117 Digitization in Archaeology and Archaeology Education in Turkey N. Pınar Özgüner 1 Article submitted: 20 July 2021 Article accepted: 6 August 2021 https://doi.org/10.54930/TARE.2021.4 Abstract This study evaluates the undergraduate curriculums in Turkey that include digital appli- cations in archaeology, meaning all types of documentation, analysis, and interpretation using information technologies in archaeological education. It highlights that digital applications have not yet been systematically incorporated into all archaeology departments, however, undergradu- ate-level courses are taught throughout the country in various fields such as database management, geographic information systems, architectural and feature drawing in digital media, photogram- metry, and the use of drones. The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting online undergraduate education have shown that access to technological devices and internet connectivity problems in Turkey are issues that need to be overcome for students to receive a quality education. When creating a digital curriculum for undergraduate archaeology students, reviewing concepts such as technology ownership, digital literacy, and technology leaps should help increase the efficiency of the courses. Keywords: Archaeology, Undergraduate, Education, Digitization, Information Technologies Introduction In the field of social sciences and humanities, including archaeology, terms such as “dig- ital,” “digitalization,” “digital social sciences,” “digital humanities,” “digital heritage,” “digital cultural heritage,” and “digital archaeology” are increasingly used. Digital archaeology is defined as tools and systems, most of which are online and are portable information technology products that facilitate the documentation, interpretation, and publication of material culture. 2 Daly and Evans define digital archaeology as a tool that supports archaeological activities used to better explore, understand, and study the past, and they note that archaeology should not be considered 1 N. Pınar Özgüner, Gaziantep Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Arkeoloji Bölümü, ORCID: 0000-0001-6199-6719, pinar.ozguner@gmail.com 2 Jody Michael Gordon, Erin Walcek Averett, and Derek B. Counts, “Mobile Computing in Archaeology: Exploring and Interpreting Current Practices Recommended Citation,” in Mobilizing the Past for a Digital Future; The Potential of Digital Archaeology, ed. Erin Walcek Averett, Jody Michael Gordon, and Derek B. Counts (Grand Forks, ND: The Digital Press at the Unıversıty of Dakota, 2016), 1–32, https://dc.uwm.edu/arthist_mobilizingthepast.