Jeremy Huggett
@blkheathhopper.introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com
Digital archaeologist; Ducatista and 60's Triumphs on the side;
https://introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com/
Primarily on Mastodon 🐘 https://archaeo.social/@BlckheathHopper
https://introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com/
Primarily on Mastodon 🐘 https://archaeo.social/@BlckheathHopper
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Introspective Digital Archaeology
Understanding the computational turn in archaeology
introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com
By way of intro, I'm a hon. sen. research fellow at Glasgow University, former senior lecturer there. I write on aspects of digital archaeology, digital data, digital theory, digital practice, digital automation, digital agency ... I also blog periodically at introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com
Thinking I may have bitten off too much ...
www.uib.no/en/nia/17912...
#digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanities
www.uib.no/en/nia/17912...
#digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanities
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Thinking I may have bitten off too much ...
www.uib.no/en/nia/17912...
#digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanities
www.uib.no/en/nia/17912...
#digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanities
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Boatwald Boatfaceson www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sutton Hoo ship name contest urges no 'Boaty McBoatface' suggestions
Sutton Hoo Ship's Company wants help naming their replica, but urges people not to make joke suggestions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Boatwald Boatfaceson www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This 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
H/t: @eve.gd
📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly
@sas-news.bsky.social
@sas-news.bsky.social
Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship - University of London Press
Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...
uolpress.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 AM
This 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
H/t: @eve.gd
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Remember 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 […]
Original post on archaeo.social
archaeo.social
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Remember 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 […]
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'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...
A Better Way: Why Preserve - Digital Preservation Coalition
www.dpconline.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
'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...
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A 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.
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.
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A 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.
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.
Changing 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.com/2025/11/02/c...
Changing Interfaces
We 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…
introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Changing 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.com/2025/11/02/c...
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📣 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:
✉️ [email protected]
#CAAUK2025 #Archaeology #DigitalHeritage #DigitalArchaeology
Join the committee & help shape the future of digital archaeology in the UK!
For details or to express interest, contact:
✉️ [email protected]
#CAAUK2025 #Archaeology #DigitalHeritage #DigitalArchaeology
November 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
📣 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:
✉️ [email protected]
#CAAUK2025 #Archaeology #DigitalHeritage #DigitalArchaeology
Join the committee & help shape the future of digital archaeology in the UK!
For details or to express interest, contact:
✉️ [email protected]
#CAAUK2025 #Archaeology #DigitalHeritage #DigitalArchaeology
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www.bajr.org/deep-concern...
Trove is virtually useless and the inaccessibility of the sites is a real issue.
Trove is virtually useless and the inaccessibility of the sites is a real issue.
Deep Concerns for Historic Environment Scotland - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
By 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...
www.bajr.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
www.bajr.org/deep-concern...
Trove is virtually useless and the inaccessibility of the sites is a real issue.
Trove is virtually useless and the inaccessibility of the sites is a real issue.
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Registration 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...
Join us in Cambridge, 9–10 Dec, for talks, posters & workshops on digital & quantitative archaeology.
👉 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-202...
CAA UK 2025 Annual Conference
Join us at CAA UK 2025, featuring research & workshops in the application of quantitative methods and computing to archaeology and heritage.
www.eventbrite.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Registration 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...
Join us in Cambridge, 9–10 Dec, for talks, posters & workshops on digital & quantitative archaeology.
👉 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-202...
An interesting critique of OpenAI's Atlas - "the first browser that actively fights against the web ... fighting against the very idea that you should have control over what you see, where you go, and what watches you while you're there" (Anil Dash)
www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...
www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...
ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
An interesting critique of OpenAI's Atlas - "the first browser that actively fights against the web ... fighting against the very idea that you should have control over what you see, where you go, and what watches you while you're there" (Anil Dash)
www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...
www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...
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From last year…
I've just released a substantial amount of new stuff to the Archaeoptics Archive, about half a terabyte of #3d #photogrammetry datasets mostly of obscure #Pictish stones. All the work we did for English Heritage is also now available! #laserscan #archive
archive.archaeoptics.co.uk
I've just released a substantial amount of new stuff to the Archaeoptics Archive, about half a terabyte of #3d #photogrammetry datasets mostly of obscure #Pictish stones. All the work we did for English Heritage is also now available! #laserscan #archive
archive.archaeoptics.co.uk
November 23, 2024 at 4:53 PM
From last year…
I've just released a substantial amount of new stuff to the Archaeoptics Archive, about half a terabyte of #3d #photogrammetry datasets mostly of obscure #Pictish stones. All the work we did for English Heritage is also now available! #laserscan #archive
archive.archaeoptics.co.uk
I've just released a substantial amount of new stuff to the Archaeoptics Archive, about half a terabyte of #3d #photogrammetry datasets mostly of obscure #Pictish stones. All the work we did for English Heritage is also now available! #laserscan #archive
archive.archaeoptics.co.uk
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After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
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🌟 We have extended the application deadline to 02.11.25 🌟
To find out more about this role visit jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/coll...
