CBA Discussion Lists

Archaeology has a vibrant and varied range of email discussion lists and internet fora to choose from. Many of these provide useful opportunities to circulate ideas, ask questions and debate current issues. The following is a list of some of these. If you would like to suggest a new discussion list or forum for us to link to, please contact us.

CBA Email lists

Britarch: Subject: British archaeology discussion list; How to join: Britarch is a JISCmail list through which you can join or manage your membership; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/BRITARCH.html
Britarch-News: Subject: News and announcements service for British archaeology; How to join: Britarch-News is a JISCmail list through which you can join or manage your membership; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/BRITARCH-NEWS.html
Britarch-Education: How to join: Britarch-Education is a JISCmail list through which you can join or manage your membership; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/BRITARCH-EDUCATION.html
Community Archaeology: Subject: A news and discussion list for those involved in community archaeology, linked to the Community Archaeology Forum (CAF); How to join: Visit CAF
Festival of British Archaeology: Subject: A news and information list for anyone interested in keeping up to date with the latest news from the Festival; How to join: Visit the Festival of British Archaeology website

CBA Facebook groups

CBA Facebook group: The CBA has a busy Facebook group with lots of pictures, discussion and news about the latest CBA activities across our network.
CBA Festival of British Archaeology Facebook group: The Festival has a Facebook group with lots of pictures, discussion and news about the latest Festival events and other events throughout the year from our event organisers.

