Managing 'A Mountain' of Rock Art Digital Data
Author(s): Jodi Reeves Flores; M. Scott Thompson
Year: 2015
Summary
Currently, rock art research generates large amounts of digital data, both un-structured and structured. This paper discusses the significant role that digital data management systems and repositories such as the Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR) can play in the examination, management, and long-term curation of these data. tDAR is a dynamic digital platform that allows archaeologists to conduct research with and manage their data. The paper describes how rock art researchers can use tDAR to study, organize, and share vast amounts of unstructured data; such as images, reports, and field notes; and large structured data sets. It also presents a case study from the American Southwest as well as other examples from current collections in tDAR to illustrate tDAR’s utility in managing rock art data. The case study focuses on legacy rock art data from A Mountain (Tempe or Hayden Butte) in Tempe, Arizona.
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Cite this Record
Managing 'A Mountain' of Rock Art Digital Data. Jodi Reeves Flores, M. Scott Thompson. Presented at The 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California. 2015 ( tDAR id: 395175) ; doi:10.6067/XCV82V2H87
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Keywords
Site Type
Rock Art
Investigation Types
Heritage Management
General
digital curation
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tDAR
Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory)
Spatial Coverage
min long: -111.952; min lat: 33.413 ; max long: -111.919; max lat: 33.44 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Jodi Reeves Eyre
Contributor(s): Chris Loendorf; Phil Riris; Len J. Stelle
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20150418-A-Mountain-of-Data-SAA.pdf | 1.21mb | Apr 18, 2015 | May 5, 2015 10:27:49 AM | Public |