Ten Years of DINAA: Lessons for Archaeological Methods, Practice, and Ethics from a Decade of Experience Compiling, Organizing, and Publishing Data with the Digital Index of North American Archaeology

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

On November 13, 2013, the Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) published its first set of completely free and open scientific and cultural data for about 86,000 archaeological sites. Ten years later, DINAA provides information for almost one million archaeological sites. This includes vast holdings of primary scientific and cultural data, bibliographic information and links to tens of thousands of research publications and reporting about particular archaeological sites, and links to scores of external sources of online or physical data and/or collections about particular archaeological sites. DINAA has become an important fixture in national and international scientific infrastructure, with hundreds of citations by researchers in Google Scholar, students in ProQuest Theses, and heritage experts in government reports, as well as massive amounts of press attention. The development and publication of DINAA as a public scientific resource has exemplified a wide range of the challenges and opportunities that digital methods encounter in the complex scientific, political, and ethical landscape of American archaeology. Issues to be discussed include (1) Achievement of FAIR and CARE data principles, (2) Developmental and long-term costs, (3) Data-management preparedness of archaeological practitioners and educators, and (4) Organization of stakeholder communities and offices for contribution and critique.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39776.0