Archaeology Data Service

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An AI generated image created with the prompt "challenging assumptions on the reuse of digital archaeological data", showing grassy and sandy hills with a selection of artefacts and digital technology

Kristy-Lee Seaton passed her viva with minor corrections last week. Congratulations Kristy-Lee and supervisors James Taylor, @hollywright.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy and @juliandrichards.bsky.social 💐 🎓

KL's thesis focused on the re-use of archived digital data from @ads-update.bsky.social

We've just published a new @york.ac.uk Open Research in Practice case study 📝

@lucymoore.bsky.social challenged herself to improve the representation of the lives and achievements of women on @wikipedia.org by contributing an article for a woman from every country in the world 🌍

Information Management SIG online DigITea talk session | CIfA

🔈 ADS Director, Prof Julian Richards will reveal the cutting-edge @hsds-update.bsky.social in the upcoming @cifa-imsig.bsky.social Tea Break Talk on 14th Jan 2026. Discover how investment from @ukri.org is transforming how we preserve heritage science.
Register now:

MOLA-Headland Infrastructure's A14 project, hosted by the ADS, has been highlighted in @uknatarcsector.bsky.social 'A Year in Archives' 2025 - read more on the ADS website archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/news-events/...
#archives #digital #preservation #archaeology

The Perils of Pits: further research at Durrington Walls henge (2021–2025) In 2020, a series of large features were identified, set within two arc-like structures, to the north and south of Durrington Walls henge (Gaffney et al. 2020). Based on geophysical survey and borehol...

New article in IA69 by Vince Gaffney and colleagues on the Neolithic pit structure at #Durrington Walls Henge includes new #OSL dates and #sedaDNA environmental studies. Results indicate a cohesive pit structure at a massive scale.
doi.org/10.11141/ia....

Further research (just published in IA) on the Neolithic pit structure at Durrington Walls Henge includes new OSL dates and sedaDNA environmental studies. Results indicate a cohesive pit structure at a massive scale
doi.org/10.11141/ia....

Novel scientific method proves pit circle near Stonehenge was man-made, say researchers Archaeologists use multiple types of geophysics equipment to analyse ‘extraordinary structure’

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

HSDS Small Grants Programme Now Open for Applications Applications are now live for our new Small Grants Programme, offering up to £25,000 to unlock innovation in heritage science and conservation research across the UK. Ready to Transform Your Heritage…

⏰ There is only ONE day left to submit your application for the @hsds-update.bsky.social Small Grants Programme!

1️⃣ Enhance Access to Heritage Resources (up to £25,000)
2️⃣ Build Virtual Research Environments (up to £15,000)

Deadline: 28 November 2025, 5pm GMT

More info: buff.ly/GqI62wJ

#HSResearch

A presentation at the beginning of the training school

A group of participants looking at a rendered 3d model

Two participants measuring survey points

Participants using a camera to undertake photogrammetry

🌍 ADS archivist Valeria recently travelled to the @atrium-eu.bsky.social TNA Summer School in Brno, hosted by the AISCR of the Czech Republic, to learn more about recording, processing, and preserving 3D data in archaeology

Read more here: buff.ly/2mEhS5b

#Archaeology #Digital #Archives

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The HSDS are attending the @dariaheu.bsky.social day at the @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social - check out the DRI showcase to find out more out research services for #heritagescience

🌟Happy World Digital Preservation Day! 🌟

We've been working hard to provide open access to hundreds of thousands of archaeological resources all accessible through a single unified search experience: The new ADS data catalogue!

To find out more visit: archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/news-events/...

It's HERE... World Digital Preservation Day 2025!! We are excited to kick off #WDPD2025 with our traditional opening blog from #DPC Executive Director William Kilbride, writing from the #iPRES2025 conference in Aotearoa New Zealand - one of the first places in […]

[Original post on digipres.club]

@ukri.org

Over the past 20 years, the ADS has been at the forefront of many collaborations and projects.