To find out more about this role visit jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/coll...
Join us in shaping the future of digital heritage preservation! We are advertising a fantastic new role: Collections Development Manager!
👉 To find out more visit buff.ly/PmxuqEo
📣 The deadline for applications is 14.10.25
👉 To find out more visit buff.ly/PmxuqEo
📣 The deadline for applications is 14.10.25
October 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🌟 We have extended the application deadline to 02.11.25 🌟
To find out more about this role visit jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/coll...
To find out more about this role visit jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/coll...
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El INCIPIT inicia hoy una nueva etapa, reforzando su compromiso con la investigación en patrimonio cultural.
Tras 15 años al frente, Felipe Criado Boado deja la dirección del instituto que impulsó. Su liderazgo consolidó al INCIPIT como referente internacional en investigación.
Tras 15 años al frente, Felipe Criado Boado deja la dirección del instituto que impulsó. Su liderazgo consolidó al INCIPIT como referente internacional en investigación.
October 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
El INCIPIT inicia hoy una nueva etapa, reforzando su compromiso con la investigación en patrimonio cultural.
Tras 15 años al frente, Felipe Criado Boado deja la dirección del instituto que impulsó. Su liderazgo consolidó al INCIPIT como referente internacional en investigación.
Tras 15 años al frente, Felipe Criado Boado deja la dirección del instituto que impulsó. Su liderazgo consolidó al INCIPIT como referente internacional en investigación.
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New: 'How to Get Ahead in Archaeology...' by Heather Keeble
doi.org/10.11141/ia....
It explores the role that book reviews in British periodicals played in establishing the public credibility of archaeologists as the discipline was in a state of flux & undergoing processes of professionalisation
doi.org/10.11141/ia....
It explores the role that book reviews in British periodicals played in establishing the public credibility of archaeologists as the discipline was in a state of flux & undergoing processes of professionalisation
How to Get Ahead in Archaeology:
Using the Book Review System as a Strategy for 19th-Century Archaeologists, with a Case Study on Charles Roach Smith (1806–1890)
The 19th century was a formative period for archaeology, which wanted to define itself as a credible, scientific subject distinct from antiquarianism. It remained, however, an amateur pursuit with no ...
doi.org
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
New: 'How to Get Ahead in Archaeology...' by Heather Keeble
doi.org/10.11141/ia....
It explores the role that book reviews in British periodicals played in establishing the public credibility of archaeologists as the discipline was in a state of flux & undergoing processes of professionalisation
doi.org/10.11141/ia....
It explores the role that book reviews in British periodicals played in establishing the public credibility of archaeologists as the discipline was in a state of flux & undergoing processes of professionalisation
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⭐ The ADS Data Catalogue is Live!⭐
Explore hundreds of thousands of archaeological resources including over 100,000 reports and 5,000 archive collections.
👉To find out more and start exploring visit buff.ly/BMulYqQ
Explore hundreds of thousands of archaeological resources including over 100,000 reports and 5,000 archive collections.
👉To find out more and start exploring visit buff.ly/BMulYqQ
October 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
⭐ The ADS Data Catalogue is Live!⭐
Explore hundreds of thousands of archaeological resources including over 100,000 reports and 5,000 archive collections.
👉To find out more and start exploring visit buff.ly/BMulYqQ
Explore hundreds of thousands of archaeological resources including over 100,000 reports and 5,000 archive collections.
👉To find out more and start exploring visit buff.ly/BMulYqQ
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Job! Postdoc in Digital Cultural Heritage: Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems, on new EU funded grant. 3.5 years, @designinf.bsky.social, Edinburgh. Design ethical processes, & evaluate open source tools for Digital Cultural Heritage Objects, with me! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems)
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems to join the Institute for Design Informatics, Edinburgh College of Art.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Job! Postdoc in Digital Cultural Heritage: Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems, on new EU funded grant. 3.5 years, @designinf.bsky.social, Edinburgh. Design ethical processes, & evaluate open source tools for Digital Cultural Heritage Objects, with me! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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This is a really troubling story from an open knowledge, maritime history, and human rights perspective. The 3D scans from the Scottish Maritime Museum, used by the IDF, were shared as CC0 models. When content is shared openly, what if anything, can be done to counter bad faith re-use?
🔴 NEW: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) used 3D scans from the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine in propaganda videos for its operations in Gaza, Iran and Syria.
Our latest: theferret.scot/idf-s...
Our latest: theferret.scot/idf-s...
October 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This is a really troubling story from an open knowledge, maritime history, and human rights perspective. The 3D scans from the Scottish Maritime Museum, used by the IDF, were shared as CC0 models. When content is shared openly, what if anything, can be done to counter bad faith re-use?
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Join us on Wed 15 October for Centre for Technomoral Futures flagship lecture.
Learn about the surprising role human wisdom is playing to help us navigate the challenges of AI technologies and create a more humane future, with Professor John Sullins.
