Very much looking forward to the upcoming Garrod Seminar Series themed 'Artificial Intelligence & the Past's Future' with some fantastic speakers (see below!). You can attend the seminar series online via Zoom (registration link: talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/1...) - starting this Thursday!

Together with Krist Vaesen, I have written some words of caution about #replication in lithic analysis. We fear that the way the issue has been taken up in #Palaeolithic #archaeology can narrow the scope of disciplinary inquiry 🏺🧪🦣 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New post: A Prehistory of Digital Archaeology introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com/2026/02/01/a... #digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanities

What is this?? Claude should have “good personal values”??? What does that even mean??? Arghhghgfhffh www.anthropic.com/constitution

New post: AI, Access, and Acknowledgement introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com/2026/01/09/a... A number of archaeological/humanities websites are reporting problems with the sheer volume of traffic caused by web crawlers belonging to the various generative artificial intelligence systems ...

I spent the holiday break thinking about Andor, and so should you! The latest post on #AlmostArchaeology by @archaeonado.bsky.social, with a sequel to follow

I have a Cyber Monday deal for you: a one-click download of 10 books (a so-called "Dakota Dozen"). No email, sign-up, sign-in, or other information required. Click. Download. Unzip. Read. Free. #OpenAccess #CyberMonday #FreeBooks mediterraneanworld.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/c...

Thinking I may have bitten off too much ... www.uib.no/en/nia/17912... #digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanities

Boatwald Boatfaceson www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This looks excellent! So many contributors whose work in digital Arts & Humanities I so respect. Wish I'd had access to these voices a few years ago when trying to understand my PhD 'failings' and, if that's not enough, it's open access. 🙏 H/t: @eve.gd

Remember that contest/marketing stunt that openai put out to derive methods for identifying archaeological sites in the amazon? I finally got around to checking out the results, and they are unsurprisingly bad. The winner and first runner up really focused on the methods, and the first was […]

'Digital erasure is no accident. Whether data loss is nefarious or negligent; it’s a choice. It’s a choice we do not make.' #wdpd2025 #digitalpreservation #digipres More blogging by me. www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/cl...

A great opportunity to see Prof. Steve talk about Govan and Glasgow over the last 1,500 years! Stones, Saints, Ships and Slaves: an archaeology for Glasgow 850 - Prof. Driscoll of Glasgow Archaeology for the 2025 Glasgow Archaeological Society Dalrymple Lecture Series - FREE online and in person.

Changing Interfaces: changes to major archaeological digital infrastructures across the UK which provide access to national historic environment records and associated archive data ... #digitalarchaeology introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com/2025/11/02/c...

📣 We’re looking for a new #CAAUK Chair! Join the committee & help shape the future of digital archaeology in the UK! For details or to express interest, contact: ✉️ [email protected] #CAAUK2025 #Archaeology #DigitalHeritage #DigitalArchaeology

www.bajr.org/deep-concern... Trove is virtually useless and the inaccessibility of the sites is a real issue.

Registration is open for #CAAUK2025! Join us in Cambridge, 9–10 Dec, for talks, posters & workshops on digital & quantitative archaeology. 👉 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-202...

An interesting critique of OpenAI's Atlas - "the first browser that actively fights against the web ... fighting against the very idea that you should have control over what you see, where you go, and what watches you while you're there" (Anil Dash) www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...

From last year… I've just released a substantial amount of new stuff to the Archaeoptics Archive, about half a terabyte of #3d #photogrammetry datasets mostly of obscure #Pictish stones. All the work we did for English Heritage is also now available! #laserscan #archive archive.archaeoptics.co.uk

After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results: - AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2% - ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1% - ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%

🌟 We have extended the application deadline to 02.11.25 🌟 To find out more about this role visit jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/coll...

El INCIPIT inicia hoy una nueva etapa, reforzando su compromiso con la investigación en patrimonio cultural.  Tras 15 años al frente, Felipe Criado Boado deja la dirección del instituto que impulsó. Su liderazgo consolidó al INCIPIT como referente internacional en investigación.

New: 'How to Get Ahead in Archaeology...' by Heather Keeble doi.org/10.11141/ia.... It explores the role that book reviews in British periodicals played in establishing the public credibility of archaeologists as the discipline was in a state of flux & undergoing processes of professionalisation

⭐ The ADS Data Catalogue is Live!⭐ Explore hundreds of thousands of archaeological resources including over 100,000 reports and 5,000 archive collections. 👉To find out more and start exploring visit buff.ly/BMulYqQ

Job! Postdoc in Digital Cultural Heritage: Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems, on new EU funded grant. 3.5 years, @designinf.bsky.social, Edinburgh. Design ethical processes, & evaluate open source tools for Digital Cultural Heritage Objects, with me! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

This is a really troubling story from an open knowledge, maritime history, and human rights perspective. The 3D scans from the Scottish Maritime Museum, used by the IDF, were shared as CC0 models. When content is shared openly, what if anything, can be done to counter bad faith re-use?

