Saving us from the Digital Dark Age: the Austrian perspective

Trognitz, Martina

doi:10.11141/ia.58.2

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“…As mentioned above, long-term data archiving, dissemination, and permanent citeability will be accomplished using the ARCHE repository. (TROGNITZ 2021) In particular, stringent data management during the whole run of the proposed project is of utmost importance for the success of the planned undertaking. Our young digital archaeology/DH expert team is ideally suited to tackle this vital task.…”

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IUENNA – openIng the soUthErn jauNtal as a micro-regioN for future Archaeology: A "para-description"

Hagmann¹,

Reiner²

2023

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IUENNA (openIng the soUthErn jauNtal as a micro-regioN for future Archaeology) is an innovative project to strengthen the application of digital methods in archaeology in Austria by pursuing complex cultural-historical questions, shaping Digital Humanities in Classics, and securing cultural knowledge for the long-term. This paper thereby aims to present the project concept openly. At the same time, the paper wants to put IUENNA up for discussion in an experimental way already during the project to benefit from the scientific discourse immediately. This approach may provide an ideal opportunity for continuous “just-in-time-improvement” of the project design.IUENNA is based on the archaeological micro-region of the Jauntal (Carinthia/Austria). It involves the State Museum for Carinthia (kärnten.museum/Landesmuseum für Kärnten – LMK), the Austrian Archaeological Institute (ÖAI) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), the Austrian Center for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH) at the ÖAW, the Federal Monuments Authority (BDA), and the archaeological company ARDIG. IUENNA follows an extensive open science approach, using the Late Antique ‘pilgrimage center’ of the Hemmaberg with its decade-long excavations and related sites (Globasnitz/Iuenna, Jaunstein, and St. Stefan) as a case study. IUENNA will provide, for the first time in Austria for Classics, an outstanding model study and a sustainable long-term archive of an elaborated excavation at one of the most critical Late Antique sites of the Southeast Alpine region and its vicinity and integrate all data. All archaeological research data available will be digitized, structured in an all-new inclusive and hierarchically organized file folder system, and enhanced with metadata, which can serve as an example for future projects for Austrian archaeology and beyond. Data will be made available online in full open access using the repository ARCHE (A Resource Centre for the HumanitiEs) of the ACDH-CH and an open-source web-mapping application.The Hemmaberg is undoubtedly one of the best-researched Late Antique hilltop settlements of the 4th-6th cent. AD and a leading reference site for early Christianity in the Southeast Alpine region. The Hemmaberg and its late antique settlement (‘pilgrimage center’) is a world-renowned site featuring at least five early Christian churches, auxiliary buildings, and the Gothic pilgrimage church of St. Hemma and Dorothea, as well as the Rosalia Grotto. However, the Hemmaberg may not be seen on its own since it is part of a much more extensive settlement area with sites from prehistoric times to the early Middle Ages, which form the micro-region of the Jauntal with more than 2000 years of cultural history. Over 100 years of studies reflect a remarkable research history: After the first investigations at the beginning of the 20th cent. by citizen scientists, continuous activities took place primarily from the later 1970s onwards by the LMK with a focus on Late Antiquity in the area of the Hemmaberg itself and Globasnitz/Iuenna, a Roman settlement/road station (including remains of the Roman link road Virunum – Celeia), and a massive Late Antique burial ground. Another nearby site is a recently discovered Late Antique (?) and massive Roman ‘super-villa’ near St. Stefan. At Jaunstein, archaeological features exemplify the early Middle Ages.

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IUENNA – openIng the soUthErn jauNtal as a micro-regioN for future Archaeology: A "para-description"

Hagmann¹,

Reiner²

2023

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“…Nonetheless, there are biases present in the dataset resulting from different intensities and practices of archaeological research conducted in different regions and/or states included in the study area caused by various factors, e.g., research interests, distance to large cities, budgets, data management and archiving etc. See Issue 58 of Internet Archaeology for details on how archaeological data is managed in Austria [5], the Czech Republic [6] and Slovakia [7].…”

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Neolithic Settlements in Central Europe: Data from the Project ‘Lifestyle as an Unintentional Identity in the Neolithic’

