Editors’ Summary: This post attempts to provide a history of the origins of digital archaeology, with the author acknowledging the relative lack of attention given to the field’s past. He notes similar challenges in pinning down precise origins for the field of digital humanities. The author highlights scholarship from throughout the twentieth century to determine when the field took shape, identifying its start in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He argues for the importance of considering early digital applications in their own terms, rather than bringing to bear present-day attitudes.
Editors’ Choice: A Prehistory of Digital Archaeology
