Presented to the state or community whose poster in honor of archaeology week or month best exemplifies the vibrant role played by the study of archaeology within the community.
Requirements
Submit a cover sheet with contact name, title, mailing address, email, and phone number. Please include written permission to display images of winning posters on the SAAWeb and in the CoAS newsletter.
Send two copies--unfolded and unmounted--of your state poster to the contact before the deadline below.Please include a digital copy of the poster, which may be emailed.
The 2012 contest will judge posters dating between April 2011 and March 2012.
Deadline for Nomination
March 15, 2012
Contact:
Maureen Malloy
Society for American Archaeology
1111 14th St. NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005-5622
PHONE: (202) 789-8200, ext. 106
FAX: (202) 789-0284
E-MAIL: Maureen_malloy@saa.org
Awardees
View this year’s poster competition winners here
View previous award-winning posters here
View a history of the SAA poster contest, resources for creating posters, and a complete archive of Archaeology Week/ Month poster winners dating back to the first contest held in 1996 here.
2011
1st Place - Wyoming
2nd Place - Oregon
3rd Place - California
2010
1st Place - Washington
2nd Place - Nevada
3rd Place - New Mexico
2009
1st Place - Georgia
2nd Place - South Carolina
3rd Place - Minnesota
2008
1st Place - Alaska
2nd Place - Wyoming
3rd Place - Oregon
2007
1st Place — Arizona
2nd Place — Wyoming
3rd Place — Alaska
2006
1st Place — Wyoming
2nd Place — Alaska
3rd Place (tie) — Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, & Vermont
2005
1st Place — Wyoming
2nd Place — Georgia
3rd Place — California
2004
1st Place — New Mexico
2nd Place — Washington State
3rd Place — Wyoming
2003
1st Place — Nevada
2nd Place — Wyoming
3rd Place — California & Iowa
2002
1st Place — Wyoming
2nd Place — Maryland
3rd Place — Iowa
2001
1st place — Wyoming
2nd place — California
3rd place — Texas
2000
1st place — Virginia
2nd place — Colorado
3rd place — Wyoming
1999
1st place — Wyoming
2nd place — Missouri
3rd place — Maryland
1998
1st place — Wyoming
2nd place — Utah
3rd place — Massachusetts
1997
1st place — Tennessee
2nd place — Colorado
3rd place — Louisiana
1996 New Mexico