Introduction and program:
This is to announce an e-conference on the subject of adding
archaeological science data to the SMR/HER (Sites and Monuments
Records/Historic Environment Records) which is going to take place from
the 17th of January. Some lists have had advance warning through
an e-mail message sent by Jacqui Huntley on the 21st of December which
explains the background to this (letter in storefile, see below). The
need to have more archaeological science data accessible on the HER
systems has been identified and discussed during three workshops composed
of EH (English Heritage) archaeological science advisers and
specialists, Local Authorities SMR/HER officers and curators, EH
NMR (National Monuments Records) and FISH representatives and university
researchers. During the workshops, the level of details needed, the
mechanisms for implementation of the recommendations and the nomenclature
to be used have been discussed. They are the topics of this e-mail
conference.
If you are interested and wish to participite in the discussion, all you
need to do is to subscribe to the FISH
(Forum on Information Standards in Heritage)
list which you access from the jiscmail site at the following
address:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?SUBED1=fish&A=1
, join by simply clicking in the subscribe window (you will see that it is just as easy to unsubscribe when the conference is over) and read and write as you please.
The messages on the FISH discussion list will be kept short but they will clearly indicate the file names of longer papers, tables and other material for discussion held in the FISH storefiles where they will be listed together with the prefixe archsci:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/FISH/
Program of the e-conference on Archaeological Science Data and the SMR/HER:
Order of presentations from the 17th of January 2004 onwards:
Dominique de Moulins (EH archaeological science adviser for the SE): Introduction and summary of the recommendations of the three workshops; level of details and mechanisms for implementation
Discussion
LA curator tba: the role of the curator
Discussion
Victoria Bryant (Worcestershire HER manager) and Liz Pearson (Worcestershire environmental archaeologist): examples from Worcestershire and the question of the backlog
Dicussion
Lucy Farr (Royal Holloway): case studies in Surrey and Scotland
Discussion
Gill Campbell (Environmental section, EH Fort Cumberland): environmental terms; object thesaurus and definitions
Discussion
Ian Panter (EH archaeological science adviser for Yorkshire): artefacts terms and conservation aspect
Discussion
Edmund Lee (EH data standards supervisor): MIDAS 2
Discussion
Summary and conclusions
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Dominique de Moulins (Dr.)
English Heritage Archaeological Science Advisor for the South-East
Institute of Archaeology
31-34 Gordon Square
London WCIH OPY
tel: 020 7679 1539
mobile: 07970541897