Internet Archaeology

Towards Responsible Destructive Analysis: A guide to the recording of archaeological tooth samples with laboratory process visualisation With increasing use of destructive analysis in archaeology, a tension has arisen between the need to preserve osteological collections for future generations and to use them now for the public benefit...

New in IA69. Haponava, V., Fibiger. L., Butler, I.B. and Pickard, C. 2025 Towards Responsible Destructive Analysis: A guide to the recording of archaeological tooth samples with laboratory process visualisation, Internet Archaeology 69. doi.org/10.11141/ia....

All the Single Ladies? Detector finds, dispersed data and suboptimal sources in the study of Viking Age metalwork In a growing number of countries, the activities of hobby detector users are lauded as a vital source of information about the past. The present paper argues that this statement is not unequivocal. An...

ICYMI: Deckers, P. 2025 All the single ladies? Detector finds, dispersed data and suboptimal sources in the study of Viking Age metalwork, Internet Archaeology 68. doi.org/10.11141/ia....

'Metal detecting and archaeology in the Nordic region. Introduction' - an Internet #Archaeology article on #ScienceOpen:

🔗 www.scienceopen.com/document?vid...

🖇️ @intarcheditor.bsky.social #MetalDetecting #NordicArchaeology #CitizenScience #CulturalHeritage

Perspectives on and from the Danish Metal Detecting Community The Danish approach to metal detecting has been highly successful and has a positive reputation internationally especially among people who are in favour of greater cooperation between archaeologists ...

Nedergaard Dreiøe, K., Hertz, A., Abramsson, G. and Søgaard, R. 2025 Perspectives on and from the Danish metal-detecting community, Internet Archaeology 68. doi.org/10.11141/ia....

Metal Detecting in University Education: Empowering future archaeologists through training This article presents and explores the reflections of students enrolled in 'Small finds - grand stories. The use of metal detector finds in research and dissemination' course at Aarhus University. Thi...

Aagaard, J.R., Hjulmand Larsen, C., Bødstrup Christoffersen, J.E., Munch Thomsen, J., Birk, K., Kaas, M.H., Fur, R., Termansen, S.S. and Dobat, A.S. 2025 Metal detecting in university education: Empowering future archaeologists through training, Internet Archaeology 68. doi.org/10.11141/ia....

Preserving the Past in the Plough Zone Together: Hobby metal detecting in Innlandet County as a case of good practice within the Norwegian legal framework This article presents and discusses the practice of Norwegian metal detecting from the perspective of Innlandet County. The authors perceive hobby metal detecting in Norway as an essentially good thin...

Fredriksen, C., Engesveen, A., Skare, E., Smiseth, M-T. and Pilø, L. 2025 Preserving the past in the plough zone together: Hobby metal detecting in Innlandet County as a case of good practice within the Norwegian legal framework, Internet Archaeology 68. doi.org/10.11141/ia....

Unearthing Perspectives: Exploring the views of heritage professionals and hobbyists on the current state of metal detecting in Estonia This article presents the results of an online survey that explores the views of Estonian heritage professionals and hobbyists on the current state of metal detecting, which has become a popular activ...

Kurisoo, T. and Smirnova, M. 2025 Unearthing Perspectives: Exploring the views of heritage professionals and hobbyists on the current state of metal detecting in Estonia, Internet Archaeology 68. doi.org/10.11141/ia....

All the Single Ladies? Detector finds, dispersed data and suboptimal sources in the study of Viking Age metalwork In a growing number of countries, the activities of hobby detector users are lauded as a vital source of information about the past. The present paper argues that this statement is not unequivocal. An...

Deckers, P. 2025 All the single ladies? Detector finds, dispersed data and suboptimal sources in the study of Viking Age metalwork, Internet Archaeology 68. doi.org/10.11141/ia....

