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CA Live! 2017/Previous Years

Rescue Dig of the Year 2017

The award for Rescue Project of the Year was accepted by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit and the University of Cambridge for their…

Features

Because I’m worth it: Apethorpe preserved

Very few people had heard of Apethorpe in 2004 when the government used a compulsory purchase order to take the Northamptonshire building…

Features

Between road and river: Investigating a Roman cemetery in Leicester

Until recently, Leicester’s Roman cemeteries had seen little major excavation, and their burial practices were poorly understood. Now an investigation in the…

Features

Wales in the Vanguard: Pioneering protection of the past

Fortieth birthdays rarely pass without a moment of introspection, but Wales shows no sign of resting on its laurels as its Archaeological…

Features

Fast track to the past: Celebrating Crossrail’s archaeology

The construction of the capital’s new railway, Crossrail, through the heart of London resulted in one of the most extensive archaeological programmes…

Previous Years

Rescue Dig of the Year 2016

  Congratulations to The Drumclay crannog-dwellers: revealing 1,000 years of lakeside living, winner of the Rescue Dig of the Year category in…

Press

PRESS RELEASE: The Happisburgh Project wins Current Archaeology’s prestigious Rescue Dig of the Year award for 2015, for revealing the earliest evidence of human activity in Britain.

Top honours for  Rescue Dig of the Year  at the prestigious Current Archaeology Awards went to  the Happisburgh Project team for their…

Previous Years

Rescue Dig of the Year 2015

Congratulations to First Impressions: discovering the earliest footprints in Europe, winner of the Rescue Dig of the Year category in the 2015…

Previous Years

Rescue Dig of the Year 2014

Rescue archaeology is vital work carried out in areas threatened by human or natural agencies.…

Previous Years

Rescue Dig of the Year 2013

Congratulations to Folkestone: Roman villa or Iron Age oppidum?, winner of the Rescue Dig of the Year category in the Current Archaeology…

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