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Investigating the Reliability and Validity of the Portable Osteometric Device 调查便携式骨测量仪的可靠性和有效性

IF 1.4 2区历史学

Advances in Archaeological Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-05 DOI: 10.1017/aap.2023.33

Eric Anderson, Sierra W. Malis, Anna J. Osterholtz, Molly K. Zuckerman

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A Collections-Based View of the Future of Archaeology 从收藏角度看考古学的未来

IF 1.4 2区历史学

Advances in Archaeological Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-05 DOI: 10.1017/aap.2023.37

Jenna Domeischel, S. T. Childs

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AAP volume 12 issue 1 Cover and Front matter 亚非会议》第 12 卷第 1 期封面和封底

IF 1.4 2区历史学

Advances in Archaeological Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.1017/aap.2024.3

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Reflectance Transformation Imaging for the Recording of Incised Graffiti 用于记录刻划涂鸦的反射变换成像技术

IF 1.4 2区历史学

Advances in Archaeological Practice Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.1017/aap.2023.34

Rachel Gill Taylor, Michael Callaghan, Brigitte Kovacevich, Karla J. Cardona Caravantes, Mary Clarke

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Improving the Usability of Archaeological Data through Written Guidelines 通过书面指南提高考古数据的可用性

IF 1.4 2区历史学

Advances in Archaeological Practice Pub Date : 2024-01-25 DOI: 10.1017/aap.2023.38

Anne Austin, Ixchel M. Faniel, Brittany Brannon, Sarah Whitcher Kansa

{"title":"Improving the Usability of Archaeological Data through Written Guidelines","authors":"Anne Austin, Ixchel M. Faniel, Brittany Brannon, Sarah Whitcher Kansa","doi":"10.1017/aap.2023.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2023.38","url":null,"abstract":"Archaeologists frequently use written guidelines such as site manuals, recording forms, and digital prompts during excavations to create usable data within and across projects. Most written guidelines emphasize creating either standardized datasets or narrative summaries; however, previous research has demonstrated that the resulting datasets are often difficult to (re)use. Our study analyzed observations and interviews conducted with four archaeological excavation teams, as well as interviews with archaeological data reusers, to evaluate how archaeologists use and implement written guidelines. These excavation team and reuser experiences suggest that archaeologists need more specific best practices to create and implement written guidelines that improve the quality and usability of archaeological data. We present recommendations to improve written guidelines that focus on a project's methods, end-of-season documentation, and naming practices. We also present a Written Guidelines Checklist to help project directors improve their written guidelines before, during, and after fieldwork as part of a collaborative process. Ideally, these best practices for written guidelines will make it easier for team members and future reusers to incorporate their own and others’ archaeological data into their research.","PeriodicalId":7231,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Archaeological Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139583042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Lessons from NAGPRA NAGPRA 的经验教训

IF 1.4 2区历史学

Advances in Archaeological Practice Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI: 10.1017/aap.2023.40

Jenna Domeischel, Angela Neller

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Making Archaeological Collections More Findable and Accessible through Increased Coordination 通过加强协调使考古藏品更易于查找和利用

IF 1.4 2区历史学

Advances in Archaeological Practice Pub Date : 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.1017/aap.2023.31

Angela Neller, Jasmine Heckman, Elizabeth Bollwerk, Kelsey Noack Myers, Josh Wells

{"title":"Making Archaeological Collections More Findable and Accessible through Increased Coordination","authors":"Angela Neller, Jasmine Heckman, Elizabeth Bollwerk, Kelsey Noack Myers, Josh Wells","doi":"10.1017/aap.2023.31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2023.31","url":null,"abstract":"Archaeologists seek to improve our understanding of the past by studying, preserving, protecting, and sharing nonreplaceable archaeological resources. Archaeological collections hold information that can assist these aims as long as they are properly cared for, identified, and accessible. One of the most serious barriers is the lack of large-scale coordinated efforts to make archaeological collections findable and accessible. This article suggests that developing and implementing the use of a standardized set of attributes regarding collections provides solutions and strategies to find collections. These attributes can connect and standardize existing archaeological collections from a variety of sources (federal and state agencies, CRM firms, Indigenous and descendant communities, and academic departments), serving the profession in multiple ways. Most critically, the baseline data can be synthesized to inform and direct priorities for future fieldwork, thereby decreasing redundancy in archaeological collections and improving curation efforts nationwide. Such efforts would also provide a resource to students and researchers looking to understand and interpret the past at multiple scales by encouraging more collections-based research and less archaeological site destruction. Access for descendant communities will also be improved with information about their cultural heritage. This, in turn, encourages transparency and collaboration between those communities and archaeologists.","PeriodicalId":7231,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Archaeological Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139516644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Archaeological Collections and the Public—It Isn't All about Us 考古藏品与公众--不全是我们自己的事

IF 1.4 2区历史学

Advances in Archaeological Practice Pub Date : 2024-01-17 DOI: 10.1017/aap.2023.39

Katrina C. L. Eichner, Renae J. Campbell, Mark S. Warner

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Working Ethically with Ancient DNA from Composites in the United States 以合乎道德的方式利用美国复合材料中的古代 DNA

IF 1.4 2区历史学

Advances in Archaeological Practice Pub Date : 2024-01-15 DOI: 10.1017/aap.2023.32

Taryn Johnson, Heather B. Thakar, Joe Watkins, Anna Linderholm

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A Survey of How Archaeological Repositories Are Managing Digital Associated Records and Data: A Byte of the Reality Sandwich 考古资料库如何管理数字相关记录和数据的调查：现实三明治的一个字节

IF 1.4 2区历史学

Advances in Archaeological Practice Pub Date : 2024-01-15 DOI: 10.1017/aap.2023.29

Sara Rivers Cofield, S. Terry Childs, Teresita Majewski

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