Towards Responsible Destructive Analysis: A guide to the recording of archaeological tooth samples with laboratory process visualisation With increasing use of destructive analysis in archaeology, a tension has arisen between the need to preserve osteological collections for future generations and to use them now for the public benefit...

Haponava, V., Fibiger. L., Butler, I.B. and Pickard, C. 2025 Towards Responsible Destructive Analysis: A guide to the recording of archaeological tooth samples with laboratory process visualisation, Internet Archaeology 69. doi.org/10.11141/ia....

New Horizons in Understanding Finnish Iron Age Material Culture through Metal-Detected Finds This article examines the scientific and cultural heritage management opportunities and challenges that have arisen in Finland owing to the growing popularity of recreational metal detecting. We will ...

Oksanen, E. and Wessman, A. 2025 New horizons in understanding Finnish Iron Age material culture through metal-detected finds, Internet Archaeology 68. doi.org/10.11141/ia....

Other Eyes: Choose your own digital archaeology paradata adventure This publication documents the exciting and complex decision-making processes during the course of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)-funded OTHER EYES project through a text-based interactive game...

Morgan, C. and Crowe, M. 2025 Other Eyes: Choose Your Own Digital Archaeology Paradata Adventure, Internet Archaeology 69. doi.org/10.11141/ia....

The River That Swallowed the Ringwood Prehistoric Landscape: Geoarchaeological investigations in advance of the development of the A31, Hampshire, England Two geoarchaeological boreholes in the Avon Valley were selected for palaeoenvironmental analysis and radiocarbon dating, aiming to provide evidence for landscape development in an area where such rec...

Taylor, J., Langdon, C.T., Scaife, R. and Cameron, N.G. 2025 The River That Swallowed the Ringwood Prehistoric Landscape: Geoarchaeological investigations in advance of the development of the A31, Hampshire, England, Internet Archaeology 69. doi.org/10.11141/ia....

Online dissemination of 3D bioarchaeological data: An exploration of ethics, user preferences, and contextualisation in an official digital repository setting This article explores how ADS users prefer to be presented with bioarchaeological data and investigates how these preferences can inform the ADS's protocol for the dissemination of digital bioarchaeol...

Bohling, S. 2025 Online dissemination of 3D bioarchaeological data: An exploration of ethics, user preferences, and contextualisation in an official digital repository setting, Internet Archaeology 69. doi.org/10.11141/ia....

Detecting Empowerment, Sustaining Commitment: How archaeological metal detecting can underpin enduring health benefits for military veterans We compare two programs that engage military veterans in archaeological metal detecting activities, both to point to the distinct potential of archaeological metal detecting in general, and more speci...

Smith, A., Humphreys, S.D. and Dobat, A.S. 2025 Detecting empowerment, sustaining commitment: How archaeological metal detecting can underpin enduring health benefits for military veterans, Internet Archaeology 68. doi.org/10.11141/ia....

Towards an Archaeology of Routeways: A case study from the North York Moors National Park This article presents the results of a community LiDAR survey to identify routeways in the northern part of the North York Moors National Park, which has outlined the remarkable scale and preservation...

Here's a thread of the most recent releases in Internet Archaeology:

Stapley, D. 2025 Towards an Archaeology of Routeways: A case study from the North York Moors National Park, Internet Archaeology 69. doi.org/10.11141/ia....

A Route Well Travelled. The archaeology of the A14 Huntingdon to Cambridge Road Improvement Scheme The A14 Road Improvement Scheme is one of the largest commercial archaeological projects ever undertaken in the UK. This monograph is intended to act as gateway to the project's findings, synthesizing...

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 (Monograph 32). doi.org/10.11141/ia....

flagfen.org.uk/news/iron-ag...

Towards Responsible Destructive Analysis: A guide to the recording of archaeological tooth samples with laboratory process visualisation With increasing use of destructive analysis in archaeology, a tension has arisen between the need to preserve osteological collections for future generations and to use them now for the public benefit...

