Journal content makes use of the potential of internet publication to present archaeological research (excavation reports, methodology, analyses, applications of information technology) in ways that could not be achieved in print, such as searchable data sets, visualisations/virtual reality models, and interactive mapping.[10] The journal's content is archived by the
Archaeology Data Service.
History
The journal was established in 1995 with funding from the
Jisc's Electronic Libraries[9] programme and initially explored a subscription model.[11][12] In September 2014, editor Winters announced that the publication had adopted an
open access approach and that all past and future content would be freely available.[13]
^M Heyworth, S. Ross and J. Richards Internet archaeology: an international electronic journal for archaeology, The Field Archaeologist, Winter 1995, No. 24, pages 12-13.
^Mike Heyworth, Seamus Ross, and
Julian Richards, 'Internet archaeology: an international electronic journal for archaeology' Archaeological Computing Newsletter Number 44: Winter 1995, 20-22.
^Richards, Julian (2015). "Ahead of the curve: adventures in e-publishing in Internet Archaeology". Archäologische Informationen. 38 (38): 63–71.
doi:
10.11588/ai.2015.1.26113.
^Ross, Seamus (2017). Benardou, Agiatis; Champion, Erik; Dallas, Costis; Hughes, Lorna M (eds.). Chapter 11: Digital humanities research needs from cultural heritage looking forward to 2025? in Cultural Heritage Infrastructures in Digital Humanities edited by Agiatis Benardou, Erik Champion, Costis Dallas, Lorna M. Hughes.
doi:
10.4324/9781315575278.
ISBN9781315575278.
^J Winters 2003 'Towards Sustainable Electronic Publishing for Archaeology' in M. Doerr and A Sarris (eds) The Digital Heritage of Archaeology CAA 2002. Proceedings of the 30th Conference, Heraklion, Crete. Archive of Monuments and Publications, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 415-418.
^"Open Access". Internet Archaeology. Retrieved 30 September 2014.