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Internet Archaeology Links, layers and LEAPs

Internet Archaeology Links, layers and LEAPs. Judith Winters Editor, Internet Archaeology http://intarch.ac.uk. Contents. electronic publication and archaeology journal background developing integrated publication LEAP / LEAP II projects. Archaeological publishing. 1900-1950

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Internet Archaeology Links, layers and LEAPs

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  1. Internet ArchaeologyLinks, layers and LEAPs Judith Winters Editor, Internet Archaeology http://intarch.ac.uk

  2. Contents • electronic publication and archaeology • journal background • developing integrated publication • LEAP / LEAP II projects

  3. Archaeological publishing 1900-1950 Publication seen as an integral part of archaeological excavation 1960s and 1970s Shift from exhaustive to selective publication Primary record is archive rather than the publication Today Great variation in publication policy across the discipline, and greater integration between description and interpretation PUNS report http://www.britarch.ac.uk/publications/puns/

  4. Digital publication • data is ‘born digital’ • archaeologists want - access to data - to produce more exploratory writing - more synthetic, narrative histories that addresses concerns about dissemination and multi-vocality

  5. Internet Archaeology • peer-reviewed • international - no chronological restrictions • no print version • text, data, images, VRML, QTVR, SVG, video, sound • archived by Archaeology Data Service http://ads.ahds.ac.uk

  6. Landmarks 1995 -3 year grant from eLib programme 1996 -issue 1 published 1998 -grant extension, 1st publication subvention 2000 -introduction of subscriptions (institutional and individual), advertising 2006 -JISC access agreement for UK HE/FE 2009 -open access for fully funded content

  7. Approach • flexible, responsive – rights, commissioning content, keeping options open, no rigid template • appropriate standards for interoperability and longevity - file formats, metadata, storage media and delivery systems • increased editorial contact results in a flexible final publication where authors have a say in the delivery and presentation

  8. Range of content • long and short • themed issues • methodology • fieldwork • landscape studies • artefacts • specialist reports • applications of IT

  9. Developing integration Early database and map interfaces (Issues 1-5)

  10. Developing integration Early database and map interfaces (Issues 1-5)

  11. Developing integration Early attempts at integrating publication with digital archive (issues 9-10)

  12. Anglian and Anglo-Scandinavian Cottam: linking digital publication and archive. Issue 10

  13. Developing integration Integrating GIS (Issues 17-20)

  14. LEAP project Linking Electronic Archives and Publications http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/leap/ Joint IA/ADS project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) under the ICT Strategy Programme Make underlying data available so that readers are enabled to 'drill down' to test interpretations and develop their own conclusions

  15. LEAP project Changing Settlements and Landscapes: Medieval Whittlewood, its Predecessors and Successors (Issue 19)

  16. LEAP project Joining the Dots: Continuous Survey, Routine Practice and the Interpretation of a Cypriot Landscape (Issue 20)

  17. Joining the Dots: Continuous Survey, Routine Practice and the Interpretation of a Cypriot Landscape. Issue 20

  18. LEAP project Silchester Roman Town Insula IX: The Development of an Urban Property c. AD 40-50 - c. AD 250 (Issue 21)

  19. Silchester Roman Town Insula IX: The Development of an Urban Property c. AD 40-50 - c. AD 250

  20. LEAP project The landscapes of Islamic Merv, Turkmenistan: Where to draw the line? (Issue 25)

  21. LEAP II Four exemplars multi-layered e-publications (projects hosted in US institutions) with comment/debate facility http://intarch.ac.uk/leap/index.html

  22. LEAP II exemplars • Exemplar 1: The Shala Valley Project, Northern Albania • Exemplar 2: Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí, Panamá • Exemplar 3: The BTC Pipeline Archaeological Excavations in Azerbaijan • Exemplar 4: Strategies for developing a next-generation virtual museum using close range scanning

  23. Integrated publication • reader works with different levels of information and explores the links between interpretation and data through a variety of interfaces • information no longer required to be split across several publications • explicit interrogation creates an active, ‘used’ and visible archive • multiple pathways through the text into and out of archive • boundaries are blurred • integrating text with data, evidence with interpretation: creating a new dialectic

  24. Implications • shaping how projects develop • shifts publication back towards data • affects archaeological practice and the narratives we create

  25. Internet ArchaeologyLinks, layers and LEAPs Judith Winters editor@intarch.ac.uk

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