-<!doctype html><html lang=en><head><title>53rd regular meeting – CAA/SSLA</title><meta name=description content="A special interest group of [CAA International](https://caa-international.org/) dedicated to scientific scripting languages in archaeology."><meta name=viewport content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><meta charset=UTF-8><link rel=stylesheet href=https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.5.1/css/all.min.css integrity="sha512-DTOQO9RWCH3ppGqcWaEA1BIZOC6xxalwEsw9c2QQeAIftl+Vegovlnee1c9QX4TctnWMn13TZye+giMm8e2LwA==" crossorigin=anonymous referrerpolicy=no-referrer><link rel=stylesheet href=https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/academicons/1.9.4/css/academicons.min.css integrity="sha512-IW0nhlW5MgNydsXJO40En2EoCkTTjZhI3yuODrZIc8cQ4h1XcF53PsqDHa09NqnkXuIe0Oiyyj171BqZFwISBw==" crossorigin=anonymous referrerpolicy=no-referrer><link rel=stylesheet href=https://sslarch.github.io/css/palettes/caa-ssla.css><link rel=stylesheet href=https://sslarch.github.io/css/risotto.css><link rel=stylesheet href=https://sslarch.github.io/css/custom.css></head><body><div class=page><header class=page__header><nav class="page__nav main-nav"><ul><li class=nomarker><h1 class=page__logo><a href=https://sslarch.github.io/ class=page__logo-inner>CAA/SSLA</a></h1></li><li class=main-nav__item><a class=nav-main-item href=https://sslarch.github.io/about title>About</a></li><li class=main-nav__item><a class=nav-main-item href=https://sslarch.github.io/documents/ title=Documents>Documents</a></li><li class=main-nav__item><a class=nav-main-item href=https://sslarch.github.io/members/ title=Members>Members</a></li><li class=main-nav__item><a class="nav-main-item active" href=https://sslarch.github.io/minutes/ title=Minutes>Minutes</a></li><li class=main-nav__item><a class=nav-main-item href=https://sslarch.github.io/sessions/ title=Sessions>Sessions</a></li></ul></nav></header><section class=page__body><header class=content__header><h1>53rd regular meeting</h1></header><div class=content__body><p>7 ppl attended</p><h2 id=maintainathon-12-16-january-2026>Maintainathon (12-16 January 2026)</h2><ul><li>The upcoming Maintainathon event was the central topic of this meeting.</li><li>Motivation and goals:<ul><li>Promote best practices in computational archaeology and the wider research software community.</li><li>Encourage archaeologists to adopt sustainable coding habits.</li><li>Demystify maintenance and highlight that even small contributions matter for better accessibility.</li></ul></li><li>Website and resources:<ul><li><a href=https://sslarch.github.io/maintainathon>https://sslarch.github.io/maintainathon</a> (repository: <a href=https://github.com/sslarch/maintainathon>https://github.com/sslarch/maintainathon</a>)</li><li>Main content so far is the resources page at <a href=https://sslarch.github.io/maintainathon/resources.html#optimizing-for-speed-and-efficiency>https://sslarch.github.io/maintainathon/resources.html#optimizing-for-speed-and-efficiency</a></li></ul></li><li>Social media strategy:<ul><li>Frequent posts during the event through the SIG SSLA Mastodon account (mainly controlled by Zack Batist, with support from other SIG membergs).</li><li>The SIG SSLA mastodon account is bridged to Bluesky. Matteo Tomasini checks he bridge account in case questions/discussions emerge on Bluesky.</li><li>All SIG members are encouraged to check Mastodon daily, post, reblog posts, and generally amplify the event!