Unleashing the potential of collaboration – archaeological detection in the 21st Century

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Understand complex relationships in the fragmented archaeological recordArchaeology as human ecology

Archaeology is led by

Theories structure this evidence

The past is a foreign place

Archaeological knowledge acquisition is a dynamic process

Dynamic feedback allows theories/practice to be tested or revised

InterpretationSynthesis

Primary data

Excavation records

Remote sensing transcriptions

NMP

Lab Analysis

Specialist reports

Decoupled synthetic dataSite reports

SMR

NMR

Data RichData Archiving - Building the silo

Formal structures inhibit collaboration and accessInformal networks established to make the data work effectively

Additional drops of data/evidence does not affect the structure of the knowledge landscape

Isnt this wrong?

Implications of silo-ed data

No synergy

Cripples the knowledge frameworks

Less effective

Research

Impact

Policy

Engagement

InterpretationSynthesisX

Open data

Make better decision based on the best available evidence.

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