Presentation by Holly Wright, ADS Ariadne Workshop held prior to EAA 2013. Pilsen, Czech Republic 4 September 2013

1. ARIADNE:
Examples
of
Archaeological
Data
Online
EAA
Pilsen
4
September,
2013
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Holly Wright
holly.wright@york.ac.uk

2. 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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3. 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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4. Preserva<on
Click! DVD-ROM
IBM 3480
DC4_120
QIC DC600
9-Track Reel
3.5" Floppy 8" Floppy
5.25" Floppy
xD Picture Card
DG90M Tape
Memory Stick
12" Optical Disk
5.25" Optical Disk
G2000 Tape
CD-ROM
Smart Media
Sparq Disk Cartridge
Floptical Disk
Zip Disk
Rectangular Hole
Punch Card
8mmD-eight
MultiMedia Card SD Memory Card
Jaz Disk
Punch Tape
DLT Tape
4mm Tape
Travan
Ditto Max
Cassette tape
CompactFlash
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5. Preserva<on
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
Datasealofapproval.org
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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. What
do
we
hold?
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10. External
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11. 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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12. Journals
and
Series
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13. Grey
Literature
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14. Grey
Literature
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15. Project
Archives
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16. Project
Archives
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17. Project
Archives
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18. Bibliographies
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19. Theses
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20. Websites
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21. Websites
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22. Who
is
using
the
ADS?
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23. What
is
our
data
used
for?
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24. Linked
Open
Data
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25. holly.wright@york.ac.uk
Further
Informa<on
hOp://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk
Follow
us
on
Twi7er:
@ADS_Update
Friend
us
on
Facebook:
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