The #PaperOfTheMonth from Ancient Mesoamerica is "The Enemy of My Enemy: Ixkun Stela 4 and Classic Maya International Politics on the Eve of War" by Nicholas Carter et al., available #openaccess! 📚 https://cup.org/48ilkca #archaeology #AncientMeso

📢 What are the implications of a #patolli board found at the #Maya site of #Naachtun, #Guatemala? ➡️ Read the #SAA's #LAQ article*: https://cup.org/3WVP35C ➡️ Read the #ArchaeologyNews piece: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/11/unique-mosaic-patolli-board-in-guatemala/ *Free access ends 30 Nov.

⛏️ Dig through these updated collections of popular, free-access #research from the three journals of the #SAA: 🆓✅ 🟡 AAP - https://cup.org/4mXXmYW 🔴 AAQ - https://cup.org/4q5WaWq 🔵 LAQ - https://cup.org/3KMgEmM #archaeology #americanarchaeology @saa-aap.bsky.social#research

The Paper of the Month from the Journal of #RomanArchaeology is "The human skull from the siege of La Loma (Santibáñez de la Peña, Palencia, Spain)" by Santiago David Domínguez-Solera et al., free to access until 19 Dec! 📚 https://cup.org/4rbespC #Archaeology #PaperOfTheMonth

The Paper of the Month from Cambridge Archaeological Journal is "Evolutionary Cognitive Archaeology and Acheulean Technology. A Historiographic Review" by Carmen Martín-Ramos, available #openaccess! 📚 https://cup.org/47QY7yR #PaperOfTheMonth @cam-archaeology.bsky.social#openaccess

The Paper of the Month from International Journal of Cultural Property is "Terrorism and cultural heritage: an unconventional threat assessment" by Craig Ross, available #openaccess! 📚 https://cup.org/4rhUo5d #CulturalLaw #CulturalProperty #PaperOfTheMonth

☕ Great to meet up with attendees at the American Anthropological Association's Annual Meeting in #NOLA and to connect over coffee ☕! If you didn't make it, but wish to discuss #publishing in the #SAA's journal, @saa-aap.bsky.social#NOLA#publishing#SAAlease get in touch! ✉️➡️ https://cup.org/3LVt9gx #openaccess

Cambridge’s #Archaeology journals are publishing an increasing amount of #openaccess (OA) #research. Read the latest articles here: ▶️ https://cup.org/3We1oBR @antiquity.ac.uk @saa-aap.bsky.social @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social#Archaeology

❗ "Our profession is too small to sustain itself without additional voices..." Read Meghan C. L. Howey's new #blog, and the associated co-authored #research, for the #SAA's @saa-aap.bsky.social#blog⛏️📢 https://cup.org/4mrung6 #communityarchaeology #archaeology #openaccess

125 years on from the discovery of the #Antikythera #shipwreck, a new #openaccess study and blog by Brian Martens for @BSAthens' #ABSA offer new insights into the origin and destination of this haul of statues and ancient art: ➡️ https://cup.org/3IDXfnA #classicalstudies #underwaterarchaeology

A new #blog by Charlotta Hillerdal to accompany @antiquity.ac.uk#blogarticle ‘#Nunalleq Digital Museum: multi-vocal narration of a Yup’ik past’ is out now: ➡️ https://cup.org/4hVkWEZ #archaeology #indigenousheritage #openaccess

📢 Did you know the the Journal of Roman Archaeology is flipping to #OpenAccess? All research content published in the journal from January 2026 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌏. Find out more: https://cup.org/4oaKGzq

✈️ Attending #AAAAnthro's American Anthropological Association's Annual Meeting in #NOLA? Connect over coffee ☕ and raise a cup to your #archaeological #research with the editorial team behind the SAA's @saa-aap.bsky.social#AAAAnthro#NOLA#archaeological📅 Friday Nov 21, 1-3pm, at Fourth Wall, 614 Gravier Street, New Orleans.

Share your thoughts about '#Antiquity'! Your insights are incredibly important to us and will help us to improve your experience. Complete this short survey and be in with a chance of winning £100! T&Cs apply: 📝➡️ https://cup.org/49xRYsD @antiquity.ac.uk

The Paper of the Month from Latin American Antiquity is "Middle Holocene Salt Production on the North Coast of Peru" by Tom D. Dillehay et al., available #openaccess! 📚 https://cup.org/4ra5EjL #SAA #LatinAmericanAntiquity #Archaeology #PaperOfTheMonth

The #PaperOfTheMonth from Advances in Archaeological Practice @saa-aap.bsky.social#PaperOfTheMonthis "Training for Transformation: Building a Responsive Archaeological Workforce in California and Beyond" by Kaitlin Brown et al., available #openaccess! 📚 https://cup.org/4o2BQ60 #archaeology

