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/
Elginism-  http://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/
Ancient Coins & Cultural Heritage  – http://jan.imperialcoins.com/blog

CRM and Commercial Archaeology-

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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.

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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- defunct – http://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/
martininfoman-http://martininfoman.wordpress.com/
The ArchaeoInformant- http://blogs.cofc.edu/thearchaeoinformant/
the Virtual Curation Unit @ VCU- http://vcuarchaeology3d.wordpress.com/
Voices of the Past- http://www.voicesofthepast.org/category/blog/
Cultural Heritage Informatics Initiative- http://chi.anthropology.msu.edu/
Archaeological Networks: http://archaeologicalnetworks.wordpress.com/
The Cultural Heritage Web- http://theculturalheritageweb.wordpress.com/
i-ing the past: digital archaeology and digital heritage- http://i-ingthepastarch.blogspot.co.uk/
ucsheritage- http://ucsheritage.wordpress.com/

Regional and Local Area Archaeology Blogs

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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 Forest- http://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/
Mediterranean Palimpsest- http://mediterraneanpalimpsest.wordpress.com/
Blogging Pompeii- http://bloggingpompeii.blogspot.co.uk/
Avkat Informatics- http://avkatinformatics.wordpress.com/
Timbuctoo Archaeology- http://timbuctooarchaeology.blogspot.co.uk/
Moundville Plaza Project- http://moundvilleplazaproject.wordpress.com/]
The Living with Warfare Archaeological Project- http://livingwithwarfare.com/
Woodrow Ruin Excavation- http://woodrowruinarchaeology.wordpress.com/
Dhiban Excavation and Development Project- http://dhiban.wordpress.com/
Bamburgh Research Project’s Blog- http://bamburghresearchproject.wordpress.com/
Archaeology in Tennessee- http://contextintn.wordpress.com/
Em Hotep- http://emhotep.net/
MEMSAP: Dispatches from the Field - http://memsap.org/
China Heritage Watch- http://chinaheritagewatch.wordpress.com/
Aegean prehistory: http://englianos.wordpress.com/
ARbannig: http://arbannig.blogspot.nl/
Crossroads of empires: http://crossroadsofempires.wordpress.com/
Seandálaíocht – Irish for Archaeology- http://www.seandalaiocht.com/index.html
The Irish Archaeology Field School Blog- http://iafs.ie/index.php/blog/

Informative Blogs

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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, Z00archaeology, 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 Lives – http://ancientbodies.wordpress.com/
Craniophiles- http://craniophiles.wordpress.com/
A bone to Pick- http://scotthaddow.wordpress.com/
Zooarcher- http://bonesandskulls.co.uk/
Digitised Diseases- http://digitiseddiseases.wordpress.com/
Ossamenta- http://ossamenta.dreamwidth.org/

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/
Musings of an Unemployed Archaeologist- http://musingsofanunemployedarchaeologist.blogspot.co.uk/
Objects-Building-Situations- http://kourelis.blogspot.co.uk/
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Asylums in Archaeology- http://asylumsinarchaeology.blogspot.co.uk/
Sarah Coxon-http://bacreativity.wordpress.com/
Aaslestad- http://aaslestad.com/blog/
Society for Historical Archaeology Blog- http://www.sha.org/blog/
Stuart Dunn’s Blog- http://stuartdunn.wordpress.com/
The Amateur Archaeologist- http://amateurarchaeologist.wordpress.com/
Ritaroberts’s Blog- http://ritaroberts.wordpress.com/
Ritmeyer Archaeological Design- http://blog.ritmeyer.com/
Luke Chandler’s Blog-http://lukechandler.wordpress.com/
People Not Stones- http://peoplenotstones.org/
Digging for Bones- http://diggingforbones.wordpress.com/
The ArchaeoInformant- http://blogs.cofc.edu/thearchaeoinformant/
Theoretical Structural Archaeology- http://structuralarchaeology.blogspot.co.uk/
Dig & Docs- http://digsanddocs.wordpress.com/

GraecoMuse ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα- http://graecomuse.wordpress.com/

