Welcome to the third issue of the European Journal of Archaeology (EJA) for 2019. In this issue, we present six articles curated and edited by Dr. Colleen Morgan and Dr. Marta Díaz-Guardamino on the topic of digital archaeology. As noted in the short introduction by Díaz-Guardamino and Morgan, all six papers derive from an EJA sponsored session at the Barcelona EAA meeting. In 2017, the journal's editorial board noted that we had not published much in the burgeoning and very active field of digital archaeology, so the decision was taken to sponsor a session and encourage submissions towards a special issue. The six articles which have resulted take a variety of approaches, from presenting case studies of digital archaeological research and interpretation, to offering new ways of framing digital practices in the field, to assessing the risks and potentials of a digital future for archaeology. The sponsored session also showcased research by several archaeologists and research teams not (yet) published in the EJA, and we wish to thank them for their thoughtful, inspiring and innovative contributions to what was a highly successful and very stimulating day of discussion in Barcelona last year.
In addition to the special edited section, we present eight book reviews. These begin with Daniela Hofmann's compelling, critical review of a new book that surveys the popular yet controversial field of archaeogenetics. There then follow commentaries on seven new books spanning European prehistory, from the Early Mesolithic settling of Northern Europe to settlement and society in Eurasia. The reviews section closes with praise for one book offering a new account of Roman London and for another focussed on soapstone quarrying and use in pre-modern northern Europe.
If you are interested in submitting an article on any aspect of European archaeology, or have recently published a book that you would like us to review, do please get in touch with a member of our editorial team or visit us on https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-archaeology
