Digital Archaeology at Ironwood Village: A Model for Archaeology’s Paperless Future

Summary

The particular challenges at the Ironwood Village excavations—time constraints, burgeoning data opportunities, and management of a complex array of excavation staff and machinery--begged for a modernized approach to data collection and workflow management. PaleoWest Archaeology’s digital workflow system—already four years in development—was customized for the project and implemented throughout. The result was one of the world’s first all-digital major excavation projects, the success of which could serve as a model for a high-quality, efficient, and cost-effective archaeological workflow, in both cultural resource compliance and academic field research settings.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Discovery, Excavation, and Lessons of Ironwood Village, an Early Hohokam Ballcourt Settlement Near Tucson, Arizona   •
• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

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