The Digital Index of North American Archaeology: networking government data to navigate an uncertain future for the past

Kansa, Eric; Kansa, Sarah Whitcher; Wells, Josh J.; Yerka, Stephen; Myers, Kelsey Noack; DeMuth, Robert; Bissett, Thaddeus G.; Anderson, David G.

doi:10.15184/aqy.2018.32

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“…But, in this case, we would be asking, “How well are we protecting cultural resources?” Archaeological sites and information should be a foundational element of any GAP-like cultural resource program. Programs such as the Digital Index of North American Archaeology could offer critical potential for starting such a program quickly (Kansa et al 2018).…”

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Investigating the Role of Archaeological Information and Practice in Landscape Conservation Design and Planning in North America

Murtha

Lawres

Mazurczyk

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Adv. archaeol. pract.

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The purpose of this article is to discuss the challenges and opportunities for integrating archaeological information in landscape-scale conservation design while aligning archaeological practice with design and planning focused on cultural resources. Targeting this opportunity begins with statewide archaeological databases. Here, we compare the structure and content of Pennsylvania's and Florida's statewide archaeological databases, identifying opportunities for leveraging these data in landscape conservation design and planning. The research discussed here was part of a broader project, which was working through the lens of Landscape Conservation Cooperatives in order to develop processes for integrating broadly conceived cultural resources with natural resources as part of multistate or regional landscape conservation design efforts. Landscape Conservation Cooperatives offer new ways to think about archaeological information in practice and potentially new ways for archaeology to contribute to design and planning. Statewide archaeological databases, in particular, offer transformative potential for integrating cultural resource priorities in landscape conservation design. Targeted coordination across state boundaries along with the development of accessible derivative databases are two priorities to advance their utility.

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Investigating the Role of Archaeological Information and Practice in Landscape Conservation Design and Planning in North America

Murtha

Lawres

Mazurczyk

et al. 2019

Adv. archaeol. pract.

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“…There are solutions to this growing problem of inequality. First, we must prioritize data sharing and open-access repositories for datasets, code, protocols, and other workflows needed to develop and replicate computational algorithms [6,[76][77][78]. While becoming more commonplace, many researchers still do not make their datasets or code/workflows available in publications or other publicized platforms for other researchers to use and build upon.…”

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Geographic Disparity in Machine Intelligence Approaches for Archaeological Remote Sensing Research

Davis

2020

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A vast majority of the archaeological record, globally, is understudied and increasingly threatened by climate change, economic and political instability, and violent conflict. Archaeological data are crucial for understanding the past, and as such, documentation of this information is imperative. The development of machine intelligence approaches (including machine learning, artificial intelligence, and other automated processes) has resulted in massive gains in archaeological knowledge, as such computational methods have expedited the rate of archaeological survey and discovery via remote sensing instruments. Nevertheless, the progression of automated computational approaches is limited by distinct geographic imbalances in where these techniques are developed and applied. Here, I investigate the degree of this disparity and some potential reasons for this imbalance. Analyses from Web of Science and Microsoft Academic searches reveal that there is a substantial difference between the Global North and South in the output of machine intelligence remote sensing archaeology literature. There are also regional imbalances. I argue that one solution is to increase collaborations between research institutions in addition to data sharing efforts.

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“…Recent efforts at building large, interoperable databases are under way to make CRM project results more broadly accessible and usable. The Digital Index of North American Archaeology, for example, integrates multiple state databases into a single system and allows them to "talk" to each other by standardizing typological systems and terminology through a process called ontological matching (Kansa et al 2018). In the American Southwest, multiple thematic databases integrate data from numerous CRM and academic studies in support of landscape-level synthetic research.…”

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The Role of Modeling and Synthesis in Creative Mitigation

Heilen

2020

Adv. archaeol. pract.

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In the 54 years since passage of the National Historic Preservation Act, more than 56 million ha of land have been surveyed in the United States, and nearly one million cultural resources have been identified and recorded. These efforts have produced hundreds of thousands of project reports, vast collections of data, and a wealth of descriptive information about the past. The accumulated data can be used to generate important new knowledge about the past, with many scientific and management implications, but remain largely untapped. Following current approaches, many resources will be damaged or lost before effective strategies for studying or preserving them can be developed. Synthesis and modeling are needed in creative mitigation efforts to identify which resources to preserve and study and how best to do so with limited time and funding. This article explores the potential for compiling and synthesizing large cultural and environmental datasets within a geographic information system to model the nature and distribution of cultural resources. It is argued that dedicated synthesis and modeling of cultural resource management data will allow development of more effective and proactive research and management strategies, providing lasting benefit to diverse scientific and traditional communities and the public.

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The Digital Index of North American Archaeology: networking government data to navigate an uncertain future for the past

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Cited by 20 publications

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Investigating the Role of Archaeological Information and Practice in Landscape Conservation Design and Planning in North America

Investigating the Role of Archaeological Information and Practice in Landscape Conservation Design and Planning in North America

Geographic Disparity in Machine Intelligence Approaches for Archaeological Remote Sensing Research

The Role of Modeling and Synthesis in Creative Mitigation

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