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"Digitizing something is not the same as preserving it." Read about the growing digital curation crisis in in Advances in Archaeological Practice.

How the Digital Curation Crisis is endangering archaeology « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog 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. These technologies are powerful—but they’...

The National Archaeology Plan and the future of Spanish archaeology « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog 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 Ministry of Culture has been developing for almost 40 years. For the first time, Spain has a consensus-b...

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐋. 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 (𝐃𝐍𝐌𝐀𝐆) 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧!

Apply for up to $500 to help cover costs and support your participation in the 2027 SAA 92nd Annual Meeting in Indianapolis.

First deadline: July 15, 2026

Don’t miss this opportunity and apply today! www.saa.org/DNMAG

¡𝑳𝒂𝒔 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒆 𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒐 𝒂 𝒍𝒂 𝑹𝒆𝒖𝒏𝒊ó𝒏 𝑫𝒆𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒉 𝑳. 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒔 (𝑫𝑵𝑴𝑨𝑮) 𝒚𝒂 𝒆𝒔𝒕á𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒔!

Aplica para recibir hasta $500 y apoyar tu participación en la 92.ª Reunión Anual de la SAA en Indianápolis.

Primera fecha límite: 15 de julio de 2026

¡No pierdas esta oportunidad y aplica hoy! www.saa.org/DNMAG

11 mysterious dots on a 2,700-year-old figurine are forcing archaeologists to rethink early writing in Guatemala A small fragment of fired clay, no bigger than a hand, has begun to draw attention away from the grand stone monuments usually associated with ancient Mesoamerica. It was picked up decades ago from the remains of La Blanca archaeological site, a place once stitched into a network of early towns alon...

𝐘𝐚 𝐞𝐬𝐭á𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐜𝐢ó𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓.

En general, la satisfacción con la SAA sigue siendo alta, pero sus comentarios también muestran en qué podemos mejorar. Desde el acceso y los costos hasta cómo compartimos recursos y nos conectamos en el ámbito de la arqueología, lo que escuchamos ya está ayudando a definir lo que viene.

Este trabajo ya está en marcha y no termina aquí.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧.

Overall, satisfaction with the SAA remains high, but your feedback also highlights where we can grow. From access and affordability to how we share resources and connect across the field, what we heard is already shaping what comes next.
This work is already in motion, and it doesn’t stop here.

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🎙️'Inspiration from California': Did you miss the Advances in Archaeological Practice seminar? Watch it back here below!

⏺️ https://cup.org/441mXsW

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Part of the new 'Humanities in focus' seminar series, 'Inspiration from ' brought together participants from the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in San Francisco (specifically the California sessions) with authors of some of Advances' most impactful papers on California

Reflecting on the meeting a short time after, we discussed our online collection of papers entitled "Inspiration from California" and shared insights about where California archaeology has been, where it's going, what specific challenges face working in California, and what the rest of the world can learn from archaeology in and of the Golden State.

The Paper of the Month from Latin American Antiquity is "Ritual Transformation, Deity Embodiment, and Nagualism in Formative Period Oaxaca, Mexico" by Jeffrey S. Brzezinski and Guy David Hepp, available !

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May's Paper of the Month from American Antiquity is "Unsettling the Faunal Record: Decolonizing North American Zooarchaeology" by Katelyn J. Bishop and Jenny L. Davis, available !

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Looking for some weekend reading? The May issue of the SAA Archaeological Record is available online.

The SAA Archaeological Record • May 2026, Volume 26 Number 3 The SAA Archaeological Record