After serving our community and improving our platform for over ten years, we have made the calculated decision to adjust our rates. The improved services provided include: the per-file cap has been raised from 10 MB to 50 MB per file, and now digital curators will be available to assist uploaders with a quality assurance and control routine for their materials.

As a result, the adjusted prices are:

$20 per 1-99 files

$10 per 100-499 files

>500 files Email tDAR 

Please contact if you have any questions or need assistance.

These changes will go into effect in October 2023

Sébastien Plutniak research stay at the Center for Digital Antiquity / SHESC (May 1st–June 30^th)

Sébastien Plutniak is researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and currently works at the CITERES laboratory, in Tours. His background is sociology and history of science (PhD) and archaeology (MA), with a strong flavor of computational methods. He will stay at the Center for Digital Antiquity from May 1^st to June 30^th, funded by the European SEADDA COST Action (Saving European Archaeology from the Digital Dark Age) – of which the CDA is a partner.

Sébastien will work on his “archeoViz” project, a web application to visualize, interactively explore, and quickly and seamlessly deploy and communicate spatialized archaeological data at site’s scale. 

Distributed as an R package, archeoViz can be used locally on a personal computer or deployed on a server. It can be run statically with a specific dataset or dynamically by loading data through its interface. Static instances of archeoViz are indexed on the archeoViz portal. During his stay, Sébastien will learn from the tDAR team’s experience, develop methods to connect tDAR and archeoViz, and set up visualizations of tDAR datasets.

Besides his interest in archaeological data representation and processing, Sébastien’s other lines of investigation deal with archaeology on Islands throughout Southeast Asia, the history and theory of formal approaches in the humanities and the social sciences, the history of prehistoric archaeology in Western Europe, the philosophy of the social sciences (epistemology and ontology, including archaeology).

During these two months, he will be more than happy to exchange with anyone at SHESC interested in these questions, and beyond!

Contacts:

• Email: sebastien.plutniak@cnrs.fr
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/sebplutniak

See also:

• archeoViz on Sébastien’s Github page
• Sébastien’s publications in open access

The ARIADNEplus project invites archaeological researchers and data managers to participate in an online survey on community needs regarding data sharing and access, new services and tools, and related training needs.

ARIADNEplus, is a project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Programme. It aims to integrate archaeological datasets in a digital infrastructure so that researchers can use them with services and tools which will also be provided by the project.

We kindly invite you to share your experience and your views on the survey topics. Please note that the survey includes matrix table questions, therefore using a desktop or notebook (not a tablet or mobile) is recommended.

Survey link: http://srfg.at/ariadneplus-survey

Thank you very much for your valuable contribution!

Digital Antiquity staff and Board of Directors members were out in force at the 84^th Annual Meeting of the SAA in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

With the highest attendance the SAA has seen – over 5,300 attendees! – the 4-day conference was filled with various meetings, sessions, and discussions with people at the exhibitor booth.

Between the Digital Antiquity staff alone, we participated in over four sessions, sat on two committee meetings, lead a hands-on Digital Curation workshop, and spent countless hours at the exhibitor hall discussing the benefits and uses of tDAR.

A meeting highlight of particular note was the Symposium 188, “Attention to Detail: A Pragmatic Career of Research, Mentoring, and Service, Papers in Honor of Keith Kintigh” in which our own Dr. Kintigh was recognized for his considerable contributions to the field of archaeology and advocacy for digital preservation. Among the speakers lauding Dr. Kintigh’s accomplishments were tDAR’s Founding Director Dr. Frank McManamon and Digital Antiquity Board Member, Jeffrey Altschul, further marking the session as a truly special event.

Utilizing your SAA-Digital Antiquity Good Digital Curation Agreement Benefits

In order to preserve and readily share the incredible work of SAA Meeting presenters, the Center for Digital Antiquity has continued its Good Digital Curation Agreement partnership with the SAA, now into its fifth year. Through this partnership, all session abstracts from past conferences (2015-present) can be found on the tDAR website.  Further, if you are the author of an abstract(s), you can utilize your SAA Member Benefits to upload your presentation, paper, poster, or other supplementary data into tDAR for free (up to 30MB).

In addition to presenter benefits, the SAA also supports up to 10 free uploads (totaling 100MB) into tDAR for retired members, student members, members from countries with discounted membership rates, and members from Tribal Historic Preservation Offices.

Preserving and making your archaeological data accessible has never been easier! We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to enrich future research by uploading your archaeological information into tDAR. You can find your abstract and learn more about your SAA benefits here: https://www.tdar.org/saa

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The Center for Digital Antiquity is seeking a visionary Lead Software Engineer to help develop and expand the software infrastructure and services of tDAR (the Digital Archaeological Record), a state-of-the-art international digital repository for archaeological and cultural heritage data. This is a unique opportunity to lead the technical development of innovative systems and tools for digital data management, preservation, and sustainable access to the digital repository.

This position works with the development team to design, implement, document, and support tDAR. The ideal candidate will possess knowledge of general programming paradigms and languages, full-stack development, open source data repository platforms, and experience with full-text search platforms including but not limited to: Java, Python, Ruby, PostgreSQL, Apache Solr, Fedora, DSpace, HubZero, and Dataverse. This position reports to the Center for Digital Antiquity’s Executive Director and Board of Directors.

To learn more and to apply, visit the Arizona State University employment website. Applications will be accepted through January 21, 2019.

Workshop Dates: November 19- 23, 2018

Location: University of Ghana, Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies

Participants: University of Ghana, Dept. of Archaeology and Heritage Studies Faculty and Students, Ghana Museum and Monuments Board Staff, University of Ghana, Institute of African Studies

Workshop Instructors: Ann Stahl, University of Victoria, Dept. of Anthropology, Lisa Goddard, University of Victoria Libraries, Rachel Fernandez, Center for Digital Antiquity

Recently, our Senior Digital Curator, Rachel Fernandez, along with Ann Stahl and Lisa Goddard from the University of Victoria, had the opportunity to lead a week-long workshop at the University of Ghana in Accra. This workshop is part of a larger Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada Partnership Development grant titled, “Improving African Future Using Lessons from the Past” (IAfF). Partners on this grant include the University of Victoria, the University of Ghana, Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, Center for Digital Antiquity, and the Banda Traditional Council. The grant focuses on creating digital heritage collections that are not only relevant to scholars but to local communities and the broader public, with the idea of fostering digital heritage “communities of practice.”

At the kickoff workshop for the grant, a great group of 30 students, faculty, and staff participated in a series of lectures and hands-on activities throughout the week that touched upon topics such as best practices for digital data management and converting slides into digitized files.

By the end of the intensive week, the group had the chance to digitize documents, sort and digitize color slides, take photos and videos with audio, organize documents and add important metadata, and lastly, make draft digital data management plans to help them organize their own projects.  

Rachel was able to not only talk about the curation and planning activities that the Center for Digital Antiquity is able to provide, but also learned  about the challenges and innovative projects that are happening in Ghana. This partnership and workshop is a great example of how the archaeological community can come together with broader local and national communities to provide greater accessibility and increase preservation of valuable cultural heritage resources. We look forward to continuing working on this project and assisting in the workshops to come.

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