At a ceremony at the British Museum on 14 July, the 2014 British Archaeological Awards were presented by Loyd Grossman, Chair of The Heritage Alliance, Ed Vaizey, HM Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, and Dan Snow, President of the Council for British Archaeology.
The winners of the 2014 Awards are:
BEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT
Bloomberg London, (MOLA) Museum of London Archaeology
Highly Commended
The Hungate Archaeological Project, York Archaeological Trust
Highly Commended
Tameside Archaeological Survey, Michael Nevell and John Walker
BEST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT
Scotland’s Coastal Heritage at Risk Project (SCHARP), The SCAPE Trust
Highly Commended
Jigsaw Cambridgeshire: Piecing Together Cambridgeshire’s Past, Oxfordshire Archaeology East and Cambridge County Council
Highly Commended
Dig Greater Manchester, Centre for Applied Archaeology, University of Salford
BEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL BOOK
Interpreting the English Village, Mick Aston and Chris Gerrard, Windgather Press, published by Oxbow Books
Highly Commended
Bosworth 1485, Glenn Foard and Anne Curry, Oxbow Books
Highly Commended
Star Carr: Life in Britain after the Ice Age, Nicky Milner, Barry Taylor, Chantal Conneller, Tim Schadla-Hall, published by Council for British Archaeology
BEST PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF ARCHAEOLOGY
New Secrets of the Terracotta Warriors, a Lion Television and Medialab co-production for Channel 4
Highly Commended
The Post Hole, University of York
Highly Commended
Wemyss Caves 4D, Save the Wemyss Ancient Caves Society, The SCAPE Trust and the York Archaeological Trust
BEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL INNOVATION
The SCAPE Trust with WildKnowledge / ShoreUPDATE (Scotland’s Coastal Heritage at Risk Project)
Highly Commended
Archwilio App, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust, Dyfed Archaeological Trust, Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust, Gwynedd Archaeological Trust
Highly Commended
Time-lapse photography of forensic excavation, York Archaeological Trust Dickson Laboratory for Bio-Archaeology
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ARCHAEOLOGY
Beatrice de Cardi OBE FBA FSA
The Awards launched the annual two-week Festival of Archaeology with over 1000 public events, many free, on offer across the UK.
View and download images from the ceremony, courtesy of Adam Stanford.