The CARE database (Corpus Architecturae religiosae Europeae / CARE - IV-X saec.), a new scientific tool for understanding The Early medieval Europe

Summary

The CARE project intends to study Christian religious buildings in Europe between the 4th cent. and 1000 AD; 15 countries are already involved, 6 other must join soon. A team of French computer scientists and archaeologists created in 2008-2011 the online computer database that will be translated and shared ‘ an annotated database with a Wiki interface Wiki (WikiBridge), using the new generation of Web services (semantic Web 2.0), with online inputs and queries in SARQL mode and a GIS for instant webmapping. The Corpus of textual and graphical data about each church will gradually be known on this online evolving database (http://care.tge-adonis.fr). Ultimately, this scientific tool will facilitate comparisons, exchanges and discussions, and open on the Web to a wide audience, unfamiliar parts of the European religious heritage, in particular for accounts on recent archaeological work. The database, which allows an easy processing of different sets of documents, old or very new, such as photographs and 3D renditions, will be tested for other types of data. Its flexibility and adaptability would make it easy to use for more recent periods, such as those studied by members of the SHA

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• New Ways of Seeing the Past: Using New Technologies in Archaeology   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2014

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): SYM-51,02