Internet Archaeology

Computational archaeologists – has your model failed verification? Or turned out to be unverifiable? Did you try a new approach that didn’t work? Make a mistake in implementation? Know of a method or tool that has been forgotten?

Join @mattomasini and I at #CAA2026 in Vienna, S16: '“All Models […]

New in IA69...
How to Get Ahead in Archaeology: Using the Book Review System as a Strategy for 19th-Century Archaeologists, with a Case Study on Charles Roach Smith (1806–1890) by Heather Keeble

https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.69.5

A valuable contribution to the history of scholarship and the […]

VACANCY
Collections Development Manager (HSDS)
(closes 14/10/2025)

https://jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/collections-development-manager-hsds-596458.html

In 2020, Wessex Archaeology excavated the site of a Victorian slum in the maritime town of Gravesend, #Kent, putting a rare spotlight on the neighborhood’s working-class inhabitants and the Dickensian living conditions they were subject to.
Whilst nothing survived of the ramshackle wooden […]

New: Hall, K. and Loy, M. 2025 Collecting Data in the Conservation Lab for Network Visualisation, Internet Archaeology 69. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.69.8

This article presents the results of a cooperation between conservators and archaeologists in the study of a large assemblage of broken […]

A bimetallic knife and ge blade from Guo state cemetery, Sanmenxia (Henan)

New: Questioning Diversity (of Iron) in the Workplace: Bloomery Iron, Cast Iron, China & the West.

A zoomed-out approach examining the start of the Iron Age in these regions & how socio-political demands & access to other technologies influenced divergence […]

[Original post on fediscience.org]

Advance notice: Two distinct funding opportunities to support researchers, institutions, and community partners in advancing heritage science capabilities.
Applications will open on the 1st October 2025 […]

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. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.69.4

Someone in a red coat metal detecting in a field of stubble

A collage of metal-detected finds including coins, axes, brooches and figurines

A pair of round concave brooches (Appelgren D-type) on a mossy rock

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 https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue68/index.html

A trod made of irregularly shaped, flat stone slabs that are embedded into the earth. The stones appear to be slightly damp or mossy in places, suggesting a well-worn, route. On both sides of the path, the ground is covered with fallen leaves, dirt, and various types of undergrowth, including ferns and other leafy plants. The trees lining the path are tall and slender, with relatively smooth bark, and their foliage creates a dense canopy overhead.

This photo depicts a vast, open landscape under a dramatic, overcast sky. There are no patches of blue, and the light is diffuse. The immediate foreground and midground are covered in low-lying vegetation, following a controlled burn. In the distance, the land rises to form a gentle hill or ridge with a dip (holloway) noticeable beside the outline of a round barrow.

Zoom screnshot of the map interface showing the features in blue, yellow and red against a LiDAR base map

New in IA69: Towards an Archaeology of Routeways: A case study from the North York Moors National Park by David Stapley (University of York)
https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.69.7
It presents the results of a community LiDAR survey to identify routeways in the […]

[Original post on fediscience.org]

New: 'Other Eyes: Choose Your Own Digital Archaeology Paradata Adventure' in Internet Archaeology 69 https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.69.10 by @clmorgan and @kennacrowe27

This publication documents the decision-making processes of the OTHER EYES project through the text-based interactive game Twine […]

New in IA69: Bohling, S. 2025 Online dissemination of 3D bioarchaeological data: An exploration of ethics, user preferences, and contextualisation in an official digital repository setting, https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.69.9 🏺💀

A trod made of irregularly shaped, flat stone slabs that are embedded into the earth. The stones appear to be slightly damp or mossy in places, suggesting a well-worn, route. On both sides of the path, the ground is covered with fallen leaves, dirt, and various types of undergrowth, including ferns and other leafy plants. The trees lining the path are tall and slender, with relatively smooth bark, and their foliage creates a dense canopy overhead.

This photo depicts a vast, open landscape under a dramatic, overcast sky. There are no patches of blue, and the light is diffuse. The immediate foreground and midground are covered in low-lying vegetation, following a controlled burn. In the distance, the land rises to form a gentle hill or ridge with a dip (holloway) noticeable beside the outline of a round barrow.

