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The call for papers and posters for #CAA2026 closes on Sunday 9 November!

A reminder that students are eligible for the Nick Ryan Bursary for best student paper presented at the conference. The recipient will receive a bursary of up to €1000 to travel to #CAA2027. More details about how it […]

FAIR data: 'too little, too late', unless … When people say "make data FAIR" I wonder whether they mean doing extra paperwork after the fact, or changing how data are created so they’re FAIR from the start —

I'm a fan of #FAIRdata as part of working together, but think it should be #bornFAIR and also applied to a broader surrounding of research: https://communities.surf.nl/en/regie-op-data/article/fair-data-too-little-too-late-unless #OpenScience

#Goodmorning en route to #Jordan for a short but exciting #fieldwork season. We'll be trying to get samples of ancient sediment that contain recoverable #ancientDNA... if we're lucky, including that of the first domestic crops.

#Archaeology #Environment

We have just opened the call for a full-time Collections Development Manager for the Heritage Science Data Service in the UK. This post would be eligible for a UK work visa. Please have a look and/or pass on to anyone you think might be interested! […]

Stratigraphic Analysis and The Matrix: connecting and reusing digital records and archives of archaeological investigations This article presents outcomes from The Matrix project that address the current problems caused by the lack of standardised approaches to digital archiving of archaeological data, using the case study of stratigraphic and phasing data

@electricarchaeo I’m sure James and/or Keith would be happy to give you more info about this if it’s useful https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.61.2

Export Updates 2025-06-16:
Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

2 new and 109 updated places.

1. Downloads: https://pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

2. pleiades.datasets: https://github.com/isawnyu/pleiades.datasets:

"main" branch:

70a041e6 - updated json
bd25bd17 - updated rdf/ttl
08dfea11 - […]

A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map covers the eart from northern Europe and the Iberian peninsula in the northwest to Sri Lanka in the southeast.

Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 7 new and 267 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Brady Kiesling and N. Purcell.

A complete list of new and modified place resources, together with short descriptions […]

[Original post on botsinbox.net]

description of tv pilot for some godawful show, where archaeologists as celebrities seems to be the hook

…in a world where archaeologists are massive celebrities…

Happy to answer general questions about this position. The successful candidate would be eligible for a UK work permit so we would welcome the right person from any country. Come work with us! York is beautiful and we are are nice! https://fediscience.org/@InternetArchaeology/114495142721144760

JOB! Linked Open Data Developer at ADS/HSDS
https://jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/linked-open-data-developer-585497.html

The European Commission has formally announced extra funding to lure good researchers from the US. Can't find specifics yet, but appears to be all European countries in Horizon Europe, not just the European Union. If correct, this means you can come to Norway, Switzerland, UK and Iceland in […]

ICYMI: West, E., Christie, C., Moretti, D, Scholma-Mason, O. and Smith, A. 2024 A Route Well Travelled. The Archaeology of the A14 Huntingdon to Cambridge Road Improvement Scheme, Internet Archaeology 67. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.67.22

🤔 Curious about the key differences between physical and digital archives?

🏺 This weeks' blog post comes from Leonora, who has recently joined the ADS, and talks about her background in physical archives and her experiences at the ADS so far!

👉 Check out the ADS blog: https://buff.ly/4hfLvDd

An image of the ADS Digital Object Identifier Cheatsheet

Everything you need to know about Digital Object Identifiers on one page! 🤩 See an expanded version of our DOI Cheatsheet 📑✨ on our website: archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/help-guidanc... #DOIsWithADS #DOIsWithIA #DataReuse #FAIR #Research #DataCite

Not that I'm biased or anything, but our own Julian Richards, Archaeology Data Service Director of nearly 30 years, has been nominated for ✨Archaeologist of the Year✨ by Current Archaeology! If you are a fan of the Archaeology Data Service, you can vote for him here […]

🌟Happy Wrapped Day!🌟

We thought we'd take this opportunity to look back on our statistics from the past year!

Want to know more? Read our annual report 2023-24 at: archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/...

#WrappedDay #AnnualReport #YearInReview #YearlyWrapUp #wrapped

Ever wondered what the start of a career with the ADS looks like? 🤔

This weeks' new blog post comes from Burcu Aksahin, who has recently joined the ADS, and talks about her background and experiences at the ADS so far!

📖To read more visit: archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/blog/my-firs...

🌟Exciting news alert🌟

We've just released our 2023-24 annual report and we are thrilled to share some of our highlights from the year! Thank you to everyone who has made these achievements possible!

What to read more? Read the full report at: archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/about/govern...

YouTube video by Archaeology Data Service An Introduction to Digital Object Identifiers

💪 DOIs > URLs 🙅
Digital Object Identifiers enhance your digital citation practices and ensure long-term accessibility and credibility. 🌐✨ Watch our new video for more information! youtu.be/48Rth4IFGY4 #DOIsWithADS #DataReuse #DigitalPreservation 🏺

well that seemed to go well. I mean, no one stood up and pointed a finger at me and yelled or anything (which happened in a meeting once, but anyway).

So here's today's slidedeck, with links & notebooks etc. https://slides.com/shawngraham/practical-necromancy/

Yay! ADS is now bridged from Bluesky so we can follow directly from Mastodon. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f3ssmp6o4d5db4h7y4mb6fon/post/3lbz3qhbfxc2y