Kinkella’s Archaeology- http://kinkellasarchaeology.wordpress.com/
The Dead Are So Talented…- http://thedeadaresotalented.wordpress.com/
The Facts of my Ignorance- http://cdougan.wordpress.com/
JMMCDOWELL- http://jmmcdowell.com/about/
The Armchair Marcaeologist- http://tucsoncitizen.com/armchair-marcaeologist/
The Trowel’s Edge- https://trowelsedge.wordpress.com/
After Indiana- http://afterindiana.wordpress.com/
The Egyptiana Emporium- http://egyptianaemporium.wordpress.com/
Archaeology and Material Culture- http://paulmullins.wordpress.com/
Woodrow Ruin Excavation- http://woodrowruinarchaeology.wordpress.com/
The Secret Archaeologist- http://thesecretarchaeologist.co.uk/
Publishing Archaeology-http://publishingarchaeology.blogspot.co.uk/
A Hot Cup of Joe- http://ahotcupofjoe.net/
Tutania- http://tutania.wordpress.com/
hunter blatherer- http://hunterblatherer.wordpress.com/
Dig Girl- http://www.diggirl.com/
A Very Remote Period Indeed- http://averyremoteperiodindeed.blogspot.co.uk/
Anthroslug the Much Put-Upon – http://anthroslug.blogspot.co.uk/
newmuseumkat- http://newmuseumkat.wordpress.com/
Archaeological Haecceities- http://haecceities.wordpress.com/
Roses and Razorwire- http://ochesnut.wordpress.com/
passim in passing- http://passiminpassing.blogspot.co.uk/
microburin- populating the mesolithic: http://microburin.com/
Anthropology Gallery- http://anthropologygallery.wordpress.com/
The Subversive Archaeologist- http://www.thesubversivearchaeologist.com/
Bad Archaeology- http://badarchaeology.wordpress.com/
Archaeology Dude-http://www.archaeologydude.com/
Ritual is Power- http://diggingperu.wordpress.com/
Rogers Archaeology Lab- http://nmnh.typepad.com/rogers_archaeology_lab/
AlunSalt- http://alunsalt.com/
My Cartoon Version of Reality- http://conormchale.blogspot.co.uk/
Dig Girl- http://www.diggirl.com/
Process: Opinion on Doing Archaeology- http://process-arch.tumblr.com/
The Heritage Journal- http://heritageaction.wordpress.com/
Archaeopop- http://archaeopop.blogspot.co.uk/
Outlandish Knight- http://outlandish-knight.blogspot.co.uk/
My year as a CBA community archaeology placement at Archaeology Scotland- http://archaeo-life.blogspot.co.uk/
archaeologyuos- http://archaeologyuos.wordpress.com/
Castles and Coprolites- http://castlesandcoprolites.blogspot.co.uk/
Dirty Adventures- http://dirtyadventures.wordpress.com/
The Meanings of Things- http://themeaningsofthings.org/wordpress/
a stitch in time- http://togs-from-bogs.blogspot.co.uk/
Grotesque Stone Idols- http://blog.grotesquestoneidols.com/
Clonehenge- http://clonehenge.com/
Evolution Beach: http://www.evobeach.com/
The Heritage Alliance: http://www.theheritagealliance.org.uk/
Archaeology Travel: http://archaeology-travel.com/blog/
Archaeolog: http://traumwerk.stanford.edu/archaeolog/
Archaeology, Academia and Access: http://ejarchaeology.wordpress.com/
Archaeology Fantasies: http://archyfantasies.wordpress.com/
Aegean prehistory: http://englianos.wordpress.com/
Mike Pitts – Digging Deeper- http://mikepitts.wordpress.com/
Inside Museum of London- http://www.mymuseumoflondon.org.uk/blogs/
Feminine Voices in Archaeology-http://femininearchaeology.blogspot.co.uk/
Succinct Research- http://www.succinctresearch.com/blog/
Paul Belford’s Blog- http://paulbelford.blogspot.co.uk/
Archaeologist for Hire-http://archaeologistforhire.blogspot.co.uk/
passim in passing- http://passiminpassing.blogspot.co.uk/
Dan Hicks-http://weweremodern.blogspot.co.uk/
Michael Shanks- http://www.mshanks.com/
Serious and Not-So-Serious Musings on Archaeology- http://archaeonerd.blogspot.co.uk/
Archaeology Archives Oxford- http://archaeologyarchivesoxford.wordpress.com/
Archaeology, Museums & Outreach- http://rcnnolly.wordpress.com/
Testimony of the spade- http://inventerare.wordpress.com/
Heather Pringle- http://heatherpringle.com/
ArchaeoPhysica’s Blog- http://archaeophysica.com/blog/
Blood from Stones- http://bloodfromstones.wordpress.com/
Mountains, Monuments and Mud- http://hspheritage.wordpress.com/
Pots & Places, Stones & Bones-http://potsplacesstonesbones.blogspot.co.uk/
The Baking Archaeologist-http://bonesandcupcakes.wordpress.com/
The Edge of the Village- http://theedgeofthevillage.com/
Archaeospeak-http://archaeospeak.blogspot.co.uk/
Middle Savagery- http://middlesavagery.wordpress.com/
Ruth Fillery-Travis- http://findsandfeatures.wordpress.com/
Francis Pryor – In the Long Run- http://pryorfrancis.wordpress.com/
Dirt- http://terrypbrock.com/category/dirt/
Numismatics and Archaeology- http://coinarchaeology.blogspot.co.uk/