Reposted by Jeremy HuggettDespoina V. Sampatakou @archaeobruja.bsky.social · 12/10/2026We’re delighted to announce our keynote speaker for CAA UK 2026: Dr Colleen Morgan, Senior Lecturer in Digital Archaeology and Heritage at the University of York. Her talk, “These days we mostly build and repair playgrounds.” Digital Archaeology and Joyful Resistance. 101
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettNeil Selwyn @neilselwyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things to bear in mind when talking about Al ... some notes for the critically-minded Link to PDF: criticaledtech.com/wp-content/u... 1126
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 30/07/2026#digitalarchaeology 110
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 24/07/2026... with some material cut from the original and some afterthoughts here: introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com/2025/08/01/e...introspectivedigitalarchaeology.comEthereal EthicsIn certain respects, ethics can be regarded like the air that we breathe: they surround us, whether recognised or not, influencing our decisions, relationships, and institutions. In an upcoming boo… 010
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 24/07/2026Gingerly raises head above parapet 😅 Ethics and Digital Archaeology doi.org/10.1093/9780... (green OA version: doi.org/10.17613/c0q...) #digitalarchaeologydoi.orgEthics and Digital ArchaeologyAbstract. This chapter investigates the development and current state of digital ethics in archaeology. It argues that there is limited demonstration and r 222
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettCAA UK @caa-uk.bsky.social · 20/07/2026🕶 New for 2026: XR Lab demos! Show your VR, AR, game, or digital tool at CAA-UK 2026. Bring your research to life! 📝 1 Sept 🔗 linktr.ee/caa_uk #XR #CAAUK #DigitalHeritage 033
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettCAA UK @caa-uk.bsky.social · 18/07/2026📢 Thinking of submitting to CAA-UK 2026? We’re keen to hear from: • Students • ECRs • Community & commercial sectors 🗓 Glasgow | 26–27 Nov 📝 1 Sept (demos) | 16 Sept 🔗 linktr.ee/caa_uk #CAAUK #DigitalArchaeology 023
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettAlex Brandsen @alexbrandsen.nl · 15/07/2026Ideeën (of juist zorgen!) over een LLM voor de Nederlandse archeologie? Vul dan de vragenlijst in! We nemen deze input mee in de ontwikkeling van TARA. Vragenlijst: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/s9S8buhqUJ Website: tara-llm.nlforms.cloud.microsoftMicrosoft Forms 051
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 15/07/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comPerverts of the world rejoice! It’s Meta’s new dodgy old mate glasses | First Dog on the MoonUndetectable, always on and always sending data back to pervert headquarters 010
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 07/07/2026And always been intrigued by Christian Nold's Emotion Mapping project from 2005-06, based on biomapping to measure physical responses to geographical location ... www.emotionmap.netemotionmap.netGreenwich Emotion Map - Christian Nold, 2005-6 140
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 07/07/2026And, to continue the theme - stick charts from the Marshall Islands, representing ocean swell patterns and their disruption by islands etc. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshal...en.wikipedia.orgMarshall Islands stick chart - Wikipedia 2122
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettInternet Archaeology @internetarchaeology.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026New in IA71: #Archaeology in the AI Era: Demystifying powerful and problematic systems shaping the future of the past by Eric C. Kansa doi.org/10.11141/ia.71.15 This essay explores how Large Language Models (LLMs) and the generative "Artificial Intelligence" (#AI) services they power […]fediscience.orgOriginal post on fediscience.org 157
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettOpen Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026RE: scholar.social/@ekansa/116811273528… This essay discusses some of the costs of #LLM #AI driven mass web-scraping and how it impacts #nonprofit #opendata services like Open Context. #datacuration #rdm #datamanagement 144
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettEthan Zuckerman @ethanz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Two spacetime aliens from Saguenay, QC are great arguments for Team Human in considering AI futures: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...prospectmagazine.co.ukAngine de Poitrine: the alien rock band playing for Team HumanIn the war between artists and AI, weirdness may be humanity’s greatest asset 0141
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettArchaeology Data Service @ads-update.bsky.social · 05/05/2026The 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 069
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 28/04/2026I imagine you'll have seen this, but may be of interest to some of your followers ... www.glasgowgardenfestival.orgglasgowgardenfestival.orgAfter the Garden Festival... ~ After the Garden Festival...Recording the physical legacy of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival 020
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 10/04/2026Hah! You youngsters - wait til you start getting all the vaccination notifications for over-65s for pneumococcol whatsit, shingles etc, and the aortal scans - that's when you really start to feel old ... (speaking on behalf of a friend, obvs) 140