Pajdla

Trampota

2021

Journal of Open Archaeology Data

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This dataset comprises the core spatial and temporal structure of the 'Lifestyle as an Unintentional Identity in the Neolithic' project. The data consist of spatial and chronological information on 2,154 Neolithic settlement sites from c. 4900 to 3300 BCE in two separate regions, the eastern part of Bohemia (Czech Republic) and the Morava River basin (Czech Republic, parts of Austria and Slovakia). To gather as much data as possible, all available sources including published works, find and excavation reports in archives, museum collections and unpublished records and both existing and legacy databases were examined. The dataset is deposited at the Zenodo data repository with an open access license. There is a reuse potential in aggregating the data with data from different regions and/or time periods for various spatial and temporal analyses.

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“…Notably, C. Mayer published significant research on the BDA-FSDB during the 2000s, defining its general purpose: to record archeological objects (Mayer, 2004(Mayer, , 2008(Mayer, , 2009(Mayer, , 2017Mayer et al, 2004;Pollak, 2008). In the past years, there have primarily been publications on the further development of the BDA-FSDB, such as in the form of projects for GIS-based cartographic recording of the BDA-FSDB's contents and online dissemination of archeological information (Steigberger, 2017) within the framework of various focal point projects (Hinterwallner & Krenn, 2020;Langendorf & Hagmann, 2020;Steigberger, 2019Steigberger, , 2020Trognitz, 2021). There have also been focused efforts on the successor project, the Heritage Information System (HERIS), which has been gradually replacing the BDA-FSDB since 2020.…”

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“…Smaller repositories, in particular, face difficulties with interoperability and sustainability. As a result, standardizing practices and fostering collaborations are crucial for integrating these repositories into the global research community (Bibby, 2021;Bisták et al, 2021;Calandra et al, 2021;Correia & Silva, 2023;Faniel et al, 2018;Geser et al, 2022;Göldner et al, 2023;Huvila, 2020;Jantos & Sommer, 2021;Juty et al, 2020;Kansa et al, 2020;Kreiter, 2021;Nicholson et al, 2023;Novák et al, 2021;Oniszczuk & Makowska, 2021;Richards, 2021Richards, , 2023bRichards, , 2023aRichards et al, 2021;Seaton et al, 2023;Štular, 2021;Trognitz, 2021;Wallis et al, 2013;Wilkinson et al, 2016).…”

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“…Furthermore, PHAIDRA›s influence extends beyond regional limits by supporting the FAIR principles, promoting collaboration locally and globally through open science (Faniel et al, 2018;Hagmann, 2018;Huvila, 2020;Juty et al, 2020;S. W. Kansa et al, 2020;Nicholson et al, 2023;Novák et al, 2023;Ross et al, 2022;Seaton et al, 2023;Trognitz, 2021;Wallis et al, 2013;Wilkinson et al, 2016).…”

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Adopt, Adapt, and Share! FAIR Archeological Data for Studying Roman Rural Landscapes in Northern Noricum

Hagmann

2024

Journal of Open Humanities Data

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This paper offers a detailed overview of the archeological data from the "Roman Rural Landscapes in Noricum" (RRLN) project. It focuses on the less-explored northern and northeastern rural regions of Roman-period Noricum (c. 16/15 BC to 488 AD). The University of Vienna's PHAIDRA system was employed for the long-term archiving of selected new archeological data, adhering to the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles. The project adopted an innovative digital archeology approach, combining open geodata with various unstructured datasets within a Geographic Information System (GIS) framework. Accordingly, this method aimed to deepen our understanding of Roman rural landscapes in a specific Area of Interest (AoI). The paper highlights the selective preservation of crucial archeological data in a specialized repository and also promotes open science to improve the discoverability and usability of data related to Roman-period objects.

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Saving us from the Digital Dark Age: the Austrian perspective

Cited by 4 publications

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IUENNA – openIng the soUthErn jauNtal as a micro-regioN for future Archaeology: A "para-description"

IUENNA – openIng the soUthErn jauNtal as a micro-regioN for future Archaeology: A "para-description"

Neolithic Settlements in Central Europe: Data from the Project ‘Lifestyle as an Unintentional Identity in the Neolithic’

Adopt, Adapt, and Share! FAIR Archeological Data for Studying Roman Rural Landscapes in Northern Noricum

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