Nominating an individual or project for the Marsh Community Archaeology Awards is quick and easy.

There are 4 Awards categories:

  • Community Archaeologist of the Year - This award recognises an individual volunteer or professional who is going above and beyond their role to contribute to community archaeology. 
  • Community Archaeology Project of the Year - This award recognises and promotes the results of research and/or fieldwork led by community groups which have made a substantial contribution to knowledge and wellbeing. 
  • Young Archaeologist of the Year - This award is for a young person under the age of 18 who has made an outstanding contribution to community archaeology or a youth engagement project.
  • Youth Engagement Project of the Year - This award is for a project that has made an outstanding contribution to archaeology and youth engagement, ensuring that the participation of young people was central to the delivery of the work.

Guidance documents

To help you prepare your nomination we have put together a series of guidance documents with examples of how to complete each section of the nomination form.

You can download the guidance documents here:

If you have any queries about the nomination process please contact [email protected].

Nomination forms

Nomination forms for each category are available to download here:

Please submit completed nomination forms to [email protected] by 5pm on Friday 31 May 2024. 

Key dates

Nominations for the 2024 Marsh Community Archaeology Awards open on Saturday 10 February.

The closing date for nominations is Friday 31 May 2024 at 5pm.

The winners of the Awards will be announced online on Tuesday 16 July at 12pm as part of the CBA's Festival of Archaeology theme day which this year is 'Community and Archaeology'.

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