Thank You and Congratulations to the 2017 Fort Worth Photo and Video Contest Winners!

Join all of the conference attendees and SHA members in congratulating the 2017 Fort Worth Photo and Video Competition Winners and participants. This was the best photo competition ever with 74 entries! The photos were all excellent and it was hard to select from so many amazing images. They will be posted on the ACUA website (www.acualonline.org)  all year long for everyone to enjoy!
 
Category A: Color Archaeological Site
1st Samuel Haskell - Emerald Bay Photogrammetry, Lake Tahoe, California, 2016
2nd Jason Boroughs – Ancestors, Mount Vernon
3rd Hunter Whitehead - A Navy F8F Bearcat: Lost at Sea, Pensacola, Florida (People’s Choice)
 
Category B: Color Archaeological Field Work in Progress
1st Michael Murray and Joshua Marano - Underwater Laser Scanning of "Mandalay" Bow Section in Biscayne National Park at Night, Florida                                                                                          
2nd Lindsay Kiel - Measuring for STU Setup, River Street Archaeological Project, Boise, Idaho (People’s Choice)
3rd Jason Boroughs – Those Unknown II, Mount Vernon
 
Category C: Color Archaeological Lab Work in Progress
1st Austin George – Using the Munsell Soil Chart, Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project, Niles Michigan (People’s Choice)
 
Category D: Color Artifact
1st Kerry Gonzalez - “A Night with Venus, A Lifetime with Mercury” An Examination of a 19th Century Medicine Bottle From a Civil War-Era Burial, Prince Hall Lodge Site, Virginia (People’s Choice)
2nd Terry Brock – Mr. Madison’s Wine, Montpelier
3rd Sierra Medellin - Cutting Edge, Mount Vernon
 
Category E: Black & White Image
1st John Cardinal – Lock Fragment, Fort Michilimackinac, Mackinaw City, Michigan, and part of Mackinac State Historic Parks (People’s Choice)
 
Category F: Color Archaeological Portrait
1st Katie Clevenger - Preparing for a Cold Water Dive,  Atlanta wreck site, Lake Michigan, Wisconsin  (People’s Choice)
2nd Mark Kostro - Alexis Screening, Martin's Hundred, James City County, Virginia
3rd  (tied) Mary Petrich-Guy - Macy, Castle Coop Interior. James Castle House Archaeology Project in Boise, Idaho
3rd  (tied) John Cardinal – Alex examining an Artifact, Fort Michilimackinac, Mackinaw City, Michigan, part of Mackinac State Historic Parks.
 
Category G: Diversity
1st Terry Brock – Family Fun, Montpelier (People’s Choice)
2nd Lynn Harris - Centro Comunitario de Buceo, Costa Rica
 
Category H: Artist's Perspective (Illustration)
1st Kristina Fricker – Elephant Effigy Candlestick, no provenance (People’s Choice)
2nd John Cardinal - Fireplace Structural Stone in Field Notes Fort Michilimackinac, Mackinaw City, Michigan, part of Mackinac State Historic Parks.
3rd Kristina Fricker – Silver Fork, from an 18th century Spanish shipwreck, Florida
 
Category I: Archaeological Video
1st Michael Thomin - Public Involvement at the 1559 Luna Settlement Site, Florida (People’s Choice)
 
Thank You to All of the Participants:
Tyler Ball
Elizabeth Benchley
Jason Boroughs
Terry Brock
John Cardinal
Katherine Clevenger
Emily Dale
Leo Demski
Joe Downer
Kristina Fricker
Austin George
Kerry Gonzales
Lynn Harris
Sam Haskell
Lindsay Kiel
Mark Kostro
Joshua Marano
Patricia Markert
Sierra Medellin
Erica Moses
Michael Murray
Sara Peelo
Mary Petrich-Guy
Crystal Ptacek
Douglas Ross
Mike Thomin
Hunter Whitehead