A Case for Digging (into Big Data)
Author(s): Kelli Barnes
Year: 2024
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
A quick dive into regional databases can be invaluable in managing local resources. Updating regional contexts tends to be time consuming and expensive. However, obtaining general numbers of different site types, NRHP eligibility assessments, dates of use, and other basic information can be a quick exercise to guide future management. For example, basic regional data may show that NRHP eligibility is skewed too heavily towards considering a large number of sites NRHP eligible based on data potential, when actual research at all of those sites would be nearly impossible. These types of data can also help to determine types of sites that are less common and may require greater protection. Finally, a broad summary of available information can serve as a baseline for developing a detailed historic context with pragmatic temporal and geographic boundaries.
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A Case for Digging (into Big Data). Kelli Barnes. Presented at The 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2024 ( tDAR id: 499969)
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Geographic Keywords
North America: California and Great Basin
Spatial Coverage
min long: -124.189; min lat: 31.803 ; max long: -105.469; max lat: 43.58 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 40389.0