Success Stories: the Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR) for Research, Education, Public Outreach, and Innovation

Summary

More public agencies, researchers and other managers of archaeological data are preserving their information in digital repositories and there is an exciting future for research, education, public outreach, and innovation.  There is a wealth of primary data and interpretive reports already available in tDAR for reuse in research and education.  Researchers can quickly track down digital copies of reports and grey literature for background surveys and comparative analyses.  Students can locate primary data for problem sets and course projects.  Archaeologists can enhance the public dissemination of appropriate archaeological content while still protecting confidential information.  tDAR allows for the innovative reuse of archaeological data through an integration tool that combines data collected by researchers using different terminologies and varying levels of analytical granularity into single tables using a system of ontologies.  Specific successful examples of each of these tDAR user communities will be highlighted in this paper. 

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Successful Collection Management: Using Existing Collections for Research, Education, Public Outreach, and Innovation   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2016

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