Open Source Archaeology: Ethics and Practice

Andrew T. Wilson, Ben Edwards

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, Nov 30, 2015 - Social Science - 160 pages

This edited volume is designed to discuss important issues around open access to data and software in academic and commercial archaeology, as well as to summarise both the current state of theoretical engagement, and technological development in the field of open-archaeology.

Contents

• Definitions Challenges and Context: 1
• Open Data and the Transformation of Archaeological Knowledge: 6
• Open Access Open Data and Digital Preservation: 30
• 4 CommunityDriven Approaches to Open Source Archaeological Imaging: 44
• Towards its Integration into Everyday Archaeological Practice: 64
• 6 What was Published is as Important as How it was Published: 83
• 7 Free and Open Source Software in Commercial and Academic Archaeology: 92
• Enhancing Archaeological Field Recording Through an Open Source Approach: 111
• Implementation and Usage Examples in the Compliance Education and Research Sectors: 130
• List of Figures: 147
• List of Tables: 148
• Index: 149

About the author

Andrew. T. Wilson, University of Liverpool Ben Edwards, Manchester Metropolitan University

Bibliographic information

• Title: Open Source Archaeology: Ethics and Practice
• Editors: Andrew T. Wilson, Ben Edwards
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2015
• ISBN: 3110440172, 9783110440171
• Length: 160 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / General; Social Science / Archaeology