifact: 100-Year Apex Jack-O-Cantern Family Reunion
William Doub, Indiana University - 1st Place & People's Choice - Cat E Black & White Image: Texture Revealed, Cleand 16th Century Ceramic
Abbey Dias, Sonoma Coast Historical and Undersea Nautical Research Society - 1st Place & People's Choice - Cat F Color Archaeological Portrait: Wreckage Revisited, Diver John Harreld through the Rusted Frame of S.S. Pomona
George Brown, Mount Vernon - 2nd Place - Cat F Color Archaeological Portrait: At Work in the Cellar
Sarah Muckerheide, Indiana University - 3rd Place - Cat F Color Archaeological Portrait: Examining Jeweler's Anvil, Punta Espada 16th c. Shipwreck
Scott Eck - 1st Place & People's Choice - Cat G Diversity: Citizen Science. This over-under photo was taken in 2019 in the Tanapag Lagoon, Saipan CNMI. The excavation team are working on a WWII Hellcat that crashed catastrophically and settled there. The team includes scientists from East Carolina University, the Florida Public Archaeology Network, and Task Force Dagger Special Operations Foundation. This was a citizen science effort permitted by local and Federal authorities including the DPAA.
Alexa Rand, Indiana University - 1st Place & People's Choice - Cat H Artist's Perspective Illustration: Punta Espada Anchor 16th c., Dominican Republic
Lily Carhart, Kyle Vanhoy, Nick Beard, Alex Kerr, Olivia Larson, Tess Ostoyich, Grace Schultz, Grade Gordon, and Lukas Gose, Mount Vernon - 2nd Place - Cat H Artist's Perspective Illustration: Mount Vernon Brick Floor Composite Drawing
Amelia Fahl, Indiana University - 3rd Place - Cat H Artist's Perspective Illustration: Old Michigan City Lighthouse and Pier
Wyatt Fritz, Indiana University - 1st Place & People's Choice - Cat I Archaeology in 3 minutes Video: Dedication of the Muskegon Shipwreck Indiana Nature Preserve
Rachel Hines on behalf of South Alabama Center for Archaeological Studies in collaboration with Motivation Media Inc - 1st Place & People's Choice Cat J 60 Seconds or Less Video: This 1916 token for the Mobile Light & Railroad street car was excavated by archaeologists as part of the I-10 Mobile River Bridge Archaeology Project. Please visit the ACUA YouTube Channel to view the video short.
Rachel Hines on behalf of South Alabama Center for Archaeological Studies in collaboration with Motivation Media Inc - 2nd Place Cat J 60 Seconds or Lass Video: This video differentiates between artifacts and features and is part of our "Ask an Archaeologist" video series. Please visit the ACUA YouTube channel to view the video short.
Abbey Dias, Sonoma Coast Historical and Undersea Nautical Research Society - Cat A Color Archaeological Site: Inside a Steamship's Boiler, S.S. Pomona, Fort Ross State Historic Park