New in IA69. Haponava, V., Fibiger. L., Butler, I.B. and Pickard, C. 2025 Towards Responsible Destructive Analysis: A guide to the recording of archaeological tooth samples with laboratory process visualisation, Internet Archaeology 69. doi.org/10.11141/ia....

New issue: From Treasure Hunters to Citizen Scientists: Metal detecting and archaeological heritage in the Nordic region edited by Eljas Oksanen, Suzie Thomas, Pieterjan Deckers, Andres S. Dobat and Anna Wessman
intarch.ac.uk/journal/issu... 🏺

Choose Your Own Digital Archaeology Paradata Adventure The publications from my Other Eyes project on creating VR avatars based on bioarchaeological evidence are finally starting to come out, hurray! This is perhaps the most unusual one, as it’s …

@clmorgan.bsky.social has written a short blog post about her latest article in IA - I'll take "the fantastic Judith Winters" any day of the week :-)

middlesavagery.wordpress.com/2025/06/05/c...

Online dissemination of 3D bioarchaeological data: An exploration of ethics, user preferences, and contextualisation in an official digital repository setting This article explores how ADS users prefer to be presented with bioarchaeological data and investigates how these preferences can inform the ADS's protocol for the dissemination of digital…

🏺 Interested in dissemination of digital bioarchaeological data?

Read Solange Bohlong's Internet Archaeology article visit: buff.ly/wQ7jqff
Or read her blog post written last year: buff.ly/KwzVKwo

Content warning: This blog post contains images of human remains.

Gah typo!!

Routeways have a long research history in archaeology & until recently have not had much airing as archaeological features. This artcile sets out a convincing & interesting typology of routeways. doi.org/10.11141/ia....

Publishing deals are ‘unsustainable’, warn northern universities UK academia faces ‘pivotal moment’ as deadline approaches for cash-strapped universities to negotiate deals with leading publishers

Academic publishers must move towards a “fairly and transparently priced” model of OA research because the current system has become “financially unsustainable”, a group of leading research universities has warned

#AcademicSky #EduSky

Attending the launch of the N8 Research Partnership statement on sustainable scholarly publishing today.

www.n8research.org.uk/n8-research-...

Perspectives on and from the Danish Metal Detecting Community by Kristen Nedergaard Dreiøe, Arne Hertz, Glenn Abramsson and Rikke Søgaard
doi.org/10.11141/ia.... 🏺

All the Single Ladies? Detector finds, dispersed data and suboptimal sources in the study of Viking Age metalwork In a growing number of countries, the activities of hobby detector users are lauded as a vital source of information about the past. The present paper argues that this statement is not unequivocal. An...

All the Single Ladies? Detector finds, dispersed data and suboptimal sources in the study of Viking Age metalwork
by Pieterjan Deckers
doi.org/10.11141/ia.... 🏺

Detecting Empowerment, Sustaining Commitment: How archaeological metal detecting can underpin enduring health benefits for military veterans We compare two programs that engage military veterans in archaeological metal detecting activities, both to point to the distinct potential of archaeological metal detecting in general, and more speci...

Detecting Empowerment, Sustaining Commitment: How archaeological metal detecting can underpin enduring health benefits for military veterans by Aja Smith, Stephen D. Humphreys and Andres S. Dobat
doi.org/10.11141/ia.... 🏺

New Horizons in Understanding Finnish Iron Age Material Culture through Metal-Detected Finds This article examines the scientific and cultural heritage management opportunities and challenges that have arisen in Finland owing to the growing popularity of recreational metal detecting. We will ...

New Horizons in Understanding Finnish Iron Age Material Culture through Metal-Detected Finds
Eljas Oksanen and Anna Wessman
doi.org/10.11141/ia.... 🏺

Unearthing Perspectives: Exploring the views of heritage professionals and hobbyists on the current state of metal detecting in Estonia by Tuuli Kurisoo and Maria Smirnova
doi.org/10.11141/ia.... 🏺