Other email lists and news groups

ACBMG: Subject: Archaeological ceramic building materials; How to join: ACBMG Yahoo Group (Requires a Yahoo membership / email address to join)
ADS-ALL: Subject: Digital archiving of archaeological data; How to join: ADS-ALL is a JISCmail list. Enter your email address and name; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ADS-ALL.html
AIA-L (now termed eReport): Subject: A broad range of archaeological issues, particularly technical and computer questions; How to join: Send an email with the subject subscribe AIA eReport
Ancient Sciences: Subject: intends to bring Researchers and Professionals of Ancient Sciences at one place. How to join: Contact the administrators
ANTHRO-L: Subject: Anthropology discussion list; How to join: Through the University at Buffalo NY by enter your email address and name; Archive: listserv.buffalo.edu/archives/anthro-l.html
ARCH-AC-UK: Subject: Aims at allowing ‘grass-roots’ exchange of information, comments and suggestions for ‘joined-up’ action between academic archaeologists within the UK; How to join: ARCH-AC-UK is a JISCmail list. Enter your email address and name; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A0=arch-ac-uk
ARCHAEOBOTANY: Subject: Archaeobotany; How to join: ARCHAEOBOTANY is a JISCmail list. Enter your email address and name; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/archaeobotany.html
ARCHAEOLOGYTHEORYMETHOD: Subject: A moderated discussion list whose purpose is to provide a venue for discussing archaeological and anthropological theory and archaeology methodology; How to join: Through the Yahoo Group (Requires a Yahoo membership / email address to join)
ARCH-EXPERIMENT: Subject: Experimental archaeology; How to join: ARCH-EXPERIMENT is a JISCmail list. Enter your email address and name; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A0=arch-experiment
ARCH-L: Subject: General discussions of archaeology; How to join: Through Texas A&M University. Enter your email address and name; Archive: listserv.tamu.edu/archives/arch-l.html
ARCH-METALS: Subject: Archaeology/history of metallurgy; How to join: ARCH-METALS is a JISCmail list. Enter your email address and name; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ARCH-METALS.html
ARCH-POT: Subject: British archaeological pottery of any period; How to join: Through the Yahoo Group (Requires a Yahoo membership / email address to join)
ARCH-STUDENT: Subject: A list for students of archaeology; How to join: Send an email message to the list administrators, without a subject line AND with this command alone in the body of the email: subscribe ARCH-STUDENT your-first-name your-last-name
ARCH-THEORY: Subject: Archaeological theory in Europe; How to join: ARCH-THEORY is a JISCmail list. Enter your email address and name; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ARCH-THEORY.html
ARCHCOMP-L: Subject: Archaeological Computing; How to join: Through the University at Buffalo NY by enter your email address and name; Archive: listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=ARCHCOMP-L
ARTIFACT: Subject: Material culture study & methods; How to join: Send the message subscribe artifact your-first-name your-last-name to the ARTIFACT administrators
BAJR: Subject: British Archaeological Jobs Resource forum; How to join: Visit BAJR
C14-L: Subject: Radiocarbon dating issues; How to join: Send the message subscribe c14-l your-first-name your-last-name to the C14-L administrators
CERAMICS-L: Subject: All aspects of archaeological ceramics; How to join: Through the University at Buffalo NY by enter your email address and name; Archive: listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=ceramics-l
CHAT: Subject: Contemporary and Historical Archaeology; How to join: Visit CHAT email discussion list
COAST-ARCH: Subject: Coastal archaeology; How to join: Send the message join coast-arch firstname lastname to Mailbase administrators
ED-ARCH-UK: Subject: Issues relating to the teaching of archaeology to the 16+ age group; How to join: ED-ARCH-UK is a JISCmail list. Enter your email address and name; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ed-arch-uk.html
EMASS: Subject: Early Medieval Archaeology Student Symposium, a postgraduate and early career researcher group dedicated to all aspects of the early medieval period (c 400–1200AD).; How to join: https://lists.shef.ac.uk/sympa/info/earlymedievalarchaeology using a valid email address and password.
EARLY-MED-IRL: Subject: The archaeology and history of Ireland AD 400–1200; How to join: Through the Yahoo Group (Requires a Yahoo membership / email address to join)
FIELD-WALKING: Subject: all aspects of archaeological field-walking; How to join: FIELD-WALKING is a JISCmail list. Enter your email address and name; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/field-walking.html
Free and Open Source Software in the Archaeological Process: Subject: free/open source software for archaeological data quantitative analysis, GIS, and quantitative methods in general. Discussion about the standards for archaeological record and documentation, open formats and standards, open access to scientific literature.; How to join: Visit lists.linux.it/listinfo/archaeology
GISARCH: Subject: Geographical Information Systems and Archaeology; How to join: GIS-ARCH is a JISCmail list. Enter your email address and name; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/gisarch.html
Honouring the Ancient Dead (HAD): If you would like to join any of the following lists or would like to suggest someone who should be on it, email the HAD Office.
HAD Council: Subject: A list of Pagan theologians, thinkers, writers and priests. Council members are named on the HAD website.; Mailing: had-council(AT)honour.org.uk
HAD Advisors: Subject: A list of Pagan and non-Pagan advisors who are working in all the relevant fields of archaeology, anthropology, museums and other heritage related areas. Advisors are named on the HAD website.; Mailing: had-advisors(AT)honour.org.uk
HAD Volunteers: Subject: A list of (mainly but not solely Pagan) volunteers, being individuals who actively help with the work of HAD on the ground or online, working with museums, local groups and other relevant bodies, contributing articles etc.; Mailing: had-volunteers(AT)honour.org.uk
HAD Interested Professionals: Subject: A list of individuals working professionally or voluntarily in relevant fields. Members may have as much input as our advisors in terms of what they give to HAD, or may simply observe HAD without providing input. Names are not listed on the site or elsewhere.; Mailing: had-interestedprofs(AT)honour.org.uk
HERForum: Subject: Circulation of information and general discussion of issues relating to Historic Environment Records.; How to join: HERForum is a JISCmail list.; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/herforum
HISTARCH: Subject: Historical Archaeology; How to join: Through Arizona State University; Archive: lists.asu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=histarch
IND-ARCH: Subject: International discussion list on industrial archaeology; How to join: IND-ARCH is a JISCmail list. Enter your email address and name; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ind-arch.html
INTARCH-INTEREST: Subject: Discussion list for the electronic journal Internet Archaeology; How to join: INTARCH-INTEREST is a JISCmail list. Enter your email address and name; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/intarch-interest.html
IRISHARCHAEOLOGY: Subject: A forum for the discussion of any and all matters relating to the archaeology of Ireland and to be a means for making contacts within the world of Irish archaeology; How to join: IrishArchaeology Yahoo Group (Requires a Yahoo membership / email address to join)
IRONAGECOINAGE: Subject: A moderated list for the scholarly discussion of the coinage of the European Iron Age, including Celtic coinage, republican Roman coinage, and Greek coinage. Iconography, styles, usage, metal analyses, metrology, distribution patterns are all subjects for this list; How to join: IronAgeCoinage Yahoo Group (Requires a Yahoo membership / email address to join)
LITHICS-L: Subject: This list covers all matters pertaining to the analysis of archaeological lithics; How to join: Through the University at Buffalo NY by enter your email address and name; Archive: listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=lithics-l
MED-SETTLEMENT: Subject: Medieval Rural Settlement; How to join: MED-SETTLEMENT is a JISCmail list. Enter your email address and name; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/med-settlement.html
MIL-ARCH: Subject: An unmoderated mailing list devoted to all aspects of Military Archaeology in all periods of history. On here you can discuss anything from neolithic hill forts to bunkers. The postings of reports , personal observations or visits to any military archaeological site is strongly encouraged, as are personel reviews of any publications relating to any aspect of military archaeology; How to join: Send the message subscribe mil-arch your-email-address your-first-name your-last-name to the MIL-ARCH administrators
MUSEUM-L: Subject: Museum issues; How to join: Through the list website. Enter your name and email address; Archive: home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?A0=museum-l
NEOLITHIC-STUDIES: Subject: to facilitate communication and discussion between archaeologists interested in the comparative study of Neolithic cultures of Europe, the Near East, Africa and Asia; How to join: NEOLITHIC-STUDIES is a JISCmail list. Enter your email address and name; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/NEOLITHIC-STUDIES.html
SUB-ARCH: Subject: Underwater archaeology; How to join: Through Arizona State University Archive: lists.asu.edu/archives/sub-arch.html
THE STONES MAILING LIST: Subject: An informal forum for broad and open conversation regarding anything that relates to “ancient sites”. The term in this context covers any type of archaeological site from stone circles and burial mounds to brochs and hill forts, and similar sites outside the UK; How to join: Send a message to the administrators and enter subscribe in either the subject line or the message body, or browse to the archive page and follow the instructions.; Archive: www.henge.org.uk/mailing/mailing.html
XYLHIST-L: Subject: History & archaeology of timber-framed construction; How to join: Send the message subscribe xylhist-l your-first-name your-last-name to the list administrators
ZOOARCH: Subject: Issues relating to the analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites to reconstruct the cultural lifeways of people and the inter-relationships between people, animals and the environment; How to join: ZOOARCH is a JISCmail list. Enter your email address and name; Archive: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/zooarch.html