Dear all, In the light of recent discussions this announcement from Internet Archaeology of the publication of this fieldwork report integrated with its digital archive seems likely to be of interest. Kate Fernie -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Ave Valley, Portugal - Internet Archaeology 9 Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 18:13:09 +0000 From: Judith Winters <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: For announcements and discussion concerning the e-journal Internet Archaeology <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] ++Please forward to all relevant forums ++ Internet Archaeology is very pleased to announce the close of our 9th issue with the publication of "The Ave Valley, northern Portugal: an archaeological survey of Iron Age and Roman settlement" by Martin Millett, Francisco Queiroga, Kris Strutt, Jeremy Taylor and Steven Willis http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue9/millett_index.html The publication is the culmination of fieldwork undertaken in the Ave Valley between 1994 and 1997. Several new sites (Iron Age and Roman) were identified based on the density of fieldwalking finds. The number of potential Iron Age sites discovered was unexpectedly large, and the survey also revealed a strong pattern of continuity of settlement into the Roman period. As well as the usual fare of text and images, the journal publication links to several datasets that allow users to query: * the complete fieldwalking data * all the pottery and tile finds (over 5000 entries) * the pottery and tile densities (density analysis allowed the authors to suggest new site locations). * tile and pottery fabrics * the geophysical survey data Many articles in Internet Archaeology have always blurred the division between archive (data) and publication (interpretation), but we have not yet had the opportunity to create an integrated archive, where the complete suite of data is articulated with the text of the report. The Ave Valley publication has now allowed us to begin to put these ideas into practice. The digital archive for the project has been deposited by the authors with the ADS, and all files are available for users to download and query offline. However the new departure is that the publication and the archive, two related but usually separate entities, have been woven together. The final report in IA does not just link to the digital archive, but it actually retrieves data _from the archive_ while apparently still 'within' the publication. This article I hope makes a positive first step towards creating a fully integrated digital publication. Your comments are very welcome on this list. regards, Judith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judith Winters, Editor Internet Archaeology, the international electronic journal http://intarch.ac.uk Department of Archaeology, University of York, King's Manor, YO1 7EP, UK Tel: +44 1904 433955 Fax: +44 1904 433939