"COVID-19 related travel restrictions and social distancing protocols have precluded many archaeological field projects in the past six months. And while conferences and meetings can be taken to the virtual realm, the challenges facing those of us whose work is founded on field-based research are becoming readily apparent... In the interim, there are many viable ways in which we can pivot our research projects to continue pushing scientific inquiry forward." 

As we take an in-depth look at notions of 'Remote Science', read a new blog from Marieka Brouwer Burg (Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Vermont). Plus, access below a broad range of articles from Advances in Archaeological Practice; covering topics such as 'Technological Solutions', 'Outreach', 'Education' and 'Collaborative Effort', research is free to read until the end of the year.

I. Collections-based research

II. Collaborative Efforts

III. Outreach / Education

IV. Technological Solutions

V. Open Access

External citations

2020 Field-based sciences must transform in response to COVID-19. Nature. 14 September 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01317-8 

Scerri, E. M., Kuhnert, D., Blinkhorn J., Groucutt, H. S., Roberts, P., Nicoll, K. Zerboni, A., Akpo Orijemie, E., Barton, H. Candy, I., Goldstein, S. T., Hawks, J., Niang, K., N’Dah, D., Petraglia, M. D., and Vella, N. C.

2020 Resuming Field Research in Pandemic Times. Published online by the Social Science Research Council, https://items.ssrc.org/covid-19-and-the-social-sciences/social-research-and-insecurity/resuming-field-research-in-pandemic-times/. Accessed September 21, 2020.

Wood, E. J., Rogers, D., Sivaramakrishnan, K., and Almeling, R.