One of the great privileges of working at CA is meeting the archaeologists teasing out this country’s past. This year we would like to put forward the following individuals for special recognition of their work over the last 12 months. Once you have made your choice, please vote at the bottom of this page. Martin Carver A… [Continue Reading]

  Rescue archaeology is carried out in areas revealed or threatened by development, or else involves taking preventative measures on a previously unexcavated site. The following nominees, each featured in CA in the last year, highlight the vital importance of this work. Once you have made your choice, please place your vote at the bottom… [Continue Reading]

  This year has brought many excellent new books through our door, but the following titles are those we feel deserve special recognition.  Once you have made your choice, place your vote at the bottom of the page.   Celtic from the West – CA 251 Barry Cunliffe/John Koch It was long thought that Celtic-speaking peoples first appeared in… [Continue Reading]

  This has been another  great year for archaeological research, with fascinating projects going on all over the country. We have really enjoyed following the latest advances in theory, technology and methodology – and we hope you’ve enjoyed reading about them in CA. The following are the projects which particularly captured the imagination of readers… [Continue Reading]

  We are always on the lookout for fresh ideas and new writers, and the Jeffrey May Award exists to encourage new contributions to Current Archaeology and Current World Archaeology. Many of the winners in the past have been from amateur groups or local archaeological societies, keen to tell us of their trials and their triumphs. But we are also… [Continue Reading]

We are delighted to announce Sam Moorhead as our official Archaeologist of the Year 2011. Sam is the National Finds Advisor for Iron Age and Roman coins in the Department of Portable Antiquities at the British Museum. But he is much more than that: his many achievements and the range of his contributions to archaeology are truly phenomenal.

Current Archaeology‘s Book of the Year 2011 is awarded to Julian Bowsher and Pat Miller for The Rose and the Globe: Playhouses of Shakespeare. This has been a year filled with fabulous reading. So many great books have crossed our desks! We have done our best to review as many as possible, and we hope you have had a chance to read some.

This year, the much coveted Research Project of the Year prize went to The Ness of Brodgar, and was accepted on behalf of the team by Nick Card, Senior Projects Manager at the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology.

Congratulations to the team behind the Frome Hoard, which was named as Current Archaeology‘s Rescue Dig of the Year 2011.

The award was accepted by Sam Moorhead on behalf of the project team, including Dave Crisp (finder), Katie Hinds and Anna Booth (Finds Liaison Officers), Bob Croft and Alan Graham (excavators).

Current Archaeology is pleased to announce the winners of their 2010 awards, presented 27 February 2010, at the British Museum as part of the Archaeology 2010 conference.