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettCAA International @caa-int.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026OUT NOW! Advances in Digital Archaeology: Proceedings of the 2023 conference Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology – 50 years of synergy 📚 Read online for free or purchase a printed copy at www.sidestone.com/books/advances-in… 089
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 03/04/2026I recall the astonishment at a College senior management meeting at the consultants (PwC as I recall) who must have been barely into their thirties, if that, with next to zero experience of universities beyond their time as undergrads. They got a drubbing - sadly to little effect ultimately. 130
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettDavid Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 18/03/2026My presentation @caadk.bsky.social yesterday was slightly abbreviated by the need for many of us to get the train. In this 🧵 I'll try to summarise the main point of the talk, which is to encourage my colleagues to make more imaginative use of the amazing open lidar DTMs we have in Denmark #GIS 🏺 1106
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 05/03/2026Doh! Here's the linkl 😜 hsds.ac.uk/deposit-data... (when will Bluesky get an edit post button like Mastodon?)hsds.ac.ukSmall Grants – Funded Projects 2026 011
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 05/03/2026A terrific range of #archaeology projects funded by the Heritage Science Data Service @hsds-update.bsky.social, with some interesting Virtual Research Environment developments as well as data resources ... 121
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettAdvances in Archaeological Practice @saa-aap.bsky.social · 27/02/2026How inclusive is archaeological data? Carrie Heitman’s latest digital review examines #feminist data science. She highlights how power and bias shape everything from collection to interpretation, outlining approaches for more transparent and equitable #research. 🏺 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgFeminist Data Science in Archaeology? | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge CoreFeminist Data Science in Archaeology? 1158
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettHeritage Science Data Service @hsds-update.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Are 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/0AVUX5jbuff.lyHSDS Early Career Professionals Focus Group SessionsAre you an early career heritage scientist, or a trainee or research student in a related discipline? We'd love to hear from you. The National Heritage Science Forum is running two online focus group… 025
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettThe Wolfson Digital Archaeology and Heritage Lab @dah-lab.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Yay! It's a new series of Digital Lunch, hosted by the DAH Lab at the @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social. Check out the fantastic series of speakers we have below. To sign up for the zoom link, fill out this form: forms.gle/GkbwzVZwBH3G... 186
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettEnrico R. Crema @ercrema.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Very 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! 186
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettShumon T. Hussain @shumon.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Together 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...cambridge.orgThe Perks and Perils of Replicability | American Antiquity | Cambridge CoreThe Perks and Perils of Replicability 054
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 01/02/2026New post: A Prehistory of Digital Archaeology introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com/2026/02/01/a... #digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanitiesintrospectivedigitalarchaeology.comA Prehistory of Digital Archaeology - Introspective Digital ArchaeologyAs a species, we are fascinated by origins – as Maya Angelou, the American poet and civil rights activist is attributed as saying, “You can't really know where you are going until you know where you h... 1197
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 22/01/2026If I remember correctly, GUARD Archaeology, while still at the University (so early-mid 2000s?), excavated on the west side of Loch Lomond in advance of a golf course and leisure development and found prehistoric occupation and burial evidence ... Should be published now if I knew where to look! 🤓 140
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettProf. Catherine Flick @liedra.net · 22/01/2026What is this?? Claude should have “good personal values”??? What does that even mean??? Arghhghgfhffh www.anthropic.com/constitutionanthropic.comClaude's ConstitutionAnthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. 3243
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 09/01/2026New 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 ...introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com 052
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettAlmost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 02/01/2026I spent the holiday break thinking about Andor, and so should you! The latest post on #AlmostArchaeology by @archaeonado.bsky.social, with a sequel to followalmostarchaeology.comLuthen and the Louvre: How Andor foretold 2025 (part 1)By Adrián Maldonado It is long ago, and we are far away. In the imperial capital of Coruscant, the gallery of Galactic Antiquities and Objects of Interest receives some visitors. One of them admires..... 295
