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Incorporating Existing Archaeological Collections into Cultural Resource Management Mitigation

On disability, exclusion, and archaeology's enduring fieldworker archetype. I always joke that working mainly with computers and satellite imagery was the best way to avoid long, uncomfortable field s...

Building Intentional Leadership and Management Approaches in Archaeology - Volume 14 Issue 3

Working against Silence: Nahua Scholarly Labor, Digital Precarity, and the Politics of Archaeological Sovereignty—The MONARO Project in Veracruz, Mexico - Volume 14 Issue 3

On disability, exclusion, and archaeology's enduring fieldworker archetype. I always joke that working mainly with computers and satellite imagery was the best way to avoid long, uncomfortable field s...

Cambridge Core - Advances in Archaeological Practice - Volume 14 - Advances in Archaeological Labor Management

As archaeologists one of the main things we teach and are taught is that the archaeological record is not complete. On the contrary, the materials we recover are almost always but a small fraction of the things that were used or created by the ancient p...

Decolonizing the Spear-Thrower: New Perspectives on Propulsor Projectile Technologies from the Northwest Coast of North America

Integrating Remote Sensing and Indigenous Knowledge: A Community-Commanded Approach to Heritage Management in the Atacama Desert

Slow, Digital, Immersive, Accessible: A Crip Studies–Centered Framework for Inclusive Archaeological Practice

Unearthing Indigenous Seed Collections: The State of Ethnobotanical Holdings in US Museums and University Repositories

Navigating the AI Revolution in the Era of Community-Accountable Archaeological Praxis

A new AI method uses simulated training data and lidar to find hidden archaeological sites in forested landscapes.

Deep learning models usually need hundreds or thousands of labeled examples to learn how to identify specific archaeological features...

In the Shadows of Colonialism: Archaeological Labor Practices in (Post-)Colonial Zimbabwe

As archaeologists one of the main things we teach and are taught is that the archaeological record is not complete. On the contrary, the materials we recover are almost always but a small fraction of ...

As archaeologists one of the main things we teach and are taught is that the archaeological record is not complete. On the contrary, the materials we recover are almost always but a small fraction of the things that were used or created by the ancient p...

In September 2020, I arrived in Chengcun for the first time. To reach the village, I had to pass through a simple tunnel about four kilometers from the village entrance. With limited transportation in the mountains, I made the journey on foot. When I em...

Old Data, New Horizons: 3D Modeling as a Catalyst for Recontextualizing Fragmentary Legacy Data - Volume 14 Issue 2

The Legality and Ethics of Web Scraping in Archaeology - Volume 12 Issue 2

Using Simulated Training Data to Locate Archaeological Sites with Machine Learning - Volume 14 Issue 2

Lidar and Lost Cities: Examining the Public Presentation of Recent Lidar Findings through News Media - Volume 13 Issue 1

Daily Provisions: Tracing a Longue Durée of Feeding Archaeological Workers and Paths of Sustenance for the Future

Mentoring as Career Infrastructure: Building Sustainable Pathways in Archaeological Practice

Archaeology and cultural heritage work have fully entered the digital age. Today, researchers rely on tools like 3D scanners, a variety of GIS software, and Lidar equipped drones to document the past in ways that were unimaginable just a few decades ago...

A critical milestone for the archaeological ecosystem has been the publication this April of the National Archaeology Plan (NAP), part of a larger framework for cultural heritage that the Spanish Mini...

Is Archaeological Data Labor Sustainable? Only through Ethical and Policy Reforms, Open Data Emphases on Public Engagement, and Indigenous Data Sovereignty

A few months ago, we responded to a call for papers for a themed issue for Advances in Archaeological Practice entitled “Advances in Archaeological Labor Management.” The truth is that, for us, this was an important opportunity to share our archaeologic...

A Survey of How Archaeological Repositories Are Managing Digital Associated Records and Data - Volume 12 Issue 1

Lessons from NAGPRA - Volume 12 Issue 1

In September 2020, I arrived in Chengcun for the first time. To reach the village, I had to pass through a simple tunnel about four kilometers from the village entrance. With limited transportation in...

A Paperless and 3D Workflow for Documenting Excavations at Insula I.14, Pompeii, Italy - Volume 12 Issue 2

How do cultural heritage professionals, such as archaeologists and historic preservationists, responsibly manage and preserve the ever-growing body of digital objects generated across cultural heritag...

Exploring Climate Change Adaptations for Cultural Heritage: The ADAPT Framework - Volume 12 Issue 3

Knowledge of Laboratory and Archaeometric Techniques in Archaeology: Survey Results and Evidence-Based Recommendations from Andalusia, Spain

A critical milestone for the archaeological ecosystem has been the publication this April of the National Archaeology Plan (NAP), part of a larger framework for cultural heritage that the Spanish Mini...