In March 2025 UKRI visited to film a video highlighting the value of Horizon Europe funding to the UK, with ADS as their case study.

To find out more and watch the video visit: buff.ly/3JKFW2N

⏱️The application deadline has been extended until the 9th of November!

For more information about CAA2026, held this year at the University of Vienna, visit: archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/news-events/...

🌟 We have extended the application deadline to 02.11.25 🌟

To find out more about this role visit jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/coll...

⭐ The ADS Data Catalogue is Live!⭐

Explore hundreds of thousands of archaeological resources including over 100,000 reports and 5,000 archive collections.

👉To find out more and start exploring visit buff.ly/BMulYqQ

Open and Engaged 2025 | Open and Engaged 2025 Who Owns Our Knowledge? Exploring ownership, access, and stewardship of cultural heritage in the new era.

The @britishlibrary.bsky.social Open and Engaged Conference includes a talk from @ads-update.bsky.social and HSDS on 'Repository services for Archaeology, and Conservation and Heritage Science.'

📅 : 20, 22 and 23 Oct 2025
📍 : Online

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#HSResearch #NHSFMembers #SocietalChallenge

Reposting with the correct link :)

archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/blog/writing...

Apologies! Here you are :) archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/blog/writing...

@uoydigacc.bsky.social

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📣 Accessibility... Who is it good for? Absolutely everyone!📣

But what steps can we actually take to improve accessibility? In this new blog post, we will explore a few key actions and tips that can make the digital content you create more accessible!

To read more visit: buff.ly/DO4NmQa

Old photograph of a man in front of prehistoric standing stone, Stenness, Orkney Isles. British Geological Survey © UKRI 2025 All Rights Reserved Permit. Number CP25/005, P000528

🚀 Small Grants Programme NOW OPEN!
Funding available for UK heritage science & conservation projects
📂 Enhance access to heritage resources (£25k)
💻 Build virtual research environments (£15k) w/ STFC Hartree Centre
Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
Funded by @ukri.org #RICHeS
Read more here: buff.ly/iFoKHNX

Considering applying for our Small Grants Programme? 👏

Reminder that our first information session is this Thursday 14:00-15:00 GMT!

To register visit: lnkd.in/eEe8fBJc

For full details and application materials: lnkd.in/gxqS7UAb
Questions? Email: applications@hsds.ac.uk

❗ Applications are live for the @hsds-update.bsky.social Small Grants Programme, offering up to £25,000 to unlock innovation in heritage science and conservation research across the UK. Info sessions will take place on 9 and 14 Oct. Applications close 28 Nov. More info: buff.ly/iFoKHNX

#HSResearch

TODAY, at 11:30 CET, join DARIAH's free webinar on #archeoViz & the Spatial and Statistical Exploration of Archaeological Data for the first of DARIAH's #FridayFrontiers series!🏺

ℹ️ Info: www.dariah.eu/2025/06/13/r...
🔸Register: dariah.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

a fossil ammonite

🚀 We are excited to announce that the Data Catalogue & Catalogue of Services are now live!
Explore heritage science data and facilities like never before with these two powerful new tools.
To find out more visit and explore these new tools for yourself visit buff.ly/QAlbPOh

Great to spend timewith @ads-update.bsky.social management committee today.
Such an impressive team focused, hard working and constantly innovating. #digipres #digitalpreservation

An Incipit (opening letter) with two birds from the St. Gallen manuscript Priscian Institutiones Grammaticae, Cod. Sang 904, p. 25. © Stiftsbibliothek St Gallen.

Families Join us for an Open Day: Words on the Wave – Ireland & St. Gallen exhibition
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
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Red ceramic sherds covered in mud, held by an archaeologist on site

📣 Call for Papers!
CAA2026 will be held this year at the University of Vienna. Papers are invited from ATRIUM partners and beyond to share applications in practical case studies of FAIR workflows, especially in the context of data reuse.
Deadline: 26th of October
Find out more: buff.ly/Xn83feJ