Furnace Fields: Iron Age & Roman Metalworking between York and the Humber doi.org/10.11141/ia.... (open access) An archaeological 🏺investigation at Thornton #Yorkshire has uncovered significant evidence of a long-lived industrial landscape dating from the middle Iron Age to the early Roman period.

📣 Got questions about Ingest, the new ADS deposit system? Bring them to our next Drop-in Q&A Session! 🗓️ Thursday 14 May at 10am 💻 Online via Zoom | ⏱️ 1 hour No agenda — just your questions answered. 🔗 Register: buff.ly/knZt5DC #Ingest #OpenData #Archaeology

📣 3 weeks left to apply for a TNA Travel Grant! We encourage applications from researchers in.... 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇦🇹 Austria 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🔸 More: atrium-research.eu/travel-grants/

Last week staff from ADS and HSDS headed to the CIfA Annual Conference. This year’s theme, Building Connections’ aimed to showcase archaeological practice and innovation, providing a place for discussion and learning. To read more about the conference visit: buff.ly/ASRK0Mk ‎

Researchers at the University of Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq, @ads-update.bsky.social @york.ac.uk, and Lund University, Sweden, have launched an Arabic version of the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), a resource for the study of cuneiform inscriptions worldwide

Our first 'Introduction to Ingest' online training session is this Thursday (7th May) at 10am - still plenty of spaces available! Sign up for free via the link below ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-introdu...

The ADS Training Portal is now live — free, openly licensed resources on digital preservation and data management for the archaeological community. All materials carry DOIs, CC BY 4.0 licences, and full citations. New resources added every quarter. 👉 buff.ly/al9ZyTV #Archaeology #OpenAccess

Join us next week for the next DRI webinar, this week we introduce the @ads-update.bsky.social with guest speaker @nickyjgarland.bsky.social Register your place ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dri-webina...

Do you work with heritage science data? The Year 2 HSDS User Needs Survey from @nhsf.bsky.social is now open! Takes 15–20 mins. Closes 15 June 2026. Your input shapes national digital infrastructure for the UK heritage science community. 🔗 buff.ly/jOeDLrG

🔬 Our new deposit system — Ingest — is now live! Register now, view our online guidance and sign up for free training. No prior experience needed. Find out more here: buff.ly/lrK8CV3 #HeritageScience #DigitalPreservation #ResearchData

📣 Our April newsletter is now out - featuring our second user needs survey to help develop the Heritage Science Data Service as well as news from our members, funding, events and jobs. Read it here:

Reporting live from #CIfA2026 in Edinburgh! As part of a fantastic session on "Large Infrastructure Projects," Katie Green gave an insightful update on the future of archaeological data management, walking us through the shift to the new Ingest system and its improvements.

🏺Our new deposit system - Ingest - is now live! Register now, view our online guidance and sign up for free training! No prior experience needed. Find out more here: buff.ly/lrK8CV3 #DigitalArchaeology #DigitalPreservation

ICYMI: #DPC has released a new, free advocacy course on the 'Novice to Know How' training platform. It's a practical approach to advocating for #digitalpreservation. See: www.dpconline.org/news/dpc-lau... #digipres #digitalpreservation - Thanks to National Archives esp @melindahaunton.bsky.social

Would you like to learn more about the future of primary data collection in archaeology? Join the online lecture on idai.Field: An open-source application for documenting archaeology. 👉 1url.cz/eeEek 📅 April 24 at 10:00 AM 🔗 Online via Zoom: cesnet.zoom.us/j/99286946372 Password: 24042026

⭐ New Training Alert ⭐ Next month the HSDS will be running a free, hour long training session to explore how to compile metadata for heritage science projects. 📆 11th May 2026 🕒️ 01:00-3:00 PM (GMT) 📍 Online Webinar To find out more and find how to register visit: hsds.ac.uk/news-event/u...

