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Heritage Science Data Service @hsds-update.bsky.social · 7d

🚀 We are excited to announce that the Data Catalogue & Catalogue of Services are now live!
Explore heritage science data and facilities like never before with these two powerful new tools.
To find out more visit and explore these new tools for yourself visit buff.ly/QAlbPOh

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Julian D Richards @juliandrichards.bsky.social · Aug 20

5000 archives is quite a milestone - and no better way to celebrate it than the publication of the new permanent home for the 'Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi' - a stunning collection of 28,000 images of stained glass - especially for those who thought we were just about holes in the ground.

Archaeology Data Service @ads-update.bsky.social · Aug 20

🎉 An Exciting Announcement 🎉

This week the ADS surpassed 5,000 archive collections! We wanted to give a big thank you to everyone that has allowed us to reach this milestone.

⭐ To find out more about some of the collections released this year visit: buff.ly/qc8n33g

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Julian D Richards @juliandrichards.bsky.social · Jul 21

Look out for this transformative improvement to finding stuff on ADS

Archaeology Data Service @ads-update.bsky.social · Jul 21

🏛️ After 27 years, ArchSearch is being retired this September to make way for an upgrade - The ADS Data Catalogue! Featuring:
✨ Access to 5k ADS Archives and 100k reports
🗺️ Interactive maps & timeline views
🔍 Multi-parameter searching (What/Where/When)
🔗 Read more on the ADS website buff.ly/jW414wt

A laptop showing the ADS Data Catalogue interface

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Andrew Ayton @andrewayton.bsky.social · May 30

Review of Hadley & Richards, ‘Life in the Viking Great Army’ in this week’s TLS. @danelawdawn.bsky.social @juliandrichards.bsky.social

Photo of the TLS book review - unfortunately too long to fit into the Alt text box.

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Heritage Science Data Service @hsds-update.bsky.social · Mar 21

Find out more about the Heritage Science Data Service in the latest blog post from @ukri.org #RICHeS www.riches.ukri.org/news-and-eve... #hertage #science

A painted image of a dragon from Peterborough Cathedral nave in Bay 2 © Peterborough Cathedral

An image of bones in a tray from the University of York's Zooarchaeology lab © Aex Holland

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National Heritage Science Forum @nhsf.bsky.social · May 15

🚨 What's next for heritage science? Find out at our first ever NHSF Conference!

Registration is now OPEN 👉 www.heritagescienceforum.org.uk/what-we-do/p...

📅: 10 July 2025
📍: @ucl.ac.uk

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Heritage Science Data Service @hsds-update.bsky.social · May 13

🏺 Join us in shaping the future of digital heritage preservation! We are advertising a fantastic new role: Linked Open Data Developer!

To find out more visit: buff.ly/cFGM8na

📣 The deadline is 26.05.25

#DigitalHeritage #JobOpportunities #DigitalArchives #JobOpening #DigitalCareers #NowHiring

A photo of Salisbury Craig, with the words 'we're hiring'

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Julian D Richards @juliandrichards.bsky.social · May 7

Excellent session featuring collaboration between @ariadne-ri.bsky.social and @dariaheu.bsky.social

ATRIUM Research @atrium-eu.bsky.social · May 7

We are pleased to feature such a diverse array of papers delivered by representatives from so many of our partner institutions on this morning's panel at #CAA2025🏺

The scope of ATRIUM incorporates many perspectives on how #Workflows can be used in the field of digital archaeology research 🤗

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Julian D Richards @juliandrichards.bsky.social · Apr 30

Calling all pottery specialists! This is an amazing new reference collection - hopefully the first of many - and sure to be featured in the new Heritage Science Data Service catalogue - to be launched in Autumn 2025

Archaeology Data Service @ads-update.bsky.social · Apr 30

🏺 The ADS is excited to share the Somerset Pottery Fabric Type Series!

🔍 Whether you're a researcher or just pottery-curious, this tool helps identify and compare ceramic types across archaeological sites.

To see more visit:https://buff.ly/BITCcra

Agate ware, formed from fine brown and white clays marbled together

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Archaeology Data Service @ads-update.bsky.social · Apr 30

#CIfA2025 has started! 🏺 Come down to the Atrium on level zero and say hello!!

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Archaeology Data Service @ads-update.bsky.social · Mar 27

🌍✨ NARA Institute Visits the ADS! ✨🌍

Last month, we were thrilled to host a delegation from the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties! 📊💻

To read more about our history of interactions and our ongoing collaboration, visit our most recent news story here: buff.ly/ReOSZii

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Julian D Richards @juliandrichards.bsky.social · Mar 7

Stunning milestone reached! And there will be more exciting news to follow - later in 2025 - on a new search interface to help you find that specific archive you want!!

Archaeology Data Service @ads-update.bsky.social · Mar 7

🚨 Only three months into 2025, and we have already achieved an amazing milestone, with the recent release of our 4500th Collection! To find out more about the collection's released in the last year, take a look at our story from when we reached 4000 collections news post here: buff.ly/vyzWluG

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · Mar 2

Really interesting episode of Gone Medieval Podcast with @danelawdawn.bsky.social & @juliandrichards.bsky.social on the Viking Great Army.

(and a Woodstown mention too!) 🙌

open.spotify.com/episode/2dK7...

The Viking Great Army in Britain

Gone Medieval · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Julian D Richards @juliandrichards.bsky.social · Feb 14

Just back from the launch of a new project. @ads-update.bsky.social and @hsds-update.bsky.social are leading the development of the infrastructure

ARTEMIS EU @artemis-twin-eu.bsky.social · Feb 13

ARTEMIS has launched! A new era for archaeology & heritage conservation begins.

