Archaeologist of the Year 2013

We are delighted to announce that Phil Harding is the winner of this year’s prestigious Archaeologist of the Year award.

Julian Richards (of Meet the Ancestors) presents Time Team’s Phil Harding with the prestigious ‘Archaeologist of the Year’ award at the Current Archaeology Awards

A household name following his appearance on 20 seasons of Channel 4’s Time Team, Phil’s enthusiasm for archaeology has inspired countless others to enter the discipline. As well as digging at some of Britain’s most iconic sites with Time Team, Phil is also a senior field archaeologist at Wessex Archaeology. He is honorary President of the Defence Archaeology Group, a tri-service extension of Operation Nightingale, the MOD initiative using archaeological fieldwork to help the recovery of injured servicemen. Despite the announcement of Time Team’s cancellation by Channel 4 at the end of last year, the programme has secured a lasting legacy by cementing archaeology in the public consciousness.

On receiving the award, Phil said the following:

‘Stone the crows, I am not used to making acceptance speeches, but thank you to everyone who voted in the Current Archaeology Awards – not just those who voted for me, but everyone who registered their feelings about any of the projects. It shows how important archaeology is.

‘I would not have been offended if either of the other nominees had won; Bob Bewley [Heritage Lottery Fund] and Gustav Milne [Thames Discovery Programme] are seriously good archaeologists.

‘Thank you everyone for expressing an interest in archaeology. Sharing our love of the past is what it is all about and helps to keep archaeology alive.’

Below are all the nominees in this category:


	Bob Bewley Bob Bewley joined the Heritage Lottery Fund as Director of Operations in 2007, following positions with English Heritage as Head of Survey and Regional Director for the South West. Previously he worked for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, specialising in aerial archaeology.


	Phil Harding Familiar to fans of Time Team, Phil Harding is a senior field archaeologist and flint-knapping expert with Wessex Archaeology. He is Honorary President of the Defence Archaeology Group, an extension of Operation Nightingale, which uses archaeology to rehabilitate injured servicemen.


	Gustav Milne Having worked as a rescue archaeologist for the Museum of London for almost 20 years between 1973 and 1991, Gustav Milne is currently Project Director of the Thames Discovery Programme, and Project Manager for the Museum of London Wellcome Osteological Research Database (WORD) Project.

Comments

james fenwick says:

April 27, 2013 at 2:14 pm

phil deserves his award for generating interest in archaeology for the past twenty years.Can anyone tell us what is happening to the rest of time team.can i also enter my disdust at channel four for ending what was a sussessful and absorbing programme.