_What is Open Access Archaeology? Why Should I Care?

Open access (OA) is the practice of providing unrestricted access to scholarly material, like journal article, theses,  monographs, book chapters, etc.

Why you should care- Archaeology is a destructive process, once we excavate something a good portion of the data is loss for forever. What makes archaeologists different than looters is that we record the information and share it so that others can benefit from our findings. However, if no one can read what we write, because it is behind a paywall, than we are no better than looters. If no one benefits from what we do than we are no better than looters.

By making work open access we ensure the knowledge gained from our work is not wasted.

OpenAccessArchaeology.org is dedicated to helping people discover and use Open Access resources in the field of Archaeology.

  • Looking to publish in an Open Access Journal?
  • Looking for a specific publication?
... then use our Open Access Journal Search to find the journal that is right for you.

  • Want to discover and browse Open Access publications?
...then check out our Discovery Page that posts information on Open Access resources daily. 

  • Alternatively, Open Archaeology Search (below) is a custom Google search engine that searches over 260 Open Access Archaeology publications, including journals and web resources. The search is currently in BETA testing and whilst it captures many Open Access publications, occasional restricted access publications can slip in. Your feedback could help correct this problem. Thank you.

Fair warning - this search engine, at the moment, is very much hit or miss depending on the subject.

Open Archaeology Search

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