💾 Digital Cleanup Day 2026 🫧 This year, we held our very first ADS/HSDS Digital Clean-up Day on Friday 20th March to reduce the digital waste in our computers and servers. Over the day we got rid of 4.73 TB of clutter! To find out more about the event visit: buff.ly/cfAdlyf

Excellent news! The modules, funded as part of the @rewildarch.bsky.social project led by Dr Anwen Cooper of OA, will help users to engage with and present palaeoenvironmental data in engaging and interesting formats without compromising accuracy 🌱

We are excited to announce that on the 29th April the ADS will be launching two new OASIS+ modules in Archaeobotany and Zooarchaeology! Both new modules will be launched at a focused workshop at the CIfA conference this year! To find out more about this update and workshop, visit: buff.ly/tPGRZmN

A full room today for our #Hackathon! Excited for a collaborative day working with data and exploring #DigitalResearchInfrastructures to address research questions around #GlobalChallenges and #CulturalHeritage. #DISKAH, @ads-update.bsky.social, #DAFNI, #DataCulture from @regentsox.bsky.social

Our new blog post explores an updated version of the 'Oxford Expedition to Egypt: Scene-details Database'. This update gives the database a new lease of life, making it more accessible and user-friendly for years to come. To read this weeks blog post visit: buff.ly/gtncjCm

Archaeology is a driver of scientific innovation. Rather than being a perceived financial burden, it is actually a high-value investment that can improve human health and environmental sustainability. 🏺1/7 doi.org/10.11141/ia....

Curious about ethical implications of missing skeletons? And solve this issue? A recent article co-authored by Digital Archives Assistant Dr Solange Bohling explores the research, legal, and ethical implications of this missing heritage. To read this article visit: buff.ly/EyMOgDc

⭐ New Blog Post ⭐ This post explores how the ADS Archives have changed, in the face of the incredible growth of digital data in archaeology. Written by DAA Burcu Aksahin, this blog post also introduces our brand-new deposit system Ingest! To read this blog post visit: buff.ly/XNoMufK

Looking for a #HeritageScience data management role? The National Gallery is hiring a Content & Engagement Specialist to work within the Heritage Science Data Service Project! 🎨 Full-time, FTC (12 months) 🎨 £41,623 p.a ⏰ Deadline: 12th April 2026 @hsds-update.bsky.social @ads-update.bsky.social

🏺 Collection Highlight 🏺 We wanted to highlight one of our recent archives: Arch-I-Scan. This archive included a data resource of photographs of ceramic remains from Roman Britain taken by the Arch-I-Scan Project between 2019 and 2023. To find out more about the project visit: buff.ly/Sgq9b5j

📢 Find out more about the ADS at this upcoming talk as part of the exciting @digitalcuration.bsky.social DRI Webinar series! Sign up via the link below ⬇️

📢Announcement! Ingest launches April 28th—our new deposit system for archaeology & heritage science data 🎉 A new fast, flexible system that validates as you go. Supporting many file formats, Ingest handles any deposit size. Free training provided after launch. Find out more here: buff.ly/YogwX5S

The project is also hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Assyriology). Deadline 2nd April. Main focus: prepare critical editions, translations, linguistic annotations and glossary records for Sumerian and Akkadian texts of different genres, but mostly literary. jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...

Dr Émilie Pagé-Perron @epp.cdli.network is leading the new "Towards Universal Access to Cuneiform Heritage" project! It aims to transform access to cuneiform heritage through innovative digital tools and multilingual outreach, hosted at @ads-update.bsky.social www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/...

New Issue: Accessibility & re-use of archaeological collections in heritage. EAC symposium proceedings management edited by Agnieszka Oniszczuk, Agnieszka Makowska and David Novák. doi.org/10.11141/ia.72

🏺 Collection Highlight🏺 We would like to highlight the Unlocking Old Windsor archive. Based on six seasons of excavation in the 1950s, this archive brings together resources previous divided between organisations for the first time. To read more visit: archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/news-events/...

