The end of June has been a great time for articles by Alexandria Archive Institute (AAI) staff, with new free to read and share publications in the open access journals Advances in Archaeological Practice and Internet Archaeology.
Publications
Open Context in 2025 and the Evolving AI Ecosystem
Open Context has grown into one of the world’s largest open access databases of archaeological data. It now houses nearly 2.4 million records from over 200 data publications, including 215,000 images, maps, documents, 3D models, and GIS layers. This growth has required us to make important performance improvements so that the user interface has acceptable […]
New Article about the FAIR+CARE Cultural Heritage Network
The September 2025 issue of The SAA Archaeological Record (the magazine of the Society for American Archaeology) contains a short article about the IMLS-funded FAIR+CARE Cultural Heritage Network. Check it out here: “The FAIR+CARE Cultural Heritage Network: Advancing Practices to Support Ethical Data Management in Archaeology” (available open access).
Open Context – Highlights from 2024
Since Open Context launched in 2006, it has published over 2.2 million records from nearly 200 projects and sub-projects, representing the work of more than 1,600 scholars working in 100 countries in all inhabited continents, as well as data from “off world” sites like the International Space Station! As of December 2024, these 2.2 million […]
The AAI in the November 2024 issue of tSAR
If you’re looking for some new publications from Alexandria Archive Institute (AAI) staff, check out the November 2024 issue of The SAA Archaeological Record. This magazine is a five-times-a-year publication by the Society for American Archaeology and the November issue includes articles by AAI staff and many others working to improve accessibility in field school […]
New Book Promotes Linking and Reuse of Archaeological Data
The following announcement is reposted from The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota’s September 2, 2024 post by Bill Caraher, New Book Day: Corinthian Countrysides. It is our pleasure to announce the publication of David Pettegrew’s Corinthian Countrysides: Linked Open Data and Analysis from the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey. This book presents the history, methods, […]
