It’s that time of year again. With just 3 months to go before the Current Archaeology Live! conference in London, the nominations for the Current Archaeology Awards have been released.

The awards are designed to celebrate some of the stories and people featured in the magazine throughout the course of the year. There is no panel of judges, the only votes that count are those from the readership in the public vote via the website, so it really is just down to you (collectively) as to who the winners are.

As in previous years, there are four main categories to vote for:

• Research Project of the Year
• Archaeologist of the Year
• Rescue Dig of the Year
• Book of the Year

The nominees in each category are as follows:

Research Project of the Year

• How to build a dolmen: exploring Neolithic construction at Garn Turne
• Maryport’s mystery monuments: investigating gigantic timber…