Current Archaeology Awards - Current Archaeology

The nominees for the 16th annual Current Archaeology Awards are below, and voting is now open.

The awards celebrate the projects and publications that made the pages of the magazine over the past 12 months, and the people judged to have made outstanding contributions to archaeology.

These awards are voted for entirely by the public – there are no panels of judges – so we encourage you to get involved and choose the projects, publications, and people you would like to win.

Voting closes on 5 February 2024, and the winners will be announced on 24 February as part of Current Archaeology Live! 2024. Click here to find out more about the event.

Find out more about all of the nominees here:

Archaeologist of the Year 2024
Book of the Year 2024
Research Project of the Year 2024
Rescue Project of the Year 2024

Cast your votes below:

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Book of the Year 2024

Picts: scourge of Rome, rulers of the North
Gordon Noble and Nicholas Evans
The Rise and Decline of Druce Farm Roman Villa (60-650 CE): excavations 2012-2018
(Lilian Ladle)
Winters in the World: a journey through the Anglo-Saxon year
(Eleanor Parker)
Doggerland: lost world under the North Sea
(Luc Amkreutz and Sasja van der Vaart-Verschoof (eds))
Lessons from Our Ancestors: equality, inclusivity, and sustainability in the Ancient World
(Raksha Dave)
Broken Pots, Mending Lives: the archaeology of Operation Nightingale
(Richard Osgood)
Ballynahatty: excavations in a Neolithic monumental landscape
(Barrie Hartwell, Sarah Gormley, Catriona Brogan, and Caroline Malone (eds))
The Forgotten Cemetery: excavations at Ranelagh, Co. Roscommon
(Shane Delaney and Eileen Murphy)

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Research Project of the Year 2024

The Ness of Brodgar: marking 20 years of Neolithic discoveries
(Ness of Brodgar Trust)
Pondering Penywyrlod: in search of the early origins of the Cotswold-Severn long cairn and barrow group
(W. Britnell (Clwyd-Powys Arch. Trust) and A. Whittle (Cardiff Uni))
At the edge of the world: exploring early medieval asceticism on the Skelligs
(John Crowley and John Sheehan)
Rural Romanitas: rethinking the role of villas
(Martin Henig (University of Oxford), Grahame Soffe, Kate Adcock, and Anthony King (Association for Roman Archaeology))
The bare bones: investigating early Neolithic ways of life and death around the North Channel
(Matt Ritchie (Forestry and Land Scotland))
Archaeology on Prescription: using fieldwork to support York’s mental health provision
(York Archaeology)
‘Tired beyond all telling’: revealing the hard, often brief, lives of pauper apprentices
(Durham University, University of York, Washburn Heritage Centre,)
A monumental mystery: unpicking the evolution of Arthur’s Stone
(The Arthur’s Stone Project)

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Rescue Project of the Year 2024

Pitch perfect: tackling a previously unknown Roman villa at Dings Crusaders RFC
(Cotswold Archaeology)
Excavating Weeley Barracks: echoes of the Napoleonic Wars in Essex
(Oxford Archaeology)
Harpole’s hidden gem: excavating early medieval Britain’s most significant female burial
(MOLA)
The Knowe of Swandro: excavating eroding archaeology in Orkney
(Swandro-Orkney Coastal Archaeology Trust/Bradford University)
The Gloucester: piecing together the story of a royal wreck
(The Gloucester Project)
Ponteland’s prehistoric past: tracing life and death on the edge of the Northumberland Coastal Plain
(Archaeological Research Services Ltd)
Surprises from the Roman frontier: excavating Hadrian’s Wall in urban Tyneside
(Pre-Construct Archaeology)
Excavating Ankerwycke: from priory to pleasure ground
(National Trust/Surrey County Archaeological Unit)

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