The documentation and analysis of archaeological lithics must navigate a basic tension between examining and recording data on individual artifacts or on aggregates of artifacts. This poses a challenge both for artifact processing and for database construction. We present here an R Shiny solution that enables lithic analysts to enter data for both individual artifacts and aggregates of artifacts while maintaining a robust yet flexible data structure. This takes the form of a browser-based database interface that uses R to query existing data and transform new data as necessary so that users entering data of varying resolutions still produce data structured around individual artifacts. We demonstrate the function and efficacy of this tool (termed the Queryable Artifact Recording Interface [QuARI]) using the example of the Stelida Naxos Archaeological Project (SNAP), which, focused on a Paleolithic and Mesolithic chert quarry, has necessarily confronted challenges of processing and analyzing large quantities of lithic material.

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匹配实用的 Lithic 分析和适当的数据架构

考古石器的记录和分析必须在检查和记录单个文物或文物集合体的数据之间找到基本的张力。这对工件处理和数据库构建都提出了挑战。我们在此展示了一个 R Shiny 解决方案，它使 lithic 分析师能够为单个工件和工件聚合输入数据，同时保持强大而灵活的数据结构。这采用基于浏览器的数据库界面的形式，该界面使用 R 来查询现有数据并根据需要转换新数据，以便用户输入不同分辨率的数据时仍会生成围绕单个工件构建的数据。