The Archaeological Data Archive
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The Archaeological Data Archive includes materials of two kinds - Web documents with archaeological data that may be viewed online and files that may be downloaded from the CSA server for inspection on users' machines with the aid of their own software. Any information available via Web documents may also be downloaded in appropriate forms for use on user's machines. Along with the actual archaeological data are explanatory notes to aid those wishing to use the data. (For a complete description of the Archaeological Data Archive Project [ADAP], see http://csanet.org/archive/adap/adaplond.html.)
The Archaeological Data Archive Project also functions in concert with other organizations, in particular the Archaeology Data Service, a consortium of British institutions headquartered at the University of York, and the Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Records.
As a part of the work of building the Archaeological Data Archive, CSA personnel offer assistance with database systems and CAD models for excavations. This assistance does not take the form of standard, pre-organized systems. Rather, there are basic, introductory materials and information about how best to use the technology. These materials are available via the CSA Information Technology Page.
The Archaeological Data Archive Project is a CSA project, and CSA is located on the campus of Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. The mailing address is P.O. Box 60, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, U.S.A. Tel.: (610) 526-7925; fax: (610) 526-7926; email: director@csanet.org.
Comments, suggestions and reports of problems with any material posted to the Web will be greatly appreciated. Please use the above mailing or e-mail address.
Data from archaeological research may be added to the archive by their owners. Potential contributors should read the general introduction to archiving and the specific information about documenting their data files.
The Center for the Study of Architecture also maintains a separate archive of computer models of architectural monuments and archaeological sites. For information on this archive, see the CSA CAD Archive page.
Site Data from the Appendix of The Prehistoric Pueblo World, A.D. 1150-1350, by Michael A. Adler. The data were taken directly from the Appendix of the publication and are available as Web documents and downloadable files.
Data from The Early Bronze 2 in the Aegean, by Michael B. Cosmopoulos. A group of tables showing the distribution of EB2 objects. These tables were prepared by the author for his publication.
Data from Excavating Occaneechi Town: Archaeology of an Eighteenth-century Indian Village in North Carolina, edited by R. P. Stephen Davis, Jr.; Patrick C. Livingood; H. Trawick Ward; and Vincas P. Steponaitis. Only revised documents are available via the archive at this time. Other files are available on the published CD.
Data from from the excavation at Ortu Còmidu, Sàrdara, Sardinia by Thomas Braun. The files are electronic versions of the author's M.A. thesis.
Data from J.B. Rutter's The Pottery of Lerna IV, database adapted by Harrison Eiteljorg, II, and Susan C. Jones. The tables include only a small portion of the pottery in the catalog and may be better used as an example of database design than as information about the Lerna pottery.
CAD model of the older propylon on the Athenian Acropolis created by Harrison Eiteljorg, II. The CAD model of the older propylon is an AutoCAD file (R14 dwg format) with more than 150 drawing layers segmenting the remains according to date, material, and a variety of other criteria. Three data files (dbf format) to augment the file are not yet available but should be available in the near future.