ARIADNE
Advanced Research Infrastructure for Archaeological Dataset Networking in Europe
Completed
R&D Project - European
- Contact person: Christos Papatheodorou
- Start date: 01-02-2013
- Duration: 36 months
- Programme: FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2012-1
- IMSI funding: 410 KEuros
- Project webpage: http://www.ariadne-infrastructure.eu/
- Partners: Archaeology Data Service, Data Archiving and Networked Services, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut , MDR Partners Limited, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Salzburg Research, The Discovery Programme , Swedish National Data Service, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio, Znanstvenoraziskovalni Center Slovenske Akademije Znanosti In Umetnosti, University of Glamorgan, Hungarian National Museum/National Heritage Protection Centre, The Cyprus Institute Limited, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas , Institute of Archaeology AS CR, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, AIAC, National Institute of Archaeology and Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle biblioteche italiane e per le informazioni bibliografiche, Asociatia Arheo Vest, Institut national de recherches archeologiques preventives, Universiteit Leiden
ARIADNE (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2012-1) aims to integrate the existing archaeological research data infrastructures so that researchers can use the various distributed datasets and new and powerful technologies as an integral component of the archaeological research methodology. There is now a large availability of archaeological digital datasets that altogether span different periods, domains and regions; more are continuously created as a result of the increasing use of IT. They are the accumulated outcome of the research of individuals, teams and institutions, but form a vast and fragmented corpus so that their potential is constrained by difficult access and non-homogenous perspectives. To achieve this result, the project will use a number of integrating technologies that build on common features of the currently available datasets, and on integrating actions that will build a vibrant community of use. This integrating activity will enable trans-national access of researchers to data centres, tools and guidance, and the creation of new Web-based services based on common interfaces to data repositories, availability of reference datasets and usage of innovative technologies. It will stimulate new research avenues in the field of archaeology, relying on the comparison, re-use and integration into current research of the outcomes of past and on-going field and laboratory activity. Such data are scattered amongst diverse collections, datasets, inaccessible and unpublished fieldwork reports "grey literature", and in publications, the latter still being the main source of knowledge sharing.