Join us on Wed 15 October for Centre for Technomoral Futures flagship lecture. Learn about the surprising role human wisdom is playing to help us navigate the challenges of AI technologies and create a more humane future, with Professor John Sullins. 💳 Free to attend 🎟️ https://edin.ac/3Kw3VEQ

🚀 Small Grants Programme NOW OPEN! Funding available for UK heritage science & conservation projects 📂 Enhance access to heritage resources (£25k) 💻 Build virtual research environments (£15k) w/ STFC Hartree Centre Deadline: 28 Nov 2025 Funded by @ukri.org #RICHeS Read more here: buff.ly/iFoKHNX

‘Alchemy of Upton Lovell’, Rose Ferraby, painted collage & acrylic paint, 2025. Rose Ferraby is an artist, archaeologist and broadcaster, with an idiosyncratic eye for presenting the past. She also has an exhibition at the @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product-cate...

📢📣Both the website and social media accounts for our new @leverhulme.ac.uk project @weaponisedpasts.bsky.social are now live! Give it a follow! 👆

🚀 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

We have a new series of "Digital Lunch"- free, hybrid talks hosted by the Digital Archaeology and Heritage Lab at the University of York. Don't be fooled by the name, we've asked experts on the very cutting edge of the field to talk to us about their research. Sign up: forms.gle/qeRcHHe5z3Kf...

🎉 We've hit 10,000 Facebook followers! 💲 Please help us raise £10,000 of crucial funding - Just £1 per follower would get us to our goal. Thank you all so much for following, and for any donation you can make! tghts.enthuse.com/cf/graveyard...

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Friends don't let friends use academia dot edu. kfitz.info/academia-not...

🚨 Deadline Extension! 🚨 The call for papers & posters for the #CAAUK2025 is now open until 29th Sep 2025! 📅 9th-10th Dec 2025 📍 Cambridge This is a great chance for postgraduate students and early career scholars to present their research. 📧 Submit abstracts to: [email protected]

Like many on here, I've deleted my academia.edu account in the light of their new terms regarding rights over personal information. In any case, all my stuff is freely available on my website or university page for anyone who wants it, as well as via hcommons.org.

📢 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.

My latest #urbanprehistory blog post (no. 182!) concerns a mysterious tiled mural of passage grave art to be found in #Belfast city centre. If anyone has any more information about the tiles, or the motifs depicted, I would love to hear from you. theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/p...

Have you seen any interesting posts or sources for digital humanities scholarship? We are always expanding our collection of subscribed feeds and rely on the DH community to do so. Please submit sources and feeds: digitalhumanitiesnow...

Once in a blue moon, an academic paper appears that speaks to you on a very personal level: this does it for me. Helen Owton (2025) 'An Autoethnography beyond Academia: The Embodiment of Motorcycle Maintenance', Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. Open Access: doi.org/10.1177/0891...

Just in case we think it couldn't happen here ... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

📢 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 📧 [email protected] by 🗓 12pm, 15 Sept. Linktr.ee/caa_uk #Archaeology #CAAUK #DigitalArchaeology

Well that sounds pish. I've been using desktop Linux as my main OS since 2008, when Vista pushed me over the edge. For all the people contemplating the switch with some trepidation here is a 🧵 with some observations.

The organisers of CAA-UK 2025 would like to invite papers and posters for the 2025 meeting, to be held at the Department of Archaeology and McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, on the 9th and 10th of December 2025. uk.caa-international.org/caa-uk-2025/

Some thoughts on #digital #ethics in #archaeology ... introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com/2025/08/01/e... #digitalarchaeology

Coming soon: Advances in Digital Archaeology. Proceedings of the 2023 conference Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology – 50 years of synergy www.sidestone.com/books/advanc...

A really nice review and reflections on the OXO Museo Del Videojuego, Madrid Adrián Maldonado (@almostarch.bsky.social) ... #archaeogaming #archaeology #videogaming almostarchaeology.com/post/7901803...

Sad to hear of the death of Tom Lehrer - his songs provided the backing track for an archaeological field season many years ago. But thankful he put all his songs - lyrics and recordings - into the public domain tomlehrersongs.com or via the Internet Archive ...

Our latest paper is now available, open source! Everyone Has to Start Somewhere: Democratisation of Digital Documentation and Visualisation in 3D Rich Potter , Derek Pitman , Lawrence Shaw and Christian Horn www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...