2014 Blogging Archaeology eBook

Introduction- It is like no otherarchaeology book before it.On April 26 th , 2014 a session was run at the Society of AmericanArchaeologists Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, on Archaeology, SocialMedia and blogging. Or we should more correctly say, will be run at theSAA conference; at the time of writing this book, it has yet to take place.This book is like many other contribution-based books or special journalissues that are based on a session at a conference. However, it differs inthat it has not taken years, after the fact, to be published. In fact, it willbe published at the beginning of the session, Saturday morning April 26 th ,2014. Some of the papers will be online before they are even presentedin the session.In an attempt to reach a wider audience, the editors and organiserof the SAA session, envisioned putting together a book of the papersgiven at the session and contributions from others interested in thesubject. The idea was that everyone, public and archaeologists alike,would have instantaneous access to many of the same thoughts andinsights as those who could attend the session in Austin. Thus, severalmonths before the blogging archaeology session would take place inAustin, a call for papers was announced. After several rounds of editing,this book is finally complete.The general theme of this book can best be described by theabstract from the session it was born out of:Blogging Archaeology, AgainBlogging and social media have become indispensable tools forarchaeologists in recent years. Academic and cultural resourcemanagement projects are utilizing blogging and social media foroutreach and in classroom settings. The sharing of archaeologynews and information by archaeologists and journals is a primarysource of up to the minute information for many. A number ofblogs are aimed at providing the public with information on eitherBlogging Archaeology Page 6