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Graeme Earl and Stuart Eve
Data managment systems for archaeological excavations

In the course of CAA there have been a great many proposals for integrated arcaheological data and project management systems of one kind or another. Many of these have been extremely succesful in their implementations, although few continue in use for many years, or if so are not well publicised. Growth in web technologies and within the open source community has fostered a flourishing of the technologies involved and arguably in the wish to share such information. Indeed the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council and national bodies from elsewhere have recently funded a number of projects relating directly to these issues. The time is perhaps ripe for a critical evaluation of past practice, and a concerted movement towards more shared apporaches to this crucial area. The session will be tightly focussed on archaeological fieldwork and will look to be trully international in its scope, with topics including:
- past experience in development of archaeological data and project management systems
- case studies for current practice
- emerging issues for data integration and standards
- issues for archiving and ensuring access to such dat

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