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Making archaeological data open and freely accessible is a priority across Europe, but the domain lacks appropriate, persistent repositories. Due to the fragility of digital data and non-repeatable nature of most archaeological research, the domain is poised to lose a generation of research to the Digital Dark Age. The key to mitigating this crisis is to bring archaeologists and data management specialists together to share expertise, and create resources that allow them to address problems in the most appropriate way within their own countries. While important international standards exist and should be used, there is no single way to build a repository. To be successful, archaeologists must be at the decision-making heart of how their data is archived to ensure re-use is possible.
Project funding:
COST actions
Project results:
SEADDA is vital for establishing a priority research area in the archiving, dissemination and open access re-use of archaeological data, and includes proposers from 26 COST and four international partner countries. It will bring together an interdisciplinary network of archaeologists and computer scientists; experts in archaeological data management and open data dissemination and re-use. Created publications and materials that will set out the state of the art for archaeological archiving across Europe and recommendations to mitigate the crisis. Organise meetings and training that allowe archaeologists from countries with archiving expertise to work with archaeologists with few or no available options, so they may share knowledge and create dialogue within and between their countries, and move forward together.
Project documents:
Saving European Archaeology from the Digital Dark Age (SEADDA) | CA18128 |
Period of project implementation: 2019-03-04 - 2023-03-03
Project partners: Bulgaria, Croatia, Netherlands, Slovenia, Belgium, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, Lithuania, Argentina, Canada, Japan, United States of America, Slovakia, Romania, Suomija, Latvia, Hungary, Switzerland
