''Internet Archaeology'' is an

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and one of the first fully

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s covering

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

. It was established in 1995. The journal was part of the eLIb project's electronic journals. The journal is produced and hosted at the Department of Archaeology at the University of York and published by the

Council for British Archaeology The Council for British Archaeology (CBA) is an educational charity established in 1944 in the UK. It works to involve people in archaeology and to promote the appreciation and care of the historic environment for the benefit of present and fut ...

. The journal has won several awards for its creative exemplars of linked e-publications and archives. The journal's first

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(1996–1999) was Alan Vince. Since 1999 it has been edited by Judith Winters. Journal content makes use of the potential of internet publication to present archaeological research (excavation reports, methodology, analyses, applications of information technology) in ways that could not be achieved in print, such as searchable data sets, visualisations/virtual reality models, and interactive mapping. The journal's content is archived by the

Archaeology Data Service The Archaeology Data Service (ADS) is an open access digital archive for archaeological research outputs. It is located in The King's Manor, at the University of York. Originally intended to curate digital outputs from archaeological researche ...

History

The journal was established in 1995 with funding from the

Jisc Jisc is a United Kingdom not-for-profit organisation that provides network and IT services and digital resources in support of further and higher education and research, as well as the public sector. Its head office is based in Bristol with ...

's Electronic Libraries programme. It published its first issue in 1996 and was initially open access with tapering funding from the eLib programme. Institutional site licences were launched in 2000, and incrementally moved to a subscription only model by 2002.J Winters 2003 'Towards Sustainable Electronic Publishing for Archaeology' in M. Doerr and A Sarris (eds) The Digital Heritage of Archaeology CAA 2002. Proceedings of the 30th Conference, Heraklion, Crete. Archive of Monuments and Publications, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 415-418. but in September 2014, editor Winters announced that the publication had adopted an

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approach and that all past and future content would be freely available.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: IA Logo 1 1996-98

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Editors

The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief: * Alan Vince (1996–1999) * Judith Winters (1999–present)

References

External links

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