Via Twitter, I found out that Tom Goskar over at Wessex Archaeology had an article published with Leif Isaksen (Uni of Southamptan) and Paul Cripps in the latest British Archaeology (May - June 2008 £4.25 a copy or join the CBA and get it gratis.) The Scheme’s website gets a nice plug with a half page box and screen grab of the Tiberius coin page from our coin guide which draws in data from the Scheme’s database and compiles it into a useful guide.
Their article gives a run through of the various computing issues that British archaeology is currently dealing with (the Museum sector could learn a lot and needs to catch up; but that is just my opinion.) There is a particularly impressive LIDAR image of Stonehenge (which is currently hosting a small excavation) and some information on the ARK recording system (is that LP Archaeology’s) and also that most excellent project Pleiades. Though there doesn’t seem to be anything about their fantastic work with their own stuff over at Wessex Archaeology! Tom and the rest of the Wessex team do some interesting stuff on their site, which is also worth checking regularly. Or if you’ve woken up to the awesome power of RSS, subscribe and stop wasting time visiting sites when nothing has changed.
Sorry for the apparent silence recently, I’ve been battling with various server issues and in house data cleaning problems; more to follow in the next few days or even hours.
OpenCalais helped to tag this with: computing • GBP • Leif Isaksen • Paul Cripps • Stonehenge • Tom Goskar
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Thanks for the plug on our little article.
We chose to feature the PAS as we (the authors) consider it to be an essential part of archaeology in the UK, which at the same time employs truly innovative technologies to the share its data.
What you have done with the PAS website (and the CCI) has truly raised the bar and helped people working in heritage realise what is possible with the web. It’s addressed fears of sharing data, too.
Good luck with your server issues, may your data always be clean, and thanks for your contribution to the article!
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Tom Goskar — April 14, 2008 @ 3:35 pm