Archaeologists often face major challenges when trying to connect new discoveries with information from old books: How can the findings of 200 years of archaeological research be combined with new ...

This Collection invites submissions that describe datasets derived from the rich and diverse sources of our shared past, including: archaeological samples, museum holdings, and historical records.

Archaeology studies the human past through the excavation of things people made and used thousands of years ago -- from architecture to objects like pottery bowls and animal bones from meals. Although ...