London Archaeological Prize 2020

We're delighted to share that the winner of the London Archaeological Prize 2020 is The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey Vol. 1 & 2 by Warwick Rodwell and David S. Neal published by Oxbow Books in 2019. The winner was announced at the London Archaeology Forum on 23 November 2020.
                                                             
The judges described the winning volumes as “A fascinating multi-disciplinary recording and analysis of a complex of internationally important monuments. Despite the copious detailed recording, written in a clear and scholarly fashion, with some neatly turned, if not pithy, phrases and insightful analyses.”
 
There were nine nominations for the prize in 2020, it was a strong field with excellent entries,  as one of the judges said: “There were so many good and important books…, it was difficult to choose.”
 
The nominees for the prize in 2020 were:

• Edward Biddulph, Joanna Taylor and Victoria Ridgeway, A Bath House, Settlement and Industry on Roman Southwark's North Island, OA/PCA, 2019
• A E Brown and H L Sheldon, The Roman Pottery Manufacturing Site in Highgate Wood, Archaeopress, 2018
• Glynn Davies, ‘Rubbing and Rolling, Burning and Burying: The Magical Use of Amber in Roman London’ in Adam Parker and Stuart McKie (Eds) “Material Approaches to Roman Magic: Occult Objects and Supernatural Substances”, Oxbow, 2018
• Alistair Douglas, Berni Sudds, Frank Meddens, and Märit Gaimster, Elite Residence to Manufacturing Centre at Price’s Candle Factory, PCA, 2019
• Chiz Harward, Nick Holder, Christopher Phillpotts and Christopher Thomas, The Medieval Priory and Hospital of St Mary Spital and the Bishopsgate Suburb, MOLA, 2019                             
• Richard Hemery, Identifying the Pottery of the Thames Foreshore, e-pub                          
• Warwick Rodwell and David S. Neal, Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey Vol. 1 & 2, Oxbow, 2019         
• John Schofield, Lyn Blackmore and Jacqui Pearce, with Tony Dyson, London's Waterfront 1100-1666, Archaeopress, 2018                               
• Lucy Sibun and Paola Ponce, In Life and Death: Archaeological Excavations at the Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy, London, ASE, 2018

Congratulations to the winners!