- AJ White
Nomination open for Journal of Archaeological Sciences Editorial Board member
We would like to invite nominations (or self-nominations) for the role of SAS representative on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Archaeological Science (JAS). Please take a minute to consider if any colleague, or yourself, could be the person we need.
As you may know, SAS has a representative in the editorial boards of JAS and Archaeometry (currently Brandi McDonald). After several years of service, Rachel Popelka-Filcoff has decided to stand down from her role as SAS representative for JAS, and we therefore have an opportunity to nominate a new member to take over Rachel’s position. Once we receive nominations, the SAS Executive Board will then select some name(s) to put forward to the senior editors of JAS, and the individual selected will join both the JAS Editorial Board, and the SAS Executive Board.
This is not an onerous task, but it is a very important one. The individual selected will act as liaison between SAS and the journal, managing their relationships and agreements (e.g. discounted subscriptions for SAS members), and generally making sure the needs and interests of both are aligned. The SAS representative also takes a leading role in coordinating the JAS/SAS Early Investigator Award. As a member of the SAS Executive Board, the person selected is expected to participate in the Board’s monthly online meetings. In addition, the SAS representative will be expected to participate in broader initiatives led by the SAS Executive Board and the JAS Editorial Board. We particularly encourage nominations from African scholars, and communities that have been historically marginalized or underrepresented in academia.
As we begin the search for a new representative, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Rachel Popelka-Filcoff for supporting SAS, and archaeological sciences more generally, from this position.
Please send your nominations (or self-nominations), together with a short statement of support/interest, to our General Secretary James Davenport (
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The full SAS Bulletin is hosted at http://socarchsci.blogspot.com/. Please visit our blogspot page for complete and up-to-date Bulletin articles. Below are some recent Bulletin postings. Many thanks to Carmen Ting, editor of the SAS Bulletin!
March 2023 Respiratory Diseases and Their Contribution to Understand the Human Past
- Ben Marwick
Our hard-working and well-connected editor, Carmen Ting, has just released a new issue of the SAS Bulletin! This is Volume 44, Number 1, Spring 2021, and substantial timely content. Below is a screenshot of the table of contents, and you can see the full text of all the articles at http://socarchsci.blogspot.com/ To download a PDF of this issue, click here. Congratulations Carmen, and thank you for putting together this wonderful issue!
- Ben Marwick
Our diligent and excellent editor, Carmen Ting, has just released a new issue of the SAS Bulletin! This is Volume 43, Number 3, Autumn 2020, and has lots of great content. Below is a screenshot of the table of contents, and you can see the full text of all the articles at http://socarchsci.blogspot.com/ To download a PDF of this issue, click here. Congratulations Carmen, and thank you for putting together this wonderful issue!
We are proud to announce that the Journal of Archaeological Science and Society for Archaeological Sciences Emerging Investigator Award for 2019 has been awarded to Hector Orengo and Arnau Garcia-Molsosa, for their paper 'A brave new world for archaeological survey: Automated machine learning-based potsherd detection using high resolution drone imagery' (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2019.105013). The panel commended the visionary combination of drone-based photogrammetry, machine learning and parallel computing in an open source environment, with the potential to revolutionise traditional field survey methods.
The authors will receive a $500 cash prize, and the manuscript will be freely available for 12 months. In addition, the manuscript will be highlighted in JAS and SAS communications and websites.
JAS and SAS have partnered in this new initiative to highlight and celebrate the key role of early career researchers in advancing archaeological science. We acknowledge all of the excellent submissions for this award, which demonstrate the exciting new scientific directions that early career researchers are working in.
This is the inaugural year for the award and we encourage submissions for the next round. All nominated papers with a publication date in 2020 will be considered, and the award announcement will take place early in 2021. The purpose of this award is to promote and acknowledge research excellence among early career scientists and provide an international venue for publication of significant work. The research must have a notable impact in the field of archaeological science.
Charles Kolb, our Associate Editor of Archaeological Ceramics, has handpicked and reviewed some books to help you navigate through the quarantine and self-isolation season.
Read more: The Lockdown Book Club: Book Reviews by Charles Kolb
By Agnese Benzonelli, Associate Editor of Archaeometallurgy
The ‘Round Table on XRF: The Future of Collaborative Research on Copper Alloys’ held at the Getty Museum in February gathered 18 international experts in the field of portable x-ray fluorescence from various major universities (University of Buffalo, University College London, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Turin) and institutions, including the J. Paul Getty Museum, MET, MoMA, National Gallery of Art, Opificio delle Pietre Dure and the Rijksmuseum. The meeting discussed three main topics: the evolution of the technique in the last decade, the identification of specific research topics that need to be explored further and the development of shared databases and how to manage them.
Read more: Workshop Review: XRF Roundtable at the J. Paul Getty Museum
- Some new archaeological network publications
- Updates on zooarchaeology
- New associate editor of archaeological organic materials
- Interview with the winners of the SAS-JAS Emerging Investigator Award 2019
- Interview with Dr Chris Vyhnal by Roxanne Radpour about the role of archaeological science in teaching chemistry and experimental science in high school