London Archaeological Prize
The London Archaeological Prize was established in 2004 to encourage high publication standards and wider dissemination of London’s archaeological findings. London Archaeologist administers the Prize, also known as the Publication Prize, which is awarded every two years. It is adjudicated by a panel of judges from professional, academic and voluntary sectors of archaeology.
London Archaeological Prize 2024
There was a very strong field this year with no fewer than 10 titles put forward. The judges found it difficult to decide on a winner as there was such strong competition. They eventually agreed on: A Contemporary Archaeology of London’s Mega Events: From the Great Exhibition to London 2012 by Jonathan Gardner, published by UCL Press (2022). This book is published as an open access text, which can be downloaded direct from the UCL Press website.
The judges awarded the second prize to London in the Roman World by Dominic Perring, published by Oxford University Press (2022).
As always, the winners were announced at the London Archaeological Forum, held at the Institute of Archaeology, on 18 November 2024.
The judges awarded the second prize to London in the Roman World by Dominic Perring, published by Oxford University Press (2022).
As always, the winners were announced at the London Archaeological Forum, held at the Institute of Archaeology, on 18 November 2024.
Previous Winners
2004
1st Prize: Kieron Heard and Damian Goodburn. Investigating the maritime history of Rotherhithe.
2nd Prize: Graham Gower and Kieron Tyler. Lambeth unearthed: an archaeological history of Lambeth.
2006
1st Prize: John Schofield and Richard Lea. Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate: an archaeological reconstruction and history.
2nd Prize: Victor Belcher, Richard Bond, Mike Gray and Andy Wittrick. Sutton House: a Tudor courtier’s house in Hackney.
1st Prize: Kieron Heard and Damian Goodburn. Investigating the maritime history of Rotherhithe.
2nd Prize: Graham Gower and Kieron Tyler. Lambeth unearthed: an archaeological history of Lambeth.
2006
1st Prize: John Schofield and Richard Lea. Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate: an archaeological reconstruction and history.
2nd Prize: Victor Belcher, Richard Bond, Mike Gray and Andy Wittrick. Sutton House: a Tudor courtier’s house in Hackney.
2008
1st Prize. Pamela Greenwood, Dominic Perring and Peter Rowsome. From Ice Age to Essex – a history of the people and landscape of East London.
2nd Prize. Jo Lyon. Within these walls; Roman and medieval defences at the Merrill Lynch Financial Centre, City of London.
2010
1st Prize: Julian Bowsher, Pat Miller. The Rose and the Globe – playhouses of Shakespeare’s Bankside, Southwark: excavations 1988-99.
2nd Prize: PCA. Secrets of the Garden: archaeologists unearth the lives of Roman Londoners at Drapers' Gardens.
1st Prize. Pamela Greenwood, Dominic Perring and Peter Rowsome. From Ice Age to Essex – a history of the people and landscape of East London.
2nd Prize. Jo Lyon. Within these walls; Roman and medieval defences at the Merrill Lynch Financial Centre, City of London.
2010
1st Prize: Julian Bowsher, Pat Miller. The Rose and the Globe – playhouses of Shakespeare’s Bankside, Southwark: excavations 1988-99.
2nd Prize: PCA. Secrets of the Garden: archaeologists unearth the lives of Roman Londoners at Drapers' Gardens.
2012
1st Prize: John Schofield. London 1100-1600.
2nd Prize: Julian Hill, Peter Rowsome. Roman London and the Walbrook stream crossing.
2014
1st Prize: Hazel Forsyth. The Cheapside Hoard: London’s Lost Jewels.
Runners-up: Robert Cowie, Lyn Blackmore, et al. Lundenwic: excavations in Middle Saxon London 1987-2000.
Warwick Rodwell. The Coronation Chair and the Stone of Scone.
1st Prize: John Schofield. London 1100-1600.
2nd Prize: Julian Hill, Peter Rowsome. Roman London and the Walbrook stream crossing.
2014
1st Prize: Hazel Forsyth. The Cheapside Hoard: London’s Lost Jewels.
Runners-up: Robert Cowie, Lyn Blackmore, et al. Lundenwic: excavations in Middle Saxon London 1987-2000.
Warwick Rodwell. The Coronation Chair and the Stone of Scone.
2016
1st Prize: Douglas Killock, John Shepherd, James Gerrard, Kevin Hayward, Kevin Rielly. Temples and Suburbs: Excavations at Tabard Square, Southwark.
2nd Prize: Penny Coombe, Francis Grew, Kevin Hayward and Martin Henig. Roman Sculpture from London and the South-East.
2018
Rebecca Haslam, Guy Thompson. An Immense and Exceedingly Commodious Goods Station: The Archaeology and History of the Great Northern Railway’s Goods Yard at King’s Cross, 1849 to the Present day.
2020
Warwick Rodwell & David S. Neal The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey Vol. 1 & 2
2022
Robert Cowie Syon Abbey: archaeological investigations in Syon Park, Brentford, 1997–2018, LAMAS Transactions 2020, Volume 71
Warwick Rodwell & David S. Neal The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey Vol. 1 & 2
2022
Robert Cowie Syon Abbey: archaeological investigations in Syon Park, Brentford, 1997–2018, LAMAS Transactions 2020, Volume 71