Great Archaeology Blogs


This page contains a list of Archaeology (themed/related) blogs by topic. It is a work in progress and more will be added to the list in the coming weeks and months. It does not capture every Archaeology blog in the world but a good portion of them. If your blog is not on the list please email me at drocks.macqueen (at) gmail.com to have your blog or a blog included.

Defunct- blogs that have not posted in more than a year. However, most of the information on them is still good.

Antiquities Trade and Looting-

If you want to subscribe to all of the blogs in this category here is an RSS feed (google bundle)

Conflict Antiquities- http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/
SAFECORNER- http://safecorner.savingantiquities.org/2012/01/kabul-who-is-museum-director.html
Cultural Heritage Lawyer Rick St. Hilaire- http://culturalheritagelawyer.blogspot.com/
Cultural Property Repatriation News and Issues-  http://culturalpropertyrepat.blogspot.com/
Culture in Peril- defunct http://cultureinperil.blogspot.com/
Elginismhttp://www.elginism.com/
Illicit Cultural Property-  http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/
It Surfaced Down Under!- http://itsurfaceddownunder.blogspot.com/
Looting- http://huaqueando.blogspot.com/
Looting Matters- http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/
Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues- http://paul-barford.blogspot.com/
Property of an Anonymous Swiss Collector-http://anonymousswisscollector.blogspot.com/
The Assemblage-http://politicalarchaeology.wordpress.com/
Cultural Property & Archaeology Law- http://culturalpropertylaw.wordpress.com/
The Punching Bag- http://larryrothfield.blogspot.com/
Things You Can’t Take Back- http://www.thingsyoucanttakeback.com/

CRM and Commercial Archaeology-

If you want to subscribe to all of them in a RSS Feed you can do so here

10 simple steps to better archaeological management- http://10simplesteps.blogspot.com/
ArchaeoJobs- http://www.archaeojobs.com/
The Charles Mount Blog http://charles-mount.ie/wp/
Fieldnotes- http://curtinarchaeology.com/blog/
Headlines- http://rubiconblog.com/
Out of Ice and Time- http://iceandtime.wordpress.com/
Random Acts of Science- http://randomactsofscience.squarespace.com/
 Tales of the Trowl- http://talesofthetrowel.wordpress.com/
The Circle Blog- http://circlecrm.wordpress.com/
The CRM Field Tech Newsletter-http://crmnews.org/
Tom King’s CRM Plus- -http://crmplus.blogspot.com/
PaleoWage http://paleowage.blogspot.com/
Where the Hell Am I- http://whereinthehellami.wordpress.com/
Doug’s Archaeology- http://dougsarchaeology.wordpress.com/
Whitewashed Tomb-http://www.whitewashedtomb.com/
Heritage Business Journal- http://heritagebusinessjournal.com/
Wessex Archaeology Rochester- http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/blogs/rochester
Wessex Archaeology Sheffield- http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/blogs/sheffield
Cultural Property Watch- http://culturalproperty.wordpress.com/

Digital Archaeology/Heritage and Tech.

To follow all of these blogs you can subscribe to an RSS feed here

Archaeogeomancy-http://www.archaeogeomancy.net/
Applied Technologies to Archaeology-http://patriciamurrieta.wordpress.com/
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MODELLING- http://archaeologicalmodelling.wordpress.com/
Anomaly: Terrestrial Geophysics from Wessex Archaeology- http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/blogs/terrestrial-geophysics
Archaeometry-The Society of Archaeological Sciences Blog- http://socarchsci.blogspot.com/
Archaetech- http://leifuss.wordpress.com/
archaeograph- http://www.archaeograph.com/
Wessex Archaeology Computing Blog- http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/blogs/computing
ArchaeoGeek- http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/
Dead Men’s Eyes- http://www.dead-mens-eyes.org/
Digging Digitally- http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/blog/
DigiGal-http://jrogden.wordpress.com/
Digital Public Archaeology- http://digipubarch.org/
Electric Archaeology- https://electricarchaeologist.wordpress.com/
 GIS for Archaeology and CRM- defunct- http://www.gisarch.com/
Heritage Bytes- http://ux.opencontext.org/blog/
Online Archaeology
- defuncthttp://www.online-archaeology.co.uk/wordpress/
Open Objects- http://openobjects.blogspot.com/
Paperless Archaeology- http://paperlessarchaeology.com/
Paul Cripps’s blog- http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/blogs/paul-cripps
The Archaeometry Blog- http://www.archaeometry.com.au/
Archaeology and the i-Pad- http://arch-pad.blogspot.com/
Digital Digging- http://digitaldigging.net/
Digital Dirt Virtual Pasts- http://digitaldirtvirtualpasts.wordpress.com/

Regional and Local Area Archaeology Blogs

If you want to subscribe to all of them in a RSS Feed you can do so here

Alison in Cambodia- http://alisonincambodia.wordpress.com/
Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine Context- http://www.devata.org/
BLACKWATER LOCALITY #1-http://theclovissite.wordpress.com/
Calixtlahuaca Archaeological Project- http://calixtlahuaca.blogspot.com/
The Cliff Mine Archeology Project Blog- http://cliffmine.wordpress.com/
Northwest Coast Archaeology- http://qmackie.wordpress.com/
Archaeology and History of Medieval Sherwood Foresthttp://sherwoodforesthistory.blogspot.co.uk/
Irish Archaeology- http://irisharchaeology.ie/
MSU Campus Archaeology Program Blog- http://campusarch.msu.edu/?page_id=235
The Northern Antiquarian- http://megalithix.wordpress.com/
Tibet Archaeology- http://www.tibetarchaeology.com/
Lapis Gabinus: official blog of the Gabii Project- http://lapisgabinus.blogspot.com/
maynootharchaeology-http://maynootharchaeology.wordpress.com/
The Ossiferous Arctic- http://ossiferousarctic.wordpress.com/
The Tell es-Safi/Gath Excavations Official (and Unofficial) Weblog- http://gath.wordpress.com/
Corinthian Matters- http://corinthianmatters.com/
Colorado Plateau Archaeological Alliance- http://coloradoplateauarchalliance.wordpress.com/
Capilano University Archaeology Field School 2012- http://archaeologyfieldschool2012.blogspot.co.uk/
Archaeology on the Alley- http://elfrethsalleyarchaeology.blogspot.co.uk/

