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- Stilborg, Ole, et al.
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Upscaling ceramic thin sections through a database : a multi-site analysis of organic tempers in Swedish prehistoric pottery
- 2023
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Ingår i: Archeologica data. - Sesto Fiorentino : All’Insegna del Giglio. - 2785-0307 .- 2785-0668. ; 3, s. 85-104
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The inclusion of ceramic thin section data from multiple sites in the SEAD environmentalarchaeology database provides an opportunity for not only examining the distribution of organic temperin Sweden, but also for an analysis of the pros and cons of research using a large-scale data infrastructure.This paper uses an extract of over 40 years of semi-quantitative data, primarily collected at the now disbandedCeramics Research Laboratory in Lund, to examine the evidence for the use of organic tempersin Swedish pottery. These observations are interpreted in terms of the craft traditions in the region’s prehistory,discussed with respect to their potential implications, and put in the context of similar traditionsin Asia. The discussion points to a limited, selective transference of organic tempering technology fromthe east to Sweden. The experience of the authors in digitising and working with these data is then usedas the basis for a discussion on the challenges and potentials of using large-scale multi-site databases forsynthesis research. The conclusion is that the potential for creating and exploring new lines of enquiryinto the material outweighs the difficulties.
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- Buckland, Philip I., Dr. 1973-, et al.
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The intricate details of using research databases and repositories for environmental archaeology data
- 2022
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Ingår i: ArcheoLogica Data. - Sesto Fiorentino : All’Insegna del Giglio. - 2785-0307. ; 2, s. 15-29
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Environmental archaeology is a complex mix of empirical analysis and qualitative interpretation.It is increasingly data science oriented, and databases and online resources are becoming increasinglyimportant in large scale synthesis research on changes in climate, environments and human activities.Research funders, journals and universities place much emphasis on the use of data repositories toensure transparency and reusability in the research process. Although these are important, researchersthemselves, however, may have more use for research databases which are oriented more towardsadvanced querying and exploratory data analysis than conforming to archiving standards. This paperexplores the pros and cons of these different approaches. It also discusses and problematizes somekey concepts in research data management, including the definitions of data and metadata, along withthe FAIR principles. Research examples are provided from a broad field of environmental archaeologyand palaeoecology. In contrast to most publications, the developer’s perspective is also included, anda worked example using the Strategic Environmental Archaeology Database (SEAD) to investigate fossilbeetle data demonstrates the implementation of some of this in the real world. This example may befollowed online using the SEAD browser, and all described data downloaded from there. After providingboth encouragement and warnings on the use of digital resources for synthesis research, some suggestionsare made for moving forward.
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