This exercise is best suited to those with an interest in public archaeology, writing as practice, or using archaeological data as motivation. Users should have a basic understanding of archaeological data types to understand what platforms to search, but little previous experience with archaeology is required.
This page provides access to this open educational resource in two ways. The first is through a series of digital documents that represent the complete Digital Data Story. These include the following:
A single-PDF for the combined Digital Data Story materials is available here. Secondary access to the above listed materials is also available through the Digital Data Stories code repository on Codeberg. Those markdown files represent the source material for the text and primary images within the digital documents, minus additional formatting, and with only a general placement of images. Those may be altered and forked from the Codeberg repository for custom use with different data sets with the code represents our commitment to open science and transparency in our process.
These materials, either through the single-PDF publication of record, dynamic digital documents, or the code, are designed to be used synergistically. However, any piece of this Digital Data Story may be used separately or re-ordered according to the requirements of the learner or for specific educational goals. 30 Days to an Article , and its resources, are available free to use, under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. This Digital Data Story also references other resources such as It’s All in the Wrist (Bones): Archaeological Data as Artistic Inspiration (CC BY) and Of Mycenaean Men (CC BY).
Thank you so much for using our educational resources! If you or your participants have the time, please consider contributing an open peer review to our ongoing process. Such updates will be noted here, and will be available first through the code repository and dynamic documents prior to updates to the PDF publication of record.
To attribute this Digital Data Story, or any of its parts, please use our suggested citation:
Paulina F. Przystupa and L. Meghan Dennis, 2023, “30 Days to an Article: Archaeological Inspiration for Your Writing”, Data Stories Program, Alexandria Archive Institute / Open Context, Published Online, DOI: https://doi.org/10.6078/M7HH6H6C.
Blog first published: July 2023
Page Updated: July 2026 – This Digital Data Story underwent major revisions and is now released as Version 2.0. Version 2.0 involved the conversion of the individual parts of the Digital Data Story into dynamic digital Google Documents that, alongside the Codeberg repository, may be updated in the future prior to the creation of a new PDF publication of record. The PDF publication of record now routes to Version 2.0, with an archived Version 1.0 available on Zenodo at https://zenodo.org/records/15760459. Major edits include updates to the text, higher resolution images, the addition of Credits and References sections, removal of references to online events that no longer exist, and other changes documented by comparing Version 1.0 to Version 2.0. This page has been updated as well, to add a suggested citation alongside other minor edits and image updates. August 2026 – we updated a hyperlink to the correct location.
Image credit: “30-Days_Header-695×365-1″ by L. Meghan Dennis from the Data Literacy Program (DLP) / CC BY includes copies of “DLP Sticky Note” by L. Meghan Dennis from the DLP with attribution information forthcoming.
