# Welcome to c/Archaeology @ Mander.xyz!
#### Shovelbums welcome. 🗿
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**Notice Board**
*This is a work in progress, please don't mind the mess.*
- 2023-06-15: We are [collecting resources](https://mander.xyz/post/706957) for the sidebar!
- 2023-06-13: We are looking for [mods](https://mander.xyz/post/680156). Send a dm to [@fossilesque@mander.xyz](https://mander.xyz/u/fossilesque) if interested!
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**About**
>Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.
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>Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.
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>The discipline involves surveying, excavation, and eventually analysis of data collected, to learn more about the past. In broad scope, archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research. [Read more...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology)
**Rules**
1. Don't throw mud. Be kind and remember the human.
2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
3. No spam.
4. No pseudoscience/pseudoarchaeology.
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**Links**
Archaeology 101:
- [Historic England's Guides for the Archaeological Sciences](https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/technical-advice/archaeological-science/)
Get Involved:
- [AIA Societies (USA)](https://www.archaeological.org/programs/societies/find/)
- [Society for Black Archaeologists](https://www.societyofblackarchaeologists.com/)
University and Field Work:
- [Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities Bulletin](https://www.archaeological.org/programs/professionals/fieldwork/afob/)
- [University Archaeology (UK)](https://www.universityarchaeology.co.uk/)
- [Black Trowel Collective Microgrants for Students](https://blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/)
Jobs and Career:
- [Ways into Archaeology](https://www.archaeologyuk.org/ways-into-archaeology.html)
- [Profiling the Profession](https://profilingtheprofession.org.uk/executive-summary/)
- [Shovelbums](https://shovelbums.org/)
Professional Organisations:
- [Chartered Institute for Archaeologists
(UK)](https://archaeologists.net/)
- [BAJR (UK)](http://www.bajr.org/)
- [Association for Environmental Archaeology](https://envarch.net/)
- [Archaeology Scotland](https://archaeologyscotland.org.uk/)
- [Historic England](https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/find/a-z-publications/)
FOSS Tools:
- [Diamond Open Access in Archaeology](https://diamond.open-archaeo.info/)
- [Tools for Quantitative Archaeology – in R](https://github.com/sslarch/tfqar)
- [Open Archaeo](https://open-archaeo.info/): A list of open source archaeological tools and software.
- [The Open Digital Archaeology Textbook](https://o-date.github.io/draft/book/getting-started.html)
Datasets:
- [Dutch archaeological repository (Archis III)](https://www.archis.cultureelerfgoed.nl/)
- [Archaeology Data Service (UK)](https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/)
Fun:
- [Time Team from the BBC](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvmEISc6e4tLwn8TyS14ncw)
Other Resources:
- [List of Archaeological Academic Journals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_archaeology_journals)
- [Archaeologists of Mastodon Listing](https://stark1tty.github.io/Mastodon-Archaeology/)
- [Academics on Mastodon](https://nathanlesage.github.io/academics-on-mastodon/)
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