NEW Stratigraphy from two of the 51 Aketala sites in the Tarim Basin of north-western China. The westernmost Bronze Age settlements discovered in China to date, they indicate cultural connections across Central Asia c. 4000 years ago. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Did Diocletian build a defensive border on the #Roman Empire's eastern frontier? Satellite imagery found the forts were in fact widely distributed, suggesting they were built to facilitate trade and movement rather than conflict. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology #RomanFortThursday

The #PaperOfTheMonth from American Antiquity is "The Promise and Peril of Coastal Infrastructure: Use Life of a Tidal Fish Trap on the Northern Gulf Coast of Florida, circa AD 400–650" by Kenneth E. Sassaman et al.! 📚 https://cup.org/4r7nowl #openaccess #archaeology

📢The 'International Journal of Cultural Property' is flipping to #openaccess! All content published from Jan 2026 will be permanently and freely available to download and share globally.🌍 Find out more at: https://cup.org/4pxFmY0 #goldOA #culturalproperty #culturalheritage

Our #Classics colleagues are delighted to announce that, from today, all articles accepted for publication in The Cambridge Classical Journal will be #openaccess. Find out more: ✅ https://cup.org/4r23O4t #classicalstudies

‘Finger flutings’ aren't usually considered symbolic expressions, but #openaccess research from @antiquity.ac.uk#openaccessshows that the art from Koonalda Cave was likely part of a repeated performance meant to guarantee vital food/raw materials. Learn more: 📚 https://cup.org/4r1Xn1z

Missed our recent #seminar? Watch contributors to #IJCP's special issue, 'The #African Renaissance and International Cultural Heritage Law', discuss the research and the importance of the field: 🎬 https://cup.org/3WrwVQO #culturalproperty #culturalheritage #culturalheritagelaw

Deni J. Seymour's recent #Coronado Expedition (1539-1542) research for #SAA journal #AmericanAntiquity suggests the first European settlement in the American Southwest was established in southern Arizona in 1541. Read the blog and article: ➡️ https://cup.org/47gWDh9 #archaeology

✈️ Attending #AAAAnthro's American Anthropological Association's Annual Meeting in #NOLA? Connect over coffee ☕ and raise a cup to your #archaeological #research with the editorial team behind the SAA's @saa-aap.bsky.social#AAAAnthro#NOLA#archaeological📅 Friday Nov 21, 1-3pm, at Fourth Wall, 614 Gravier Street, New Orleans.

A unique mosaic patolli board could provide a fresh perspective on the way the game was played. Learn more in "Dealing with Uniqueness: A Classic Period Maya Mosaic Ceramic Patolli Board from Naachtun, Guatemala" by Julien Hiquet and Rémi Méreuze: 🎲💠 https://cup.org/4nYAMjq #MosaicMonday

"In an era of shrinking research budgets and political pressure to justify public investment, federally funded #digital #archives in #archaeology are delivering measurable, lasting benefits..." Read the blog and #openaccess article here: ➡️ https://cup.org/4nQ7gNS #Huhugam @saa-aap.bsky.social#digital

📢 What are the implications of a #patolli board found at the #Maya site of #Naachtun, #Guatemala? ➡️ Read the #SAA's #LAQ article*: https://cup.org/3WVP35C ➡️ Read the #ArchaeologyNews piece: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/11/unique-mosaic-patolli-board-in-guatemala/ *Free access ends 30 Nov.

📢📢 OUT NOW: 'Training for Transformation: Rethinking Archaeological Readiness in California and Beyond' - a #blog by Kaitlin Brown to accompany new research in the #SAA journal @saa-aap.bsky.social#blog#SAA⛏️🎓 https://cup.org/47HcnKE #archaeology #openaccess

‘Around the Ancient World in 22 Journals’ is a new blog from #Cambridge that aims to dispel the myths around #openaccess #publishing and to answer any questions you might have before submitting your article to one of our global #archaeology journals. 🌍 https://cup.org/3JfpZ6j

A new #blog by Charlotta Hillerdal to accompany @antiquity.ac.uk#blogarticle ‘#Nunalleq Digital Museum: multi-vocal narration of a Yup’ik past’ is out now: ➡️ https://cup.org/4hVkWEZ #archaeology #indigenousheritage #openaccess

📢 Did you know the the Journal of Roman Archaeology is flipping to #OpenAccess? All research content published in the journal from January 2026 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌏. Find out more: https://cup.org/4oaKGzq

Cambridge’s #Archaeology journals are publishing an increasing amount of #openaccess (OA) #research. Read the latest articles here: ▶️ https://cup.org/3We1oBR @antiquity.ac.uk @saa-aap.bsky.social @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social#Archaeology

