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Development of Workflow, Guides to Good Practice and Metadata in Support for the Digital Antiquity Initiative

 

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Cultural heritage (archaeological sites, buildings and their contents) is central to a people’s identity. Nearly all countries mandate its protection, often through archaeological documentation and interpretation. Increasingly digital documentation is a key element in the preservation, management and analysis of cultural heritage.

The Digital Antiquity Project has been funded by a $1.2 million dollar award (ending in 2012) from the Andrew Mellon Scholarly Communications Program to develop a cyber-infrastructure for archaeology – and specifically the creation of a robust digital archive for North America digital data as well as the development of best practices and interoperable specifications for global digital curation integration.  Fred Limp is a Co-PI on the $1.2 million award which was made to Arizona State, Penn State, Statistical Research Institute, University of Arkansas, York University and Washington State University. As part of the larger initiative the University of Arkansas and York University received a sub-award to support development of a series of “Guides to Good Practice” – providing practitioners with guidance on proper field and laboratory recording techniques in areas such as laser scanning, visualization geophysics, databases and others so that the resulting digital data can be effectively curated.   

CAST staff have authored Guides to Good Practice for close range photogrammetry and long and short range laser scanning and co-authored updated guides for geophysical field investigations. These are currently (June 2011) undergoing final public review and will shortly serve as defacto international standards.