ARIADNE:  Examples  of  Archaeological  

Data  Online    

EAA  Pilsen      4  September,  2013  

h7p://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk  

Holly Wright holly.wright@york.ac.uk

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Introduc<on  to  the  ADS    

The  Archaeology  Data  Service  •  Set  up  in  1996  •  Based  at  the  University  of  York,  UK          

Mission  SupporKng  research,  learning  and  teaching  with  free,  high  quality  and  dependable  digital  resources  •  Digital  preservaKon    •  Free  access  to  data  via  the  Internet  •  Guidance  and  support  for  data  creators  

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Why  is  it  so  important  to  preserve  archaeological  data?  •  Archaeology  is  destrucKve!  •  The  documentaKon  archaeologists  

create  becomes  the  main  resource  for  future  interpretaKon  

•  Archaeological  resources  are  unique  •  When  data  is  digital,  it  is  subject  to  

rapid  change  to  both  soWware  and  hardware  formats    

       

Preserva<on    

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Preserva<on    

8" Floppy 3.5" Floppy

5.25" Floppy

12" Optical Disk

5.25" Optical Disk

CD-ROM

Sparq Disk Cartridge

Zip Disk

Click! DVD-ROM

Jaz Disk

Floptical Disk

Punch Tape

Rectangular Hole Punch Card

IBM 3480

DLT Tape

DG90M Tape

DC4_120

8mmD-eight

QIC DC600

G2000 Tape

4mm Tape

Ditto Max

9-Track Reel

Cassette tape

Memory Stick

MultiMedia Card SD Memory Card

xD Picture Card

Smart Media

CompactFlash

Travan

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How  do  you  know  you  can  trust  the  way  we  preserve  our  data?  •  We  hold  a  Data  Seal  of  Approval    •  We  follow  the  Open  Archival  InformaKon  System  (OAIS)  reference  model  

Preserva<on    

Datasealofapproval.org  

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Dissemina<on    

How  do  we  disseminate  our  data?  All  of  our  holdings  are  freely  available  through  a  tradiKonal  Web  interface  and  some  as  Linked  Open  Data  

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Archsearch  •  Basic:  Keywords  •  Browser:  What,  

Where,  When,  Which  Resource  

•  Map:  Bounding  Box  •  Advanced:  

Specialised  Terms  •  External:  

Experimental  Portals  for  searching  across  European  and  UK/US  datasets  

 

How  do  you  search?    

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Archsearch  Holds  over  a  million  records,  and  allows  searching  across  our  archives  alongside  records  held  at  the  local  and  naKonal  level  

What  do  we  hold?    

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What  do  we  hold?    

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External    

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Archives  • 18  Journals  and  Series  • 20,000+  Grey  Literature  reports  • 400+  Project  Archives  • Six  specialist  Bibliographies  • 19  Doctoral  Theses  

Specialised  Websites  • England’s  Rock  Art  • Image  Bank  

What  do  we  hold?    

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Journals  and  Series    

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Grey  Literature    

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Grey  Literature    

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Project  Archives    

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Project  Archives    

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Project  Archives    

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Bibliographies    

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Theses    

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Websites    

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Websites    

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Who  is  using  the  ADS?  

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What  is  our  data  used  for?  

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Linked  Open  Data    

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