Well, quite a few things have changed. For a start, there is a new, Java-operated menu, which we hope will make navigating the site pleasanter and easier.

Then there is a new EVENTS section. (Which we promise will be kept up to date!)

The NEWS section is still in the form of a blog. If you have any items to add, please click here to send an email.

The EMAS Forum has been completed re-worked. In order to stop outsiders making unwanted postings, you have to be a member to contribute. Joining is easy and costs nothing. Just click on the “Sign Up” link in the top right-hand corner and follow the instructions.

The EMAS Forum lets communicate with each other. Want to make suggestions to EMAS? Have you got ideas for future field trips, or lectures? Looking for people to help on a project? Want to sell (or buy) archaeological course books? It’s all possible with the EMAS Forum.

We admit that the PROJECTS page could do with a facelift – but that’s up to you! Is anyone out there interested in fieldwork, or working on finds? Let us know, and we will try to coordinate things for you.

The WEBLOG tag still links to the Archaeology in Europe Weblog. However, there are now a few new, specialist weblogs available. These are the Anglo-Saxon Archaeology Blog, the Viking Archaeology Blog and the Medieval Warfare Blog. (Just click on the titles to visit these blogs.) Each of these blogs simply uses the news reports from the Archaeology in Europe Weblog to provide a filtered source of archaeological news for these subjects.

I think that it is time that we created a Roman Archaeology Blog and a Prehistoric Archaeology Blog. If anyone is interested in getting involved, please to contact me. I can set up the blogs for you, if you are prepared to post the news items. It need only take a few minutes a day.

The “LINKS” tab leads to the Archaeology in Europe Archaeological Websites, an ongoing project to create a searchable list of useful websites for archaeology.

Finally, there is now an alternative way to navigate the site with the SITE MAP. This is simply a listing, with links, of the various pages that make up the EMAS Website.

But is doesn’t stop there! If you have any suggestions to improve this Website, or if you would like to help in any way, please to contact me.

Best wishes,
David Beard