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October 2015: Glastonbury Abbey: Archaeological Excavations 1904 - 1979
ADS is pleased to announce the release of the Glastonbury Abbey: Archaeological Excavations archive. The complete dataset from the archive project is accessible within this digital archive. This comprises archive project records, database records, geophysical survey, specialist reports and accompanying data, Radfords original excavation records and selected records from other excavators. The cor... more
ADS is pleased to announce the release of the Glastonbury Abbey: Archaeological Excavations archive. The complete dataset from the archive project is accessible within this digital archive. This comprises archive project records, database records, geophysical survey, specialist reports and accompanying data, Radfords original excavation records and selected records from other excavators. The corresponding monograph is:

October 2015: Cambridge Antiquarian Proceedings
The ADS and the Cambridge Antiquarian Society are pleased to announce the release of 141 volumes of the Cambridge Antiquarian Proceedings and Transactions of the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Archaeological Society. The subject matter of both journals are all things antiquarian, but they are principally concerned with archaeology.
The ADS and the Cambridge Antiquarian Society are pleased to announce the release of 141 volumes of the Cambridge Antiquarian Proceedings and Transactions of the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Archaeological Society. The subject matter of both journals are all things antiquarian, but they are principally concerned with archaeology.

October 2015: We have a winner! Digital Data Reuse Award 2015
Internet Archaeology and the Archaeology Data Service are pleased to announce the winner of our 2015 Digital Data Reuse Award. The award was instigated to recognise the outstanding work being carried out through the re-use of digital data and raise awareness of the research potential of data re-use in archaeology and beyond. The winner receives the opportunity to publish free of charge in Intern... more
Internet Archaeology and the Archaeology Data Service are pleased to announce the winner of our 2015 Digital Data Reuse Award. The award was instigated to recognise the outstanding work being carried out through the re-use of digital data and raise awareness of the research potential of data re-use in archaeology and beyond. The winner receives the opportunity to publish free of charge in Internet Archaeology, and all the finalists will receive a certificate and one of our coveted trowel-shaped USB sticks.

August 2015: Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Transactions
ADS and the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society are pleased to announce the release of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Transactions. The collection contains all of the Transactions volumes published from 1874 up to 2006, with the years 2007-2014 articles available in Abstract form. The Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and A... more
ADS and the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society are pleased to announce the release of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Transactions. The collection contains all of the Transactions volumes published from 1874 up to 2006, with the years 2007-2014 articles available in Abstract form. The Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society was founded in 1866. The Society first published its Transactions (TCWAAS) in 1874. Fifteen volumes were published up to 1900 and from then it became an annual publication. Each volume of TCWAAS contains a collection of edited papers on various topics relating to both the history and the archaeology of the area.