</li><li>Topics to post about (some SIG members already announced what they want to work on):<ul><li>Highlights from the Maintainathon resources (will be covered by the SIG SSLA account)</li><li>The upcoming SIG-related CAA2026 workshops:<ul><li>“From Zero to Plotting: R for Anyone” (organised by Petr Pajdla)</li><li>“Code review and best practices in programming” (organised by Matteo Tomasini)</li><li>see <a href=https://2026.caaconference.org/workshops-2>https://2026.caaconference.org/workshops-2</a></li></ul></li><li>Creating or updating roadmaps and README files</li><li>Removing old and unused dependencies</li><li>Adding .cff files to repositories (Sophie Schmidt)</li><li>aoristAAR updates (Martin Hinz)</li><li>New blog posts (Clemens Schmid)</li></ul></li></ul></li><li>Suggested hashtags:<ul><li>#DigiArchMaintainathon (!)</li><li>#DigitalArchaeology</li><li>#ComputationalArchaeology</li><li>#maintainathon</li></ul></li><li>To promote the event even before the week starts we want to reach out to the Digital Archaeology Discord and the archaeo.social matrix chat.</li></ul><h2 id=ideas-for-invited-speakers-for-sig-ssla-meetings-in-2026>Ideas for invited speakers for SIG SSLA meetings in 2026</h2><ul><li><p>Possible overarching themes:</p><ul><li>Open Source</li><li>Open Science</li><li>Agent-based modelling</li><li>Data storytelling / narrative approaches</li><li>Digital infrastructure and long-term preservation</li></ul></li><li><p>Brainstorming for potential speakers:</p><ul><li>Mark Lake: <a href=https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/8693-mark-lake>https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/8693-mark-lake</a></li><li>Sarah & Eric Cansa, Paulina Przystupa (Open Context): <a href=https://opencontext.org/about/people>https://opencontext.org/about/people</a></li><li>Dries Daems (NASSA): <a href=https://archaeology-abm.github.io/NASSA-hub>https://archaeology-abm.github.io/NASSA-hub</a></li><li>Mike Burton (CoMSES Network): <a href=https://www.comses.net>https://www.comses.net</a></li><li>Any of the contributors of <a href=https://zenodo.org/records/10806319>https://zenodo.org/records/10806319</a></li><li>tDAR project members <a href=https://core.tdar.org>https://core.tdar.org</a></li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=next-sig-meeting-friday-february-6-2026>Next SIG Meeting: Friday, February 6, 2026</h2></div><footer class=content__footer></footer></section><section class=page__aside><div class=aside__about><div class=aside__about><img class=about__logo src=https://sslarch.github.io/images/sig_ssla_logo.svg alt=Logo><h1 class=about__title>Scientific Scripting Languages in Archaeology</h1><p class=about__description>A special interest group of <a href=https://caa-international.org/>CAA International</a> dedicated to scientific scripting languages in archaeology.</p></div><ul class=aside__social-links><li><a href=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/scientific-scripting-languages-in-archaeology rel=me aria-label="Mailing list" title="Mailing list"><i class="fas fa-envelope" aria-hidden=true></i></a> </li><li><a href=https://github.com/sslarch rel=me aria-label="GitHub organisation" title="GitHub organisation"><i class="fab fa-github" aria-hidden=true></i></a> </li><li><a href=https://archaeo.social/@CAA_SSLA rel=me aria-label="Toot @CAA_SSLA" title="Toot @CAA_SSLA"><i class="fab fa-mastodon" aria-hidden=true></i></a> </li><li><a href=https://twitter.com/caa_ssla rel=me aria-label="Tweet @caa_ssla" title="Tweet @caa_ssla"><i class="fab fa-twitter" aria-hidden=true></i></a> </li></ul></div><hr><div class=aside__content><p>2026-01-09</p></div></section><footer class=page__footer><p><br><span class=active>$ echo $LANG<br><b></b></span><br></p><br><br><p class=copyright></p><p class=advertisement>Powered by <a href=https://gohugo.io/>hugo</a> and <a href=https://github.com/joeroe/risotto>risotto</a>.</p></footer></div></body></html>
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