Informative Blogs

To subscribe to a RSS feed of all of these blogs click here

Sexy archaeology- http://www.sexyarchaeology.org
About Archaeology Blog- http://archaeology.about.com/
Ancient Digger- http://www.ancientdigger.com/
ArchaeologyOnline: Archaeological Information on the Web- http://archaeology.blogspot.com/
From The Stormy Sky- http://fromthestormysky.blogspot.com/
Not the Discovery Channel- http://notdiscovery.wordpress.com/
Archaeology Resource- http://archaeology-resource.blogspot.co.uk/
Histories of Archaeology Research Network Weblog- http://harngroup.wordpress.com/

Bones- Biologiocal Anthropology, Osteoarchaeology, and Burials

RSS feed for this catagory- here

Powered by Osteons-   http://www.poweredbyosteons.org/
Bones Don’t Lie- http://bonesdontlie.wordpress.com/
Bring Out Your Dead- http://bringoutyourdead.wordpress.com/
Historic Graves- http://historicgraves.ie/blog
Osteoarch- http://osteoarch.wordpress.com/
These Bones of Mine- http://thesebonesofmine.wordpress.com/
Ancient Bodies, Ancient Liveshttp://ancientbodies.wordpress.com/

Experimental Archaeology

Experimental Archaeology- http://experimentalarchaeology.wordpress.com/
ElfShot: Sticks and Stones- http://elfshotgallery.blogspot.co.uk/

Archaeology Photo Blogs

Archaeography- http://archaeography.com/photoblog/
Visualizing_Neolithic http://visualizing-neolithic.blogspot.co.uk/
Adam Stanford Photography- http://www.adamstanfordphotography.co.uk/
TopoFly- http://topofly.blogspot.co.uk/

Archaeology Blogs Without a Category

Pagans for Archaeology- http://archaeopagans.blogspot.co.uk/
AlunSalt Ancient Science and the Science of Ancient Things- http://alunsalt.com/
Adventures in archaeology, human palaeoecology and the internet- http://matthewlaw.wordpress.com/
SARA PERRY The Archaeological Eye- http://saraperry.wordpress.com/ 
Girl with Trowel -musings on life on the edge (of archaeology)- http://girlwithtrowel.wordpress.com/
Robert M Chapple, Archaeologists- http://rmchapple.blogspot.co.uk/
Wasted on Archaeology, Notes not at all random- http://wastedonarchaeology.wordpress.com/
SPACE AGE ARCHAEOLOGY- http://zoharesque.blogspot.co.uk/
Australian Archaeology- http://australianarchaeology.blogspot.co.uk/
Aardvarchaeology-   http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/
Mick Morrison, Archaeology and heritage in Australia- http://mickmorrison.com/
Billboyheritagesurvey’s Blog- http://billboyheritagesurvey.wordpress.com/
It’s Not Just A Trowel It’s A Way Of Life-http://archaeogirl.wordpress.com/
Guerrilla Archaeology- http://guerillaarchaeology.wordpress.com/
Indiana Jen: History, Education, & Technology- http://indianajen.com/
John G. Swogger – Illustration- http://johngswogger.wordpress.com/
Maritime Culture- http://maritimeculturenews.blogspot.co.uk/
Archaeology, Conservation and Curation- http://archaeologycurated.blogspot.co.uk/
Kathryn Piquette’s Blog- http://kathrynpiquette.blogspot.co.uk/
Landscapism- http://landscapism.blogspot.co.uk/
B.C. Brooks- http://bcbrooks.blogspot.co.uk/
Have You Dug Up Any Dinosaurs Yet?~ If I have, then I’ve dug too deep-  http://arcastudent.wordpress.com/
Jayjayaurelio’s Blog- http://jayjayaurelio.wordpress.com/
Lived Experience at Bodiam, Scotney and Ightham in the later middle ages- http://catrionacooper.wordpress.com/
Markaeology- http://palentier.blogspot.co.uk/

20 Responses “Great Archaeology Blogs” →
  1. What game are you playing? Where’s The Archaeology News Network???

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    • The title says “great archaeology blogs” so yeah …… :) Just kidding news blogs are coming some time soon. probably in the next couple of weeks. so you should be in that batch

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    • Thanks fixed the tab. Do you mean to create a RSS feed or a bundle like what I have created.

      Reply
  2. Great list; list here of landscape related sites and blogs:
    http://landscapism.blogspot.co.uk/p/exploring-landscape-on-web.html

    Reply

  3. imperialcoins

    May 28, 2012

    Doug- May I recommend a few additions to your list?

    The Cultural Property and Archaeology Law Blog (Kimberly Alderman) – http://culturalpropertylaw.net/
    Cultural Property Observer (Peter Tompa) – http://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/
    Ancient Coins & Cultural Heritage (Alfredo De La Fe) – http://jan.imperialcoins.com/blog

    Reply
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