Blogs, Podcasts & Videos

Archaeology news sources have blossomed in the past few years. In 2000, I listened to a Society for American Archaeology panel discussion on archaeology news, where five science writers told us that they had too many other things to write about, and they would not cover archaeology news unless it reported the oldest or sexiest archaeology. At the time, it seemed like very bad news indeed. But today, the amazing number of blogs, newsletters, and news outlets, combined with the access to news readers searchable on keywords, have made information (and other niche reporting) accessible beyond anyone's wildest dreams. Now the problem is finding a way to handle all the information!

Here's a collection of some of the best ways to keep abreast of archaeology news, including weblogs, newsletters, and rss feeds.

Time Team America at Fort Raleigh
The very first program for Time Team America is on Fort Raleigh, the first English colony located in the Americas.

The Best Sources of Archaeology News
A look at the kinds of archaeology news sources there are available, and details of their pros and cons.

All the News that Isn't
The mainstream press isn't really interested in archaeology news, unless a site is the earliest or in the way of some development project. You can still find out about what's going on in the archaeological world. Here's how.

Archaeology Blogs: Pros and Cons
The hottest new archaeological news source is weblogs, and with blog readers becoming simpler to set up, this may be the cheapest and fastest way to get the latest. A list of the pros and cons of this news source, and a link to the best ones on the Internet.

Archaeology Magazines
Print magazines for the public (cuch as Archaeology magazine, Current Archaeology, or Minerva) are a great source of archaeology news.

Archaeology News Groups
An archaeology news discussion list is, basically, an email exchange. A group of people who have an interest in a specific topic, sign up to chat with each other via email. Like other sources of archaeology news, discussion lists have their pros and cons.

Archaeology Newsletters
Archaeology newsletters comes in your email inbox on a regular basis, whether once a day or once a week, or even occasionally.

Archaeology Podcasting
Podcasting is the latest craze on the Internet, and there are a few, and probably soon to be more, examples of archaeology podcasting available today

Stone Pages Pod-Cast
It was bound to happen; a weekly archaeology podcast, from Stone Pages and the British Archaeological Jobs Resource, updated Mondays or Tuesdays. An excellent way to get your archaeology news and still multi-task.

StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon is a great way to accidentally find a new website, and also a good way to get a little entertainment from the web. You sign up for a free account, select your area of interest (archaeology, of course!) and StumbleUpon installs a toolbar in your browser, which you use to find random recommended webpages in your interest.

The Archaeology Channel
An inventive site by the Archaeological Legacy Institute takes public archaeology and the internet to to a new creative place. TAC is a good source of archaeology news, although the videos can cover only a few of the breaking news stories in a given period.

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