Katherine A. Spielmann (Arizona State University) and Tiffany Clark (Arizona State University) will be hosting a workshop to train participants in the uploading, mapping, and integrated analysis of faunal datasets in the Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR) at the San Francisco Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting. tDAR provides an innovative and powerful approach to the synthesis of original archaeological data through the use of an analytical tool that makes it possible to integrate databases (or spreadsheets) that were recorded by different investigators using different analytical protocols. The resulting unified database can then be used to address a diversity of research questions.
During the workshop the instructors will introduce tDAR and explain what coding keys and ontologies are, and how they fit together in tDAR. They will then work with each participant to upload one faunal dataset and its associated coding key, and on mapping their coding key to the general ontologies for a broad range of faunal variables that are available in tDAR. Towards the end of the workshop they will demonstrate the integration of multiple datasets using the tDAR data integration tool.
If you register for the workshop, instructions for what you should do before leaving home will be emailed to you.
Sign up for the workshop when registering for the meeting. Have you already registered? You can edit your registration through the SAA registration page to add this and other workshops and events.
Details:
Wednesday, 15 April, 1:00pm–5:00pm;
maximum 10 persons;
$90 meeting attendees
We also encourage you to stop by our booth in the exhibit hall. Digital Antiquity staff will be on hand all week to answer your questions and give you a personalized tour of tDAR. You can even sign up in advance for a 15 minute meeting with one of us to ensure you don’t have to wait! Click here to access the calendar and select your time.