The Laila Haglund Prize for Excellence on Consultancy (offered by AACAI)
AACAI is committed to encouraging professionalism and excellence in archaeological consultancy. To this end, AACAI established The Laila Haglund Prize for Excellence in Consultancy to recognise outstanding contribution to consultancy in Australia. The prize is awarded for the paper presented at the AAA Annual Conference that makes the best contribution to consultancy in Australia. The award has been named after Laila Haglund in recognition of her considerable and ongoing contribution to AACAI and professional archaeology in Australia.
| Year | Recipient(s) | Paper Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Birgitta Stephenson (In the Groove Analysis) | Getting it Out in the Open: Residue Reveals of Past Resource Use |
| 2016 | Oliver Brown (Associates Archaeology & Heritage) and Tracey Howie (Guringai Tribal Link Aboriginal Corporation) | Hidden Middens: Three case studies of archaeological sites bound up in disturbance and all the safer for it |
| 2014 | Dave Collard | Rage against the machine: the pros and cons of mechanical test excavation |
| 2013 | Ryan Hovingh (Snappy Gum Heritage Services), Ross Stanger (BHP Billiton Iron Ore) and the Karlka Nyiyaparli Aboriginal Corporation | The Warrawandu Walking Trail Project |
| 2012 | Doug Williams, Phil Hughes and Marjorie Sullivan |
Out in the Open: Excavation of Open Artefact Scatters in the Pilbara |
| 2011 | Colin Pardoe | Door Meten tot Weten: Knowledge Through Measurement, or Measure ‘Til You Die |
| 2010 | Alyssa Gilchrist, Paul Irish, Sharon Lane and Jim Wheeler |
Dumbing-Down: The Push Towards Prescription and What this Means for the Future Direction of Archaeological Consulting |
| 2009 | Richard Fullagar, Michael Slack, Paul Carr, Brian Jones and Penny Williamson |
Aboriginal Tool Stone of the Central Hammersley Range, Pilbara, Northwestern Australia |
| 2008 | Oliver Macgregor, Alex Mackay, Phil Hughes and Marjorie Sullivan | Issues Concerning the Identification of Flaked Stone Artefacts in a Material-Rich Context |
| 2007 | Luke Godwin | The Concept of Harm and the Application of the Duty of Care Guidelines in Queensland Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Legislation |
| 2006 | Daryl Guse and Richard Woolfe |
Communities of Confidence: Documenting Indigenous Land-Use and Settlement Patterns from Rock Art Distribution in Western Arnhem Land |
| 2005 | Bill Jeffery | Chuuk Lagoon’s World War II Underwater Heritage Sites: Considering this Global Heritage from Different Viewpoints |