It occurs to me that some rather ambitious projects seeking to offer generalized platforms for the archiving and distribution of archaeological data have not yet come up in the conversations, and I wonder why not. Among the things I'm thinking of are:
- Archaeoinformatics | Archive of Lectures | Archaeoinformatics Survey: Current Conditions and Needs in the Field | Funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation |
- ETANA-DL Managing complex information applications: An archaeology digital library | Background Articles | Member Collections | Funded in part by the National Science Foundation's ITR program |
- “Online Cultural Heritage Research Environment” (OCHRE) | ArchaeoML Schema | Pilot projects | Not yet externally funded (as far as I know) |
I know that Eric and Sebastian are connected with the first of these, and Eric with the third. Are there other parallel efforts underway?
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Good questions! I'll comment more on this shortly, unfortunately I'm hit by a number of deadlines.
All this talk of sharing finally got me moving... I've just put up the fundamental data from my phd thesis on my blog. Now, this stuff is available in the appendices of my BAR volume, but I suspect that book isn't exactly ripping up the sales charts, nor is widely available. So, if you're looking for some XRD & XRF data - maybe as instructional content for an introductory archaeometry or stats class - please feel free to use.
Here it is
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