News & events

Today marks the start of the 2026 CBA Festival of Archaeology, a UK wide celebration that allows  people to participate in archaeology, explore stories of place,…

Last month, after nearly 30 years, the ADS team said goodbye to our offices at King’s Manor. Having called that building home for almost three decades,…

This week marks World Wellbeing Week, an international awareness week focused on promoting health and wellbeing in the workplace and wider society. Taking place from 24–30…

Last week a group of staff travelled from the ADS office in York to Edinburgh for the Annual Chartered Institute of Archaeologists Annual Conference. The ADS…

The third Saturday of March each year marks Digital Cleanup Day, aimed at raising awareness about digital pollution, encouraging  companies to declutter their online presence. This…

We are excited to announce that on the 29th April the ADS will be launching two new OASIS+ modules in Archaeobotany and Zooarchaeology. These modules were…

This week the ADS would like to highlight a recently published archive, the Arch-I-Scan Project.  The Roman period is exceptionally archaeologically rich, with millions of related…

Launching in April 2026, Ingest is our new digital repository deposit system designed to transform how archaeological and heritage data are preserved and shared. This platform…

This week we would like to highlight Unlocking Old Windsor: An Assessment of Brian Hope-Taylor’s 1953-58 Excavation Archive from Kingsbury, Old Windsor, Berkshire.  The late Brian…

For over 20 years, Internet Archaeology and the Archaeology Data Service have been internationally recognised for our high, open standards, innovation and best practice in archaeological…