Apologies for the lack of any new information in my last email, it was actually sent on Tuesday, but it got stuck in my outbox when out network went down and delivered when I logged on today!

Zooarchaeologist
English Heritage

Fort Cumberland Road

Secretary, Association for Environmental Archaeology

I briefly looked into archiving digital data a few weeks ago, and found three main repositories - the ADS based in York, tDAR based in the states and Open Context. I've included links below. I'd be interested to know if anyone deposits data with any other repositories,

Zooarchaeologist
English Heritage

Fort Cumberland Road

Secretary, Association for Environmental Archaeology

Yes! tDAR are a well respected and growing group that effectively archives digital data sets, especially zooarchaeology. We are collaborating closely with them to get N Atlantic data sets uploaded and archived (see www.nabohome.org and herc.ws.gc.cuny.edu for more details) and would urge others to do the same. For lots more information and data check the official website at: http://www.tdar.org/

All the best

Tom McGovern

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:56 AM, Pam Cross <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi all

I ran across this and was wondering if anyone has heard of/knows anything about this:

The Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR) is the digital repository of Digital Antiquity, a collaborative organization devoted to enhancing preservation and access to digital records of archaeological investigations. tDAR is a national/international digital repository for archaeological information, including databases, reports, images, and other kinds of archaeological information. This project has the dual objectives of advancing archaeologists' ability to engage in synthetic and comparative research and to maintain the long-term utility and accessibility of irreplaceable data in the face of inadequate metadata and rapidly changing technology.

http://dev.tdar.org/confluence/display/TDAR/Documentation+Home

cheers

Pam

Pamela J Cross
PhD researcher, Bioarchaeology
Horses of Men & Gods project
(AHRC, NT, SHS, Bernard Cornwell & MoL)
Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford
BD7 1DP UK
p.j.cross (at) student.bradford.ac.uk
pajx (at) aol.com
http://www.barc.brad.ac.uk/resstud_Cross.php
http://bradford.academia.edu/PamCross
http://www.suttonhoo.org/saxon.asp (2012, Issue 54 )

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Associate Director

CUNY Human Ecodynamics Research Center

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