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József Laszlovszky
The Quantity of Archaeological Texts and Emerging Digital Publication in Archaeology

The fast and significant development of large-scale archaeological (rescue) excavations has created a fundamentally new situation in the field of archaeological data (and finds’) management. At the same time, the development in documentation and recording standards of archaeological features and excavations has also contributed to a growing data mass concerning archaeological heritage. Thus, the growing quantity of “archaeological text” has made a basic change in the process of archaeological investigation and interpretation. Archaeological publications, however, have not followed this transformation; the quantity of “published archaeological text” has not changed significantly during this period. Digital publication, the possibilities on the internet, and Wikipedia-type reference materials now offer a new horizon for archaeology to bridge the gap between accessible and inaccessible “archaeological texts”. The workshop will discuss the new trends in such publication programs and at the same time compare different ideas related to approaches to standardized digital publication.

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