Proceedings of ArcheoFOSS XIII Workshop—Open Software, Hardware, Processes, Data and Formats in Archaeological Research

he meaning of an “open” approach in archaeology today probably implies many different, disconnected and even contrasting activities. A scholar may work on the most expensive and “closed” software, but share their data worldwide, fostering public access. Another may spend time working on open-source programs without being able to use high-definition pictures or 3D models of archaeological findings because of their country’s IPR law restrictions. The concept of “openness” touches different sides of the archaeological activity sensu lato, and the challenge of dealing with it, today, is certainly more complex than it was some 15 years ago, when a few young men, mostly PhD students or postdoc fellows, met in Grosseto to hold the first ArcheoFOSS day (namely: workshop on the Open Source, Free software and Open Format “nei processi di ricerca archeologici (in the archaeological research’s processes”).