ARIADNE is a European Commission funded project that brings together existing archaeological data infrastructures to integrate distributed datasets and enable researchers to use powerful new technologies as part of archaeological research methodology. The project will provide trans-national access to data centers, tools, and guidance, and create new web services based on common data repository interfaces and innovative technologies to stimulate new avenues of archaeological research using past data in current studies. ARIADNE aims to contribute to a new community of researchers ready to exploit information technology and incorporate it into established archaeological research methods.