🏆 ‘#OuedBeht, #Morocco: a complex early farming society in north-west #Africa and its implications for western Mediterranean interaction during later #prehistory’ wins the @antiquity.ac.uk#OuedBeht#Morocco#Africa#prehistoryze 2025. 👏 Read the article here: ⏩ https://cup.org/48WQW97 #archaeology #openaccess

⛏️ Dig through these updated collections of popular, free-access #research from the three journals of the #SAA: 🆓✅ 🟡 AAP - https://cup.org/4mXXmYW 🔴 AAQ - https://cup.org/4q5WaWq 🔵 LAQ - https://cup.org/3KMgEmM #archaeology #americanarchaeology @saa-aap.bsky.social#research

Deni J. Seymour's recent #Coronado Expedition (1539-1542) research for #SAA journal #AmericanAntiquity suggests the first European settlement in the American Southwest was established in southern Arizona in 1541. Read the blog and article: ➡️ https://cup.org/47gWDh9 #archaeology

📢 #CallForPapers📢: #IJCP invites submissions which critically examine #culturalproperty in #SoutheastAsia through the lens of international law, sovereignty, and heritage politics. Find out more here: https://cup.org/46iuZP9

New research from @antiquity.ac.uk uses laser scans and photogrammetry to digitally visualise part of the Sterkfontein Caves, making the UNESCO World Heritage Site more accessible and promoting public and scientific engagement. Read it #openaccess here: 📚 https://cup.org/49nNQvp

Microscopic images of wood used in the construction of the mausoleum of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, at Xi'an #Woodensday They were sourced kilometres away across rugged terrain, showcasing the sophisticated logistics of the Qin Empire. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

✈️ Attending the AAA Annual Meeting in #NOLA? Join the SAA's @saa-aap.bsky.social#NOLAeditor and members of the editorial board for a chat and a cuppa ☕ at Fourth Wall cafe, 614 Gravier Street, Fri, 21 Nov, 1-3pm! We'd love to hear your publishing questions and ideas! 📚📖💻❓ #AAAAnthro #AAAMembers

👀 Watch an interview with Cyprian Broodbank and Giulio Lucarini as they discuss their @antiquity.ac.uk Prize-winning article on #OuedBeht, #Morocco: 🎬 https://cup.org/48Vv7H4 #archaeology

🆕 This blog for journal #AncientMesoamerica explores how #MayaBlue bridges #archaeology, chemistry, and indigenous knowledge. Read it alongside the new research - out now #openaccess: ➡️ https://cup.org/460W8an #archaeologicalscience #mesoamerica #culturalheritage

Explore Ancient Egyptian symbolism through the first comprehensive geoarchaeological survey of the iconic temple complex of Karnak 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

"We suggest that the mirrors in these tombs were used in #conjuring #supernatural beings into existence..." Read about the #Maya mirror conjurors of #Waka', #Guatemala in #archaeological research by Freidel et al. for #AncientMesoamerica: 🔎 https://cup.org/4noJN53

The Paper of the Month from Cambridge Archaeological Journal is "Turning-the-edge, Tranchet, and Social Signalling at Boxgrove" by Ceri Shipton et al., available #openaccess! 📚 https://cup.org/3Wwdk1R #PaperOfTheMonth

'Bewitched by an Elf Dart: #Fairy #Archaeology, Folk Magic and Traditional Medicine in #Ireland' - Reinvestigate the 2018 research by Marion Dowd, now free to read until 30 Nov 2025: 🔎 https://cup.org/49t6OR4 #magic #folkmagic #supernatural #halloween

Missed our recent #seminar? Watch contributors to #IJCP's special issue, 'The #African Renaissance and International Cultural Heritage Law', discuss the research and the importance of the field: 🎬 https://cup.org/3WrwVQO #culturalproperty #culturalheritage #culturalheritagelaw

The #PaperOfTheMonth from the International Journal of Cultural Property is "Safeguarding public collections: A new approach to the recovery of cultural objects unlawfully removed from state ownership" by Vanda Vadász and Péter Buzinkay, free to access until 28 November! 📚 https://cup.org/3JlBpFI

The Paper of the Month from Advances in Archaeological Practice @saa-aap.bsky.social is "Current Key Intersections between Theoretical and Computational Archaeology" by Martin Hinz et al., available #openaccess! 📚 https://cup.org/3JwSigC #archaeology #SAA #PaperOfTheMonth

Deni J. Seymour's recent #Coronado Expedition (1539-1542) research for #SAA journal #AmericanAntiquity suggests the first European settlement in the American Southwest was established in southern Arizona in 1541. Read the blog and article: ➡️ https://cup.org/47gWDh9 #archaeology