Archaeology Data Service

❗ 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

📢 The Call for Papers, Posters & Workshops for CAA 2026 Vienna is now OPEN!

We’re thrilled to announce 53 exciting sessions have been accepted 🎉 —
now it’s your turn to contribute.

Great to see a move to more accessible templates

Burial Site challenges stereotypes of Stone Age women and children Study has revealed new insights into Stone Age life and death, showing that stone tools were just as likely to be buried with women and children as with men.

A study led by @cama-york.bsky.social has revealed new insights into Stone Age life and death, showing that stone tools were just as likely to be buried with women and children as with men

Open access paper in @plosone.org doi.org/10.1371/jour... 🔓 📄

Stone Dead Project data collection available via @ads-update.bsky.social doi.org/10.5284/1132... 🔓 📊

A screenshot of the old ADS archive template

A screenshot of the updated ADS archive template

🏺New Blog Post Alert🏺

Have you noticed a change in some of our archive templates? In our latest blog post, Digital Archives Assistant Tasmin takes us through 'Project Facelift' and the migration of archives to our new templates. To find out more visit: buff.ly/pb7ylYI

I started at @ads-update.bsky.social in late August 1999. That counts to 26 years working in #digitalpreservation. Where does the time go eh?

Excited to kick off the MAIA Training School at Kings Manor, York!

Hosted by @ads-update.bsky.social and @dah-lab.bsky.social, bringing together archaeologists & computer scientists to explore AI applications in archaeology!

maiacost.eu

#DigitalArchaeology #AI #MAIA #CostAction

🌟Could you be our new Web Interface Developer ? 🌟

You will join the existing teams Developers in delivering innovative and engaging front-end applications, including but not limited to map-based interfaces, image collections, and reference catalogues.

👉To find out more visit buff.ly/Zrz1ysE

🎉 Announcing Major New Tools for Heritage Science!
The HSDS is thrilled to launch the Data Catalogue and the Catalogue of Services — powerful resources designed to unlock access to research facilities and datasets across the UK’s heritage science landscape
To find out more visit: buff.ly/s81Ulh5

Latest update on #digital #archaeology archive deposition - the essential final step in project delivery 🏺

📢 Call for Papers – #CAAUK2025

Join us in 📍Cambridge | 9–10 Dec. for the 🏛️💻 Computer Applications & Quantitative Methods in Archaeology UK Conference!

Submit abstracts (max 300 words) to 📧 caauk25@mcdonald.cam.ac.uk by 🗓 12pm, 15 Sept.

Linktr.ee/caa_uk

#Archaeology #CAAUK #DigitalArchaeology

Last autumn, we reached out with a survey to better understand digital data deposition practices within the commercial archaeology and heritage sector.
And now the results are in! To take a look at the feedback as well as our response, take a look at our new blog post here buff.ly/RxKD7fi

5000 archives is quite a milestone - and no better way to celebrate it than the publication of the new permanent home for the 'Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi' - a stunning collection of 28,000 images of stained glass - especially for those who thought we were just about holes in the ground.

This is a wonderful thing. Well done @ads-update.bsky.social and here's to the next 5,000 #digitalpreservation

🎉 An Exciting Announcement 🎉

This week the ADS surpassed 5,000 archive collections! We wanted to give a big thank you to everyone that has allowed us to reach this milestone.

⭐ To find out more about some of the collections released this year visit: buff.ly/qc8n33g

Group of undergraduate and postgraduate Archaeology students on a pretend field trip to St Mary's Abbey in the Museum Gardens, York.

Last chance! Survey closes August 31st - share your voice now.

🏺 We're exploring APIs for the ADS archaeological collections! Imagine accessing our data directly from your research tools! Contribute your say by taking our 6-min survey here:https://buff.ly/PIKBgsq

A laptop showing the ADS Data Catalogue interface

🏛️ After 27 years, ArchSearch is being retired this September to make way for an upgrade - The ADS Data Catalogue! Featuring:
✨ Access to 5k ADS Archives and 100k reports
🗺️ Interactive maps & timeline views
🔍 Multi-parameter searching (What/Where/When)
🔗 Read more on the ADS website buff.ly/jW414wt

The deadline for the Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference #TAG2025 has been extended until August 18th!

🔸 Read more about ATRIUM's participation here: atrium-research.eu/events/theor...

🔸 Visit the TAG Conference website here: tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/call-for-...

We’re kicking off #ADayInArchaeology with an intro from @neilredfern.bsky.social, filmed in a landscape that holds deep personal meaning

From muddy boots to museum work, stay tuned today as we follow a day in the life of archaeologists, students & volunteers across the UK 🏺✨

Venus and Cupid by Shane A. Johnstone. Venus and Cupid Arts Trust, Morecambe. © Historic England Archive, Alun Bull

🎉 The Festival of Archaeology 2025 is here!🏺
To celebrate the role of open knowledge in wellbeing, we’re highlighting a selection of projects that showcase how archaeology can support personal and community wellbeing in diverse and meaningful ways.

🔗 To find out more visit: buff.ly/ltIPhVR

Banner with an image of archaeologists wearing orange hi-vis clothing answering questions. The CBA Festival of Archaeology and Antiquity logos sit on the bottom, next to the text '#Ask An Archaeologist Day. 25 July 2025. Got a question?'

#AskAnArchaeologist Day is on Bluesky this year! 🏺

Get your questions ready for this Friday, when tons of archaeologists will be on hand to answer your #archaeology queries.

@archaeologyuk.bsky.social

Look out for this transformative improvement to finding stuff on ADS

A laptop showing the ADS Data Catalogue interface

🏛️ After 27 years, ArchSearch is being retired this September to make way for an upgrade - The ADS Data Catalogue! Featuring:
✨ Access to 5k ADS Archives and 100k reports
🗺️ Interactive maps & timeline views
🔍 Multi-parameter searching (What/Where/When)
🔗 Read more on the ADS website buff.ly/jW414wt

Call for Papers - TAG 2025, York, UK ATRIUM

ATRIUM invites contributions to the session "Towards Adaptation: Environmental Sustainability in Archaeological Workflows" at TAG 2025 at University of York 15-17 December. More information: www.ariadne-research-infrastructure.eu/2025/07/15/t...
The Call closes on 1st August. #ATRIUM-EU