Foundational Protocols
Essential methodologies and frameworks for beginning digital archaeology work.
Field Guide: The Complete Manual
The official field guide for the Archaeobytologist. A comprehensive manual detailing the Excavation Protocol (The Trowel) and Triage Protocol (The Microscope).
Read the Field Guide →Protocol v1.0: Official Methodology
The official field guide and open-source methodology for the Archaeobytologist. A complete manual regarding the Excavation and Triage protocols.
Read Protocol v1.0 →Visual Guides & Infographics
A visual summary from the Trowel and Triage to the Anvil.
The three-phase protocol for finding signal in digital noise.
Classification guide for Vivibytes, Umbrabytes, and Petribytes.
Advanced Methods
Deep dive protocols with sophisticated methodologies and technical frameworks.
Chapter 0: The Archaeologist's Blind Spot
Digital Archaeology is failing. It prioritizes 3D scans of the physical world while the digital-born world burns. This foundational chapter establishes why Archaeobytology exists—to correct this catastrophic blind spot.
Read Chapter 0 →Deep Excavation Protocol
Advanced techniques including Boolean query construction, network analysis, and stratigraphic sampling for finding signal in digital noise.
View Advanced Excavation →Deep Triage Protocol
Three-axis diagnostic framework (Technical Legibility, Functional Integrity, Contextual Ecosystem) for sophisticated artifact classification.
View Advanced Triage →Anvil Workflow: From Artifact to Intervention
Complete workflow mapping from excavation through classification, close reading, path selection (Monument/Landmark/Synthesis), to production.
View Anvil Workflow →Applied Methods
Future Research Methods
Additional methodological frameworks will be added as the discipline develops:
- Forensic Excavation Protocols: Step-by-step guides for platform autopsy
- Triage Decision Matrices: Frameworks for ethical preservation prioritization
- Artifact Classification Systems: Taxonomies for digital archaeological finds
- Resurrection Viability Assessment: Methods for evaluating Petribyte revival potential