We're taking part in a Hackathon organised by @cultinformatics.bsky.social on 'Data Driven Approaches to Safeguarding Cultural Heritage' at the University of Brighton on 17th April ⬇️ Check out details and how to apply below #DISKAH #data #IDAH

I've been working on this survey about adding API capabilities to the ADS for a while - see a summary of the results here with plans for next year #digital #archives #API #archaeology

My first thought at seeing this image: Wow, that LiDAR looks an awful lot like a ravioli. And boy was I right and wrong in ways I didn't expect.

Yes - what a delightful story!! (The linked article is in both Italian and English, just scroll down!) 🏺

New from the ARIADNE RI! AGLAIA, a glossary of archaeological terms in sign languages LIS & ISL, promotes inclusive access to cultural heritage and supports accessible museum experiences. Find out more 👉 ariadne-research-infrastructure.eu/2026/03/17/a... #DigitalHeritage #Accessibility #Archaeology

We want to highlight a recent outcome of the TETARCHs project, that looks to demonstrate how emotive storytelling can bridge between those who find heritage and audiences. To find how an artist, archaeologists, and a pizzeria lead to conversations about belonging visit: buff.ly/FuylJt7

Last year we issued a survey to explore implementing Application Programming Interfaces allowing us to understand the best ways to make our vast collection of archaeological resources more accessible and useful to our diverse user base. To find out more about what we learnt, visit: buff.ly/Svybnbv

⭐ Collection Feature ⭐ We want to highlight the Digital Archive from a Geoarchaeological Evaluation at Jubilee Gardens. To find out more about the project background, how heritage science was used to reconstruct the landscape, and explore the Internet Archaeology article, visit: buff.ly/uwt0Mf7

Registration is now open for our #Hackathon on Data Driven Approaches to Safeguarding Cultural Heritage on 17 April. Info and registration: www.diskah.org/event-detail... @ads-update.bsky.social @regentsox.bsky.social @uniofbrighton.bsky.social

🏺 Highlighting the Open Access Archaeology Fund!⭐ The OAAF supports the publishing and archiving costs of researchers who have no means of institutional support, and whose data is potentially more at risk. To find out more about past projects and how you can donate, visit: buff.ly/I34XKg9

🔬A compelling reuse case for ADS data from @adamsgreen.bsky.social - medieval archaeological records from Wharram Percy repurposed to model early social metabolism and inform pathways beyond fossil fuel dependency ⬇️ #data #reuse

We are pleased to share this blog post by @epp.cdli.network recounting the recent ATRIUM workshop at @ads-update.bsky.social on workflows and demonstrators 🏺 🔸 Read more: atrium-research.eu/news/blog-po...

Are you an early career heritage scientist? 👀 Shape how the HSDS develops by sharing what you need from our research platform. Sign up for two focus group sessions, March 11 & 25 - £100 (or voucher equivalent) or your time. Find out more here: buff.ly/k3Ngcsd Sign up here: buff.ly/0AVUX5j

📢 TOMORROW! 📢 Don’t miss this free training session with the Heritage Science Data Service! 💡 Data Management Plans for Heritage Science ✨ 24th February 2026 ✨ 11:00-13:00 (GMT) ✨ Open to all, but registration is required: buff.ly/BD8JjNH @hsds-update.bsky.social @ads-update.bsky.social

@hsds-update.bsky.social @ads-update.bsky.social HSDS and ADS have revamped their Guides to Good Practice! The new & improved resources are easier to access, use, and cite. Find your comprehensive guides to creating, managing & preserving digital #HeritageScience data here:

⭐ New Blog Post Alert ⭐ Last year Digital Archives Assistant Marco Brunello, represented the ADS at the International Council on Archives in Barcelona. To find out more about his presentation, and other highlights from the event visit: buff.ly/2gsHd4e

🎉 We'll be at Heritage Day 2026 in London on 4 March! Come find the HSDS exhibition table and chat with us about our research services and your digital preservation needs. Find out more 👇#heritageconnects #heritagescience #digital #preservation