ABSTRACT
Despite the historically crucial role that maps play in archaeology and the proliferation of digital cartographic practices and media in the discipline since the 1990s, the critical examination of the effects of digital cartography in archaeology still has a long way to go. An important question in this regard is whether digital cartography can lead, or has led, to progress in archaeological practice and, if so, of what type? The principal aim in this chapter is to address this particular issue through a discussion of some of the promises of digital cartography (novelty, speed, accessibility of information) as well as through story-telling. The focus of the “small stories” told in the article, is a variety of mapping practices that took place during the 2013 archaeological fieldwork season at Çatalhöyük (Turkey).