Zoom screnshot of the map interface showing the features in blue, yellow and red against a LiDAR base map

New in IA69: Towards an Archaeology of Routeways: A case study from the North York Moors National Park by David Stapley (University of York)
https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.69.7
It presents the results of a community LiDAR survey to identify routeways in the […]

[Original post on fediscience.org]

New: 'Other Eyes: Choose Your Own Digital Archaeology Paradata Adventure' in Internet Archaeology 69 https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.69.10 by @clmorgan and @kennacrowe27

This publication documents the decision-making processes of the OTHER EYES project through the text-based interactive game Twine […]

📢 Call for Papers for #TAG2025 in York, UK

🔍 Call for papers: 1 June–1 August
📍 Conference: York, UK
📆 15-17 Dec 2025,
🤝 Organisers: Anne Baillot (DARIAH) & Émilie Pagé-Perron (ADS)

More info: https://www.atrium-research.eu/news/call-for-papers-for-tag-2025-york-uk/

New in IA69: Bohling, S. 2025 Online dissemination of 3D bioarchaeological data: An exploration of ethics, user preferences, and contextualisation in an official digital repository setting, https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.69.9 🏺💀

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

New: Understanding current practice through case studies from established repositories https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.67.3

The article describes and compares key policies and workflows from three long standing digital repositories for archaeological data: Data Archiving and Networked Services […]

New in IA69: The River That Swallowed the Ringwood Prehistoric Landscape: Geoarchaeological investigations in advance of the development of the A31, Hampshire, England by Jessica Taylor (AOC Archaeology), Catherine T. Langdon (U Southampton), Rob Scaife (U Southampton) and Nigel G. Cameron (UCL) […]

Internet Archaeology: Issue 70 (2025)
Urban Archaeology and the Cities of Tomorrow. EAC symposium proceedings

Contents (2/2)

Practical Heritage Conservation in Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia: Legal Framework and a Practical Example from the Church Square of St Stephanus in Beckum, District […]

Just published: Internet Archaeology: Issue 70 (2025)
Urban Archaeology and the Cities of Tomorrow. EAC symposium proceedings
edited by Jeroen Bouwmeester and Koen De Groote
https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.70.1

Contents (1/2)

Time, Space and People: Urban Archaeology and Urban Futures
Paul Belford […]

New in IA69:

Evidencing and ensuring impactful research from developer-funded archaeology

by Sadie Watson (MOLA).
https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.69.3

#archaeology #UK #developer-funded #impact #research #socialvalue #publicbenefit #participation

Thinking digital archaeology? Thinking of postgraduate study? Think about York! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIb69QduRUM

Call for sessions now open for TAG 2025 (deadline 17th April).
which will be held at the University of York between the 15th and 17th December.
https://tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/submissions/

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

Some really exciting digital developments in the pipeline for the #Archaeology department here at York!
https://www.york.ac.uk/york-unlimited/news/2025/wolfson-digital-heritage-lab/

Interesting piece about AI and archaeology by my York colleague @clmorgan https://theconversation.com/how-ai-imagery-could-be-used-to-develop-fake-archaeology-247838

Lovely comment on the release of these outputs from Sarah May over on Bluesky "The 'big news' publications tend to catch headlines. But the real work of archaeology, the biggest advances in our knowledge of the past are in volumes like these. The huge excavations associated with infrastructure […]

Several publications on the archaeology of the #A14 #Huntingdon to #Cambridge Road Improvement Scheme, coinciding with the simulantaneous release of the related ADS digital archive have just been released.

A Route Well Travelled. The Archaeology of the A14 Huntingdon to Cambridge Road […]

A further two new ADS/HSDS posts have just been advertised! Please do encourage all you know to apply (by 4th Feb).

Database Developer
&
Systems Officer

See https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.list?p_web_site_id=3885&p_function=text&p_show_results=Y&p_text=archaeology