The winners of this year’s Current Archaeology Awards were announced on Saturday 1 March as part of Current Archaeology Live! 2025.
The awards celebrate the projects and publications that made the pages of the magazine over the past 12 months, and the people judged to have made outstanding contributions to archaeology.
These awards are voted for entirely by the public – there are no panels of judges – so we encouraged you to get involved and choose the projects, publications, and people you wanted to win.
The winners are:
Archaeologist of the Year:
Professor Joyce Tyldesley
Research Project of the Year
Pioneering spirit: exploring the archaeology and history of The Glenlivet whisky
Pioneering Spirit Project (National Trust for Scotland / The Glenlivet)
Rescue Project of the Year
From stronghold to Steel City: uncovering the ‘birthplace of Sheffield’
Wessex Archaeology / Sheffield City Council
Book of the Year
Crypt: life, death, and disease in the Middle Ages and beyond
By Alice Roberts
For more information on the winners, and all of the nominees in each category, click on the links below:
Archaeologist of the Year 2025
Research Project of the Year 2025
Rescue Project of the Year 2025
Book of the Year 2025
Awards Photos
All photos below credited to Adam Stanford, www.adam-stanford.co.uk