💳 Free to attend
🎟️ https://edin.ac/3Kw3VEQ
Learn about the surprising role human wisdom is playing to help us navigate the challenges of AI technologies and create a more humane future, with Professor John Sullins.
💳 Free to attend
🎟️ https://edin.ac/3Kw3VEQ
CTMF Flagship Lecture: Wisdom for an Artificial Age - Edinburgh Futures Institute
Hear from Professor John P. Sullins on the surprising role human wisdom is playing in navigating the challenges of AI technologies.
edin.ac
October 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Join us on Wed 15 October for Centre for Technomoral Futures flagship lecture.
Learn about the surprising role human wisdom is playing to help us navigate the challenges of AI technologies and create a more humane future, with Professor John Sullins.
💳 Free to attend
🎟️ https://edin.ac/3Kw3VEQ
Learn about the surprising role human wisdom is playing to help us navigate the challenges of AI technologies and create a more humane future, with Professor John Sullins.
💳 Free to attend
🎟️ https://edin.ac/3Kw3VEQ
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🚀 Small Grants Programme NOW OPEN!
Funding available for UK heritage science & conservation projects
📂 Enhance access to heritage resources (£25k)
💻 Build virtual research environments (£15k) w/ STFC Hartree Centre
Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
Funded by @ukri.org #RICHeS
Read more here: buff.ly/iFoKHNX
Funding available for UK heritage science & conservation projects
📂 Enhance access to heritage resources (£25k)
💻 Build virtual research environments (£15k) w/ STFC Hartree Centre
Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
Funded by @ukri.org #RICHeS
Read more here: buff.ly/iFoKHNX
October 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚀 Small Grants Programme NOW OPEN!
Funding available for UK heritage science & conservation projects
📂 Enhance access to heritage resources (£25k)
💻 Build virtual research environments (£15k) w/ STFC Hartree Centre
Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
Funded by @ukri.org #RICHeS
Read more here: buff.ly/iFoKHNX
Funding available for UK heritage science & conservation projects
📂 Enhance access to heritage resources (£25k)
💻 Build virtual research environments (£15k) w/ STFC Hartree Centre
Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
Funded by @ukri.org #RICHeS
Read more here: buff.ly/iFoKHNX
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‘Alchemy of Upton Lovell’, Rose Ferraby, painted collage & acrylic paint, 2025.
Rose Ferraby is an artist, archaeologist and broadcaster, with an idiosyncratic eye for presenting the past. She also has an exhibition at the @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product-cate...
Rose Ferraby is an artist, archaeologist and broadcaster, with an idiosyncratic eye for presenting the past. She also has an exhibition at the @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product-cate...
October 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
‘Alchemy of Upton Lovell’, Rose Ferraby, painted collage & acrylic paint, 2025.
Rose Ferraby is an artist, archaeologist and broadcaster, with an idiosyncratic eye for presenting the past. She also has an exhibition at the @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product-cate...
Rose Ferraby is an artist, archaeologist and broadcaster, with an idiosyncratic eye for presenting the past. She also has an exhibition at the @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product-cate...
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📢📣Both the website and social media accounts for our new @leverhulme.ac.uk project @weaponisedpasts.bsky.social are now live! Give it a follow! 👆
Welcome to Weaponised Pasts! The website for our investigation into heritage-based hostility is now live at weaponisedpasts.org. Find out more about the project there.
Weaponised Pasts
weaponisedpasts.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
📢📣Both the website and social media accounts for our new @leverhulme.ac.uk project @weaponisedpasts.bsky.social are now live! Give it a follow! 👆
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🚀 We are excited to announce that the Data Catalogue & Catalogue of Services are now live!
Explore heritage science data and facilities like never before with these two powerful new tools.
To find out more visit and explore these new tools for yourself visit buff.ly/QAlbPOh
Explore heritage science data and facilities like never before with these two powerful new tools.
To find out more visit and explore these new tools for yourself visit buff.ly/QAlbPOh
October 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🚀 We are excited to announce that the Data Catalogue & Catalogue of Services are now live!
Explore heritage science data and facilities like never before with these two powerful new tools.
To find out more visit and explore these new tools for yourself visit buff.ly/QAlbPOh
Explore heritage science data and facilities like never before with these two powerful new tools.
To find out more visit and explore these new tools for yourself visit buff.ly/QAlbPOh
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We have a new series of "Digital Lunch"- free, hybrid talks hosted by the Digital Archaeology and Heritage Lab at the University of York. Don't be fooled by the name, we've asked experts on the very cutting edge of the field to talk to us about their research.
Sign up:
forms.gle/qeRcHHe5z3Kf...
Sign up:
forms.gle/qeRcHHe5z3Kf...
September 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We have a new series of "Digital Lunch"- free, hybrid talks hosted by the Digital Archaeology and Heritage Lab at the University of York. Don't be fooled by the name, we've asked experts on the very cutting edge of the field to talk to us about their research.
Sign up:
forms.gle/qeRcHHe5z3Kf...
Sign up:
forms.gle/qeRcHHe5z3Kf...