Day of Archaeology 2011

The Day of Archaeology 2011 is an online project where archaeologists working around the world can document what they do on one day – 29 July.

Archaeologists taking part in the project can do this through photographs, videos and written blog posts. These will then be collected together for the website, providing a fascinating glimpse into an archaeological working day.

This is expected to be broad ranging and will include those carrying out actual archaeological excavation, working in the lab, museums or offices, studying at university or taking part in community archaeology.

This project is open to everyone working or volunteering in any aspect of archaeology from anywhere in the world.

The Day of Archaeology was born after a Twitter conversation between Lorna Richardson and Matt Law during the third annual Day of Digital Humanities in March 2011.

They thought it would be interesting and fun to organise something similar for those working, volunteering in or studying archaeology around the world. Thanks to some very generous offers of time, support, web design know how, and server space (the latter from Daniel Pett of the British Museum), a ‘committee’ of sorts was formed, and the idea quickly became reality.

How to get involved

he Day of Archaeology 2011 is looking for people working, studying or volunteering in the archaeological world to participate. The resulting Day of Archaeology website will demonstrate the wide variety of work the profession undertakes day-to-day across the globe, and will help to raise public awareness of the relevance and importance of archaeology to the modern world. Anyone with a personal, professional or voluntary interest in archaeology is welcome to get involved.
How you can help

The Day of Archaeology 2011 is looking for archaeologists who are, on Friday 29 July, able to document their day and send it to be published on The Day of Archaeology website. You can do this through any medium that you are comfortable with, be it writing about, filming, recording or photographing your day.

If you can’t make Friday, you can still contribute up to a week after The Day of Archaeology. If you would like to take part but don’t feel confident writing a blog or uploading photos/film, get in touch with The Day of Archaeology team for a bit of help and advice.



How to Sign Up

Email if you would like to take part, and The Day of Archaeology team will be in touch about how to submit your entry.

If you want to know what archaeologists really get up to visit the website on 29th July to find out what archaeology is really all about.

The Day of Archaeology website : http://www.dayofarchaeology.com/