We kicked off ARTEMIS, a @ec.europa.eu -funded project that is redefining archaeological conservation with Reactive Heritage Digital Twin (RHDT)

🔗 Learn more: www.artemis-project.eu

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ECHOES EU @echoes-eu.bsky.social · Feb 7

ECHOES is shaping the future of cultural heritage—are you in?

Whether you’re a researcher, a museum professional, or a digital innovator, there’s a place for you in ECHOES and the Cultural Heritage Cloud.

🚀 Be part of the change—follow us for updates and get involved!

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Heritage Science Data Service @hsds-update.bsky.social · Feb 5

🎉 Exciting News! Our New Website is Live! 🎉

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new website! 🏺 We've been working hard to offer an improved website to offer new information, improved navigation and exciting new features.

⭐ To take a look visit https://hsds.ac.uk/

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Joe Padfield @jpadfield.bsky.social · Feb 5

New Post: Data Specialist – HSDS (3-year). Help shape digital systems that support heritage science & empower GLAM institutions across the UK.
Apply: ce0838li.webitrent.com/ce0838li_web...
Closes: 23 Feb 2025 #RICHeS

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Joe Padfield @jpadfield.bsky.social · Feb 5

New Job: Join the National Gallery as a Content & Engagement Specialist – HSDS (3-year), to shape the future of heritage science data across the UK. Drive collaboration & innovation in GLAMs.
Apply: ce0838li.webitrent.com/ce0838li_web...
Closes: 23 Feb 2025 #RICHeS

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Julian D Richards @juliandrichards.bsky.social · Feb 5

Pleased that @ads-update.bsky.social is one of the two UK partners in #ECHOES, and working with @ariadne-ri.bsky.social to ensure that Archaeology is well represented

ECHOES EU @echoes-eu.bsky.social · Feb 5

Through #ECHOES, archaeologists can access advanced tools, collaborate across borders, and ensure that discoveries are preserved and shared through the Cultural Heritage Cloud.

📖 Read more about how ECHOES is shaping the future of archaeology!
🔗 https://buff.ly/4hp0LOE

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ARIADNE Research Infrastructure @ariadne-ri.bsky.social · Jan 29

We have two new videos on how to use the ARIADNE Portal!
One short 4 min. one using a research question example and one 40 min. in-depth demo by Julian Richards of ADS.
Check them out here:
www.ariadne-research-infrastructure.eu/2025/01/23/t...

Screenshot from the video showing the time line with a submarine and dinosaur in the background

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Julian D Richards @juliandrichards.bsky.social · Jan 27

This is an exemplar of what online publication of a major infrastructure project can achieve - with simultaneous release of a complete digital archive and map-based interface from @ads-update.bsky.social. Just what the PUNS report envisioned - all those years ago

Internet Archaeology @intarcheditor.bsky.social · Jan 27

A Route Well Travelled. The Archaeology 🏺 of the A14 Huntingdon to Cambridge Road Improvement Scheme. doi.org/10.11141/ia....
Gateway to the project's findings, synthesizing the results in period-based chapters & linking to the detailed site & specialist reports & the entire digital archive

A Route Well Travelled. The archaeology of the A14 Huntingdon to Cambridge Road Improvement Scheme

The A14 Road Improvement Scheme is one of the largest commercial archaeological projects ever undertaken in the UK. This monograph is intended to act as gateway to the project's findings, synthesizing...

doi.org

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Archaeology Data Service @ads-update.bsky.social · Jan 27

⚓ Excited to share our new video release!

🏺 Dive into the UK's rich maritime history using our new introduction and how to guide videos!

To watch these videos visit: https://buff.ly/40Nm3zv

Be sure to watch and let us know your thoughts!
#UnlockingCollections #TaNC #shipwrecks #marine

A photo taken behind someone using the Unpath'd Waters portal

a Map of the UK with an orange layer signifying density of records in different areas.

a diver recording an underwater wreckage

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Adam @eblueaxe.bsky.social · Jan 22

After the release of the Torksey and Aldwark online finds catalogues by @trixranderson.bsky.social @danelawdawn.bsky.social and @juliandrichards.bsky.social I've been casting some white metal masters of ribbed strapends from soapstone moulds for 'lost wax' castings. #vikings #GreatArmy #MicelHere

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Trix @trixranderson.bsky.social · Jan 17

You can read more about these and the other coin finds in the OUP book "Life in the Viking Great Army: Raiders, Traders, and Settlers" by @danelawdawn.bsky.social
and @juliandrichards.bsky.social, with contributions by Dave Haldenby, Gareth Perry, and me - or look over the Torksey archive on ADS:

Torksey Viking Camp: Illustrated Artefact Catalogue, 2024

This archive comprises a database of artefacts from the Torksey Viking winter camp site. The database was originally based on the finds catalogued and, in many cases, acquired by the Fitzwilliam Muse...

archaeologydataservice.ac.uk

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Trix @trixranderson.bsky.social · Jan 17

#Findsfriday! I'm planning a series of posts on the finds from the Viking camps at Torksey and Aldwark, highlighting the release of the site databases on the ADS.

Inspired by Dr Nelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm's talk to the SSNS last night, I thought I'd start with these two lead 'trial pieces'

A torn fragment of lead sheet, impressed with the face of a coin

A damaged and bent lead disc: the obvers of a coin die is visible on one side

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