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 10/12/2025Yup - youtu.be/OPqcBmLqrR4 - I'd say enjoy, but ... 😉🤣youtu.beGone Digital: How Has Digitalization Changed ArchaeologyYouTube video by Norwegian Institute at Athens 120
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettBill Caraher @billcaraher.bsky.social · 01/12/2025I 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...mediterraneanworld.wordpress.comCyber Monday: One-Click Download from The Digital Press at the University of North DakotaPeople say to me all the time: Bill, I just can’t be bothered to click download every time a new free book comes out from your press. This is an understandable concern. After all, clicking download… 163
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 27/11/2025Thanks! I gather you can register via uib.zoom.us/meeting/regi...uib.zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Gone Digital: How Has Digitalization Changed Archaeology?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.Lecture by Dr. Jeremy Huggett (Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Archaeology, School of Humanities, University of Glasgow) 020
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 27/11/2025Thinking I may have bitten off too much ... www.uib.no/en/nia/17912... #digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanities 282
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettMichael Munnik @michaelmunnik.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Boatwald Boatfaceson www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukSutton Hoo ship name contest urges no 'Boaty McBoatface' suggestionsSutton Hoo Ship's Company wants help naming their replica, but urges people not to make joke suggestions. 109224
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettClaire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 20/11/2025This 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 162
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettZack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2025Remember 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 […]archaeo.socialOriginal post on archaeo.social 112
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettWilliam Kilbride @williamkilbride.bsky.social · 07/11/2025'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...dpconline.orgA Better Way: Why Preserve - Digital Preservation Coalition 021
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettThe Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 03/11/2025A 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. 01212
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 03/11/2025Fair point. But in a number of these cases, data are already free to download via data.gov.uk and INSPIRE - e.g. the HES data portal at portal.historicenvironment.scot. The ADS and others also provide and/or are developing APIs - e.g. archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/blog/unlocking-data-apisarchaeologydataservice.ac.ukUnlocking Archaeological Data: Exploring New Ways to Access ADS Collections via APIs – Archaeology Data Service 110
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 02/11/2025Changing 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...introspectivedigitalarchaeology.comChanging InterfacesWe seem to be living in interesting times here in the UK, at least as far as changes to major archaeological digital infrastructures providing access to national historic environment records and as… 141
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettCAA UK @caa-uk.bsky.social · 01/11/2025📣 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: ✉️ Lawrence.Shaw@forestryengland.uk #CAAUK2025 #Archaeology #DigitalHeritage #DigitalArchaeology 033
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettJenn Scott @jennscott1485.bsky.social · 01/11/2025www.bajr.org/deep-concern... Trove is virtually useless and the inaccessibility of the sites is a real issue.bajr.orgDeep Concerns for Historic Environment Scotland - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and ResourcesBy David Connolly and Hana Kdolska, BAJR Admins Controversy, Accountability, and a Way Forward Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has found itself embroiled in a series of controversies over the past... 075
Reposted by Jeremy HuggettCAA UK @caa-uk.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Registration 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...eventbrite.comCAA UK 2025 Annual ConferenceJoin us at CAA UK 2025, featuring research & workshops in the application of quantitative methods and computing to archaeology and heritage. 056
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 31/10/2025I came to Zotero late - post retirement! - and now swear by it. It's much more than a reference manager as it also provides access to all the associated paper and book pdfs, so think of it more as a library manager ... 010
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 29/10/2025Looks like this should become a great resource. Any chance of an RSS feed? 120
Jeremy Huggett @blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com · 29/10/2025It certainly does 😁 (and it's on top of the pile 😉) 100