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DOCUMENT Full-Text Ben Marwick.

Computational methods are increasingly being used by archaeologists and appearing in archaeological science journals. But does this make archaeology more or less scientific? On one hand, computers are anti-science because they are often used as black boxes. On the other hand, many computational tools enable unprecedented transparency of the analytical workflow. I briefly review how archaeological science has recently been defined and how the practice compares to the ideals. I then evaluate these...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Myles Miller. Timothy B. Graves. Katherine Jones.

The Carlsbad Field Office contracted Versar, Inc. to conduct field survey and document review for 164 oil and gas industry project parcels released for development under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement (PBPA) during a 3-year period between 1 May 2013 and 30 June 2016. The project parcels are located among 28 United States Geological Survey quadrangles on lands administered through the PBPA by the Carlsbad Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management in southeastern New Mexico. The...

PROJECT Myles Miller.

BPA Project 8. Evaluation of the Effect of the Permian Basin PA on the Archaeological Record

DOCUMENT Full-Text Francis McManamon. Leigh Anne Ellison. Jodi Reeves Flores.

Archaeology is awash in digital data collected as part of surveys, excavations, laboratory analyses, and comparative studies.  Sophisticated statistical analyses, spatial studies, contextual comparisons, a variety of scanning technologies, and other contemporary methods and techniques both use and generate complex and detailed digital archaeological data.  Digital data are easier to duplicate, reanalyze, share, and preserve if they are curated properly.  However, digital data curation differs in...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Myles R. Miller.

Poster presentation

DOCUMENT Full-Text Francis McManamon. Carolyn Heitman. Timothy A. Kohler. Ben Marwick. Adam Rabinowitz.

This report summarizes the substance of the US Archaeology panel presentations and provide general comments on data science issues as they relate to archaeology and the other disciplines represented at the National Science Foundation-funded US Serbia & West Balkans Data Science Workshop. We also present suggestions regarding potential collaborative research involving US and Serbian & West Balkan archaeologists. These comments and the assessment are based on our experiences during the formal...