Guidance, advice and research

The EAC publishes guidance, advice, research and news on archaeological heritage management topics. Our publications are published on Zenodo and the links below will take you to them. The EAC's guidance is published under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. Please contact the EAC with queries.

Public Benefit of Development-led Archaeology

Remote Sensing

Archaeological Significance

Making Choices & Looking Forward

Research Frameworks

IN TRANSLATION

Archaeological Archives

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EAC Guidance 4

The Benefits of Development-led Archaeology

2024

Available: EN

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10696765

EAC Guidance 5

The Benefits of Development-led Archaeology in Europe and Beyond

2024

Available: EN

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10696865

EAC Guidance 7

The Value of Developing a Research Framework

2024

Available: EN

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10696980

EAC Guidance 8

The EAC Guidance on Developing a Research Framework

2025

Available: EN

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14473051

EAC Guidance 9

Assessing Archaeological Significance: key concepts

2025

Available: EN

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10697000

EAC Guidance 11

Articulating the Significance of Archaeological Sites

2026

Available: EN

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14975018

EAC Guidance 10

The Use of Airborne Laser Scanning (Lidar) in Archaeology

2025

Available: EN

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14609210

EAC Guidance 2

EAC Guidelines for the Use of Geophysics in Archaeology: Questions to Ask and Points to Consider

2015

Available: EN

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10671299

EAC Guidance 6

Revisiting the Valletta Convention for the Digital Age: Position statement on archiving primary archaeological data

2024

Available: EN

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10695890

EAC Guidance 3

Guidance on selection in archaeological archiving

2021

Available: EN, PL, CZ

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10671360

EAC Guidance 1

A Standard and Guide to Best Practice in Archaeological Archiving in Europe

2014

Available: EN, CZ, DE, FR, IS, NRL, PL, POR, SD

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10664081

EAC Report

Making Choices: Valletta, Development, Archaeology and Society. A Report of the ‘Making Choices’ Working Group of the Europae Archaeologiae Consilium

2018

Available: EN

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10695784

EAC Report

The EAC at 25 – Looking Forward: technical report

2026

Available: EN

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17375825

Public Benefit

Archives

RemoteSensing

MakingChoices

Significance

EAC Guidance 3

Wytyczne do selekcji dokumentacji i źródeł archeologicznych

2021

EACG3-PL

EAC Guidance 3

Zásady selekce při tvorbě archeologických fondů

2021

EACG3-CZ

EAC Guidance 1

Standardy a příručka k dobré praxi péče o archeologické fondy v Evropě

2014

EACG1-CZ

EAC Guidance 1

Standaard en leidraad voor archeologische archivering in Europa

2014

EACG1-NRL

EAC Guidance 1

Référentiel et guide des bonnes pratiques pour l’archivage archéologique en Europe

2014

EACG1-FR

EAC Guidance 1

Archäologische archivierung in Europa: ein handbuch

2014

EACG1-DE

EAC Guidance 1

Gagnavarsla fornleifarannsókna í Evrópu. Staðall og leiðbeiningar um bestu starfsvenjur

2014

EACG1-IS

EAC Guidance 1

Standard i przewodnik po najlepszych praktykach sporządzania i przechowywania dokumentacji badań archeologicznych oraz pozyskanych źródeł w Europie

2014

EACG1-PL

EAC Guidance 1

Normas e orientações para arquivos de arqueologia na Europa

2014

EACG1-POR

EAC Guidance 1

Standard och vägledning för upprättande och bevarande av arkeologiskt dokumentations- och fyndmaterial i Europa

2014

EACG1-SD