It's finally the weekend
Time to do the same thing we do every weekend:
Take over the world!
..more realistically, spend hours organising screenshots, videos, art and random folders that seemed like a good idea at the time
Narf! 🐭

It's finally the weekend
Time to do the same thing we do every weekend:
Take over the world!
..more realistically, spend hours organising screenshots, videos, art and random folders that seemed like a good idea at the time
Narf! 🐭
For those wondering, it's an easy process! At @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy we wrote about it in the resources that we compiled for our #DigitalArchaeology #maintainathon, which you can find at sslarch.github.io/maintainatho...
New on the SIG SSLA blog: International RSE Day! https://sslarch.github.io/blog/intl-rse-day-2026/ #ResearchSoftwareEngineers #DigitalArchaeology #ComputationalArchaeology
📖 Chapter 1/10: How do we record soil deposits as 3D volumes? Janoscha Kreppner reflects on digital excavation documentation, from first spade to publication.
🇩🇪 Open Access 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1773.c26525
📝 The SIG SSLA now has a blog! Members will share news and ideas from our community, and we will announce each new entry here.
Read it 👉 https://sslarch.github.io/blog/
Follow it in your RSS feed reader 👉 https://sslarch.github.io/blog/index.xml
Digital Archaeology: Floppy Disk #14 - INTRO.DOC
PyPottery is an open-source AI suite with four modules for semi-automating ceramic documentation, from image extraction to layout generation. Evaluated on 240 pottery drawings from an Italian…
#OpenSourceAI #DigitalArchaeology #ComputerVision #AIResearch
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.02072
📚 Our second DiKopA volume is out – free to read!
Ten chapters on digital skills in archaeology teaching, incl. a student survey, reproducible research and our report on three #Archaeogaming hackathons 🎮
“The digital record doesn’t care about excuses. When the receipts line up, the narrative locks in. This era is fossilized. You will NEVER live this down, LOL.”
#SkyFeedReceipts #LOL #DigitalArchaeology #PermanentMemory #CantUndoThis
The Call for Papers for #CAA2027, Santiago, Chile (17-20 May) has been extended to October 16!
There are 35 sessions across 8 tracks to choose from so don't miss out on submitting your abstract.
“The timeline has a long memory and a petty streak. This moment is fossilized in the digital record. No edits, no rewrites, no escape. You’ll NEVER live this down, LOL.”
#SkyFeedReceipts #PermanentRecord #LOL #CantUnd oThis #DigitalArchaeology
Egyptologists have long disputed whether Meretneith was an independent ruler of Egypt. Can new digital analysis of an old photograph solve the mystery? Read more here: buff.ly/yW4hlg8
📸 Courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society; used with permission from the author
#AncientEgypt #DigitalArchaeology
🎮 Only days left: submit to our archaeogaming session S34 at #CAA2027, Santiago de Chile, 17–20 May 2027.
Theme: play as a way of knowing the past – in research and in teaching.
Deadline: 1 Oct 2026
Where might games and robots take archaeological research next? Explore new approaches to research, learning, and engagement in Track 7. Submit your proposal to #CAA2027 by October 1st!
How do we preserve, connect, and make the most of the digital traces of archaeological research? Share your work on archiving, open data, and FAIR practices at #CAA2027 before October 1st!
New #JCAA paper! Schwartz, HA, Rubio-Campillo, X and Pastor Pérez, A. 2026. Remake/Remodel: Topic Modelling to Examine Shifting Archaeological Heritage Discourse. Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 9(1): 277–292. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/jcaa...
Deadline for paper submissions for #CAA2027 is the 1st of October!
Track 3 explores regional perspectives, with a particular focus on the Americas, South and South-East Asia.
2027.caaconference.org/call-for-pap...
#archaeology #callforpapers #conference #digitalarchaeology #digitalheritage
Together, we explored:
📊 How to train ML models for archaeological use
🔐 Secure, ethical data sharing frameworks
🌐 Better access to archaeological knowledge, for all
#DigitalArchaeology #AIForGood #CulturalHeritage #MLforArchaeology #DataDrivenDiscovery
Scientists read 4,000-year-old Assyrian letter without opening its clay envelope
#Cuneiform #Archaeology #AncientAssyria #DigitalArchaeology #AncientLetters #BethNahrin #Mesopotamia #Suraya #Chaldean #Syriac…