1.Internet ArchaeologyLinks, layers and LEAPs
Judith Winters
Editor, Internet Archaeology
http://intarch.ac.uk
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electronic publication and archaeology
journal background
developing integrated publication
LEAP / LEAP II projects
4.Archaeological publishing
1900-1950
Publication seen as an integral part of archaeological excavation
1960s and 1970s
Shift from exhaustive to selective publication
Primary record is archive rather than the publication
Today
Great variation in publication policy across the discipline, and greater integration between description and interpretation
PUNS report http://www.britarch.ac.uk/publications/puns/
5.Digital publication
data is ‘born digital’
archaeologists want
- access to data
- to produce more exploratory writing
- more synthetic, narrative histories that addresses concerns about dissemination and multi-vocality
6.peer-reviewed
international - no chronological restrictions
no print version
text, data, images, VRML, QTVR, SVG, video, sound
archived by Archaeology Data Service http://ads.ahds.ac.uk
Internet Archaeology
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8.Landmarks
1995 - 3 year grant from eLib programme
1996 - issue 1 published
1998 - grant extension, 1st publication subvention
2000 - introduction of subscriptions (institutional and individual), advertising
2006 - JISC access agreement for UK HE/FE
2009 - open access for fully funded content
9.Approach
flexible, responsive – rights, commissioning content, keeping options open, no rigid template
appropriate standards for interoperability and longevity - file formats, metadata, storage media and delivery systems
increased editorial contact results in a flexible final publication where authors have a say in the delivery and presentation
10.Range of content
long and short
themed issues
methodology
fieldwork
landscape studies
artefacts
specialist reports
applications of IT
11.Developing integration
Early database and map interfaces (Issues 1-5)
12.Developing integration
Early database and map interfaces (Issues 1-5)
13.Developing integration
Early attempts at integrating publication with digital archive (issues 9-10)
14.Anglian and Anglo-Scandinavian Cottam: linking digital publication and archive. Issue 10
16.LEAP project
Linking Electronic Archives and Publications
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/leap/
Joint IA/ADS project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) under the ICT Strategy Programme
Make underlying data available so that readers are enabled to 'drill down' to test interpretations and develop their own conclusions
17.LEAP project
Changing Settlements and Landscapes: Medieval Whittlewood, its Predecessors and Successors (Issue 19)
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24.LEAP project
Joining the Dots: Continuous Survey, Routine Practice and the Interpretation of a Cypriot Landscape (Issue 20)
25.Joining the Dots: Continuous Survey, Routine Practice and the Interpretation of a Cypriot Landscape. Issue 20
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32.LEAP project
Silchester Roman Town Insula IX: The Development of an Urban Property c. AD 40-50 - c. AD 250 (Issue 21)
33.Silchester Roman Town Insula IX: The Development of an Urban Property c. AD 40-50 - c. AD 250
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38.LEAP project
The landscapes of Islamic Merv, Turkmenistan: Where to draw the line? (Issue 25)
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41.LEAP II
Four exemplars multi-layered e-publications (projects hosted in US institutions) with comment/debate facility
http://intarch.ac.uk/leap/index.html
42.LEAP II exemplars
Exemplar 1: The Shala Valley Project, Northern Albania
Exemplar 2: Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí, Panamá
Exemplar 3: The BTC Pipeline Archaeological Excavations in Azerbaijan
Exemplar 4: Strategies for developing a next-generation virtual museum using close range scanning
43.Integrated publication
reader works with different levels of information and explores the links between interpretation and data through a variety of interfaces
information no longer required to be split across several publications
explicit interrogation creates an active, ‘used’ and visible archive
multiple pathways through the text into and out of archive
boundaries are blurred
integrating text with data, evidence with interpretation: creating a new dialectic
44.Implications
shaping how projects develop
shifts publication back towards data
affects archaeological practice and the narratives we create
45.Internet ArchaeologyLinks, layers and LEAPs
Judith Winters
editor@intarch.ac.uk