Awards
British Archaeology Awards
The website for The Thames Discovery Programme built by L – P : Archaeology using ARK has been shortlisted with 2 others for the category of Best Representation of Archaeology in the Media.
Andrew Dufton head of L – P’s digital department will join TDP staff at the British Museum on 19th July for the awards ceremony. The British Archaeological Awards website states that
The purpose of the Awards is to advance public education in the study and practice of archaeology in all its aspects in the United Kingdom, and in particular by the granting of awards for excellence and/or initiative. The Awards are committed to recognising significant contributions to knowledge and the importance of research, professional standards and excellence, involvement of local communities in the study of archaeology, effective dissemination and presentation of archaeological knowledge, and innovation and originality of approach.
Ralph Merrifield Award for London Archaeology
LAMAS Archaeology Committee awarded the 2008 Ralph Merrifield Award for London Archaeology to L – P : Archaeology for the public outreach programme delivered at Prescot Street.
The award was presented at the London & Middlesex Archaeology Society’s 46th Archaeology Conference held in the Museum in Docklands on Saturday 14th March 2009 by Jon Cotton, Senior Curator (Prehistory) at the Museum of London. Chaz Morse Field Officer for the project accepted the award after giving a talk to the society about excavations at the site.
BAJR Web Award
The first ever BAJR (British Archaeological Jobs and Resources) Web Award was bestowed upon L – P’s Prescot Street website in May 2008. The results of a poll conducted on the BAJR forum concluded that the Prescot Street website came top on the basis of content, design and ease of use.
BAJR’s David Connolly set up the award scheme in order:
..to provide some recognition to people or groups that go that extra mile to produce a website that actually has content to it and ease of access, so that the general public feels welcome. Many sites are often just adverts for a company, websites that have education/outreach at their core instead of an add-on, should be recognised. Glad to award it to the Prescot site, as it shows you can take a commercial site and also create a strong public outreach element.. the two do not conflict. Watching a site unfold and the constant updates and resources are what made this site stand out.