Cet article se propose de présenter Artefacts, l'encyclopédie collaborative en ligne des objets archéologiques, qui tente de recenser l'ensemble des formes d'objets attestées entre la fin de la Préhistoire et la période protoindustrielle, en Europe et sur le pourtour méditerranéen. On aborde successivement les principes du projet, l'historique de son développement ainsi que l'architecture générale du site web. Sont évoqués ensuite les publics ciblés et leurs usages respectifs de ce projet collaboratif, en particulier les fonctionnalités spécifiquement destinées aux chercheurs. ABSTRACT. This article aims at describing "Artefacts, online collaborative encyclopaedia of archaeological small finds", which tries to list all the forms of objects attested between the end of the Prehistory and the pre-industrial period in Europe and around the Mediterranean. It successively discusses the principles of the project, the history of its development as well as the general architecture of the website. The target audience and its respective practices of this collaborative project, in particular, are then evoked as well as the features specifically intended for researchers. MOTS-CLÉS. humanités numériques, base de données, encyclopédie, objets archéologiques, typologie, recherche.
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