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Data From “A Biocodicological Analysis of the Medieval Library and Archive From Orval Abbey, Belgium” Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2022-02-22 Jorsua Herrera Bethencourt,Ismael Rodríguez Palomo,Simon Hickinbotham,Bharath Nair,Silvia Soncin,Marc Dieu,Matthew Collins,Olivier Deparis
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Annotated 3D-Models of Cuneiform Tablets Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Timo Homburg,Robert Zwick,Hubert Mara,Kai-Christian Bruhn
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NeoNet Dataset. Radiocarbon Dates for the Late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic Transition in the North Central-Western Mediterranean Basin Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Thomas Huet,Miriam Cubas,Juan F. Gibaja,F. Xavier Oms,Niccolò Mazzucco
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The NERD Dataset: Near East Radiocarbon Dates between 15,000 and 1,500 cal. yr. BP Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Alessio Palmisano,Andrew Bevan,Dan Lawrence,Stephen Shennan
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MesoRAD: A New Radiocarbon Data Set for Archaeological Research in Mesoamerica Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Julie A. Hoggarth,Claire E. Ebert,Victor E. Castelazo-Calva
The Mesoamerican Radiocarbon Database (MesoRAD) compiles radiocarbon dates from the archaeological literature of Mesoamerica. The inaugural data set, ‘Lowland Maya Dates’, includes 1846 radiocarbon dates from 132 sites in 21 distinct environmental zones in the Maya lowlands. These data span the Paleoindian to Colonial Periods (11,670 to 190 uncal BP, 13,740 cal BP to modern) across southern Mexico
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“The Ingholt Archive. Data from the Project ‘Archive Archaeology: Preserving and Sharing Palmyra’s Cultural Heritage through Harald Ingholt’s Digital Archives’” Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Olympia Bobou,Amy C. Miranda,Rubina Raja
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Radiocarbon Dates Associated to Neolithic Contexts (Ca. 5900 – 2000 Cal BC) from the Northwestern Mediterranean Arch to the High Rhine Area Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Héctor Martínez-Grau,Berta Morell-Rovira,Ferran Antolín
This paper presents a compilation of radiocarbon dates associated with the process of arrival, development and consolidation of the first farming communities that settled between the north-western Mediterranean Arch and the High Rhine area approximately between 5900 and 2000 cal BC covering a large geographical area previously out of the main focus of 14C data compilations. The database includes dates
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Neolithic Settlements in Central Europe: Data from the Project ‘Lifestyle as an Unintentional Identity in the Neolithic’ Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Petr Pajdla,František Trampota
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Object Detection Model, Image Data and Results from the “When Computers Dream of Charcoal: Using Deep Learning, Open Tools and Open Data to Identify Relict Charcoal Hearths in and Around State Game Lands in Pennsylvania” Paper Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Jeff Blackadar,Benjamin Carter,Weston Conner
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Geospatial and Image Data from the “When Computers Dream of Charcoal: Using Deep Learning, Open Tools and Open Data to Identify Relict Charcoal Hearths in and Around State Game Lands in Pennsylvania” Paper Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Weston Conner,Benjamin Carter,Jeff Blackadar
These data were used to build an object detection model to locate Relict Charcoal Hearths (RCH) as described in the paper “When Computers Dream of Charcoal: Using Deep Learning, Open Tools and Open Data to Identify Relict Charcoal Hearths in and around State Game Lands in Pennsylvania” [1]. This is the first grouping of data for the paper above. The second grouping is also available in this journal
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Correction: A Database of Lapidary Artifacts in the Caribbean for the Ceramic Age Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Alain Queffelec,Pierrirck Fouéré,Jean-Baptiste Caverne
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Amalthea: A Database of Isotopic Measurements on Archaeological and Forensic Tooth Dentine Increments Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Carlo Cocozza,Ricardo Fernandes
Amalthea is a global database of stable isotope measurements on tooth increments from archaeological and modern individuals spanning more than 7,000 years. The dataset includes c. 15,000 isotopic measurements from more than 700 individuals. In addition to isotopic data the database also includes information on the archaeological context and osteological features of recorded individuals. This database
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Data from “Ceramic Technology and Cultural Change in Sicily from the 6th to the 11th Century AD.” PhD Thesis Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Veronica Testolini
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Harald Ingholt’s Excavation Diaries from his Fieldwork in Palmyra – an Open Data Online Resource Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Rubina Raja,Julia Steding
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The ARCHIPELAGO Archaeological Isotope Database for the Japanese Islands Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Ricardo Fernandes,Mark J. Hudson,Hiroto Takamiya,Jean-Pascal Bassino,Junzō Uchiyama,Martine Robbeets
ARCHIPELAGO is an archaeological and historical database of land and sea food resources utilised in the Japanese Islands. Here we present a dataset of human bone and hair carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes measurements from Japanese archaeological sites covering the time span from the Upper Palaeolithic to the mid-nineteenth century. Reflecting the results of over 30 years of research, the dataset
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A Database of Lapidary Artifacts in the Caribbean for the Ceramic Age Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Alain Queffelec,Pierrick Fouéré,Jean-Baptiste Caverne
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Geospatial Data from the “Building a Model to Reconstruct the Hellenistic and Roman Road Networks of the Eastern Desert of Egypt, a Semi-Empirical Approach Based on Modern Travelers’ Itineraries” Paper Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Louis Manière,Maël Crépy,Bérangère Redon
– Topographic factor: Digital Elevation Model. – Navigation factor: allows to discriminate valley areas (wadi) where travelers easily orient themselves from areas with few landscaped landmarks. It was produced by analyzing the theoretical hydrographic network, itself created by DEM processing. – Terrain factor: This layer represents the difficult walking zones for a loaded camel that are the coherent
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Dataset of Syro-Palestinian Chamber Tombs from the First Millennium BCE and CE Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Mariusz Gwiazda
The dataset is a systematic inventory of chamber tombs in Syro-Palestine from the first millennium BCE and CE. It contains information on the form, equipment and location of collective burial sites discovered in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and parts of Turkey. This data was collected from published excavation reports and monographs on over 650 sites. This dataset can serve as a starting point for
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An Aegean History and Archaeology Written through Radiocarbon Dates Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Markos Katsianis, Andrew Bevan, Giorgos Styliaras, Yannis Maniatis
This dataset is the outcome of an INSTAP-funded project “An Aegean Prehistory Written in Radiocarbon Dates”. It includes 3159 14C dates from 353 sites in Greece and reflects an attempt to exhaustively collect and cross-check all published radiocarbon dates from existing databases, original publications and preliminary reports using both international and Greek sources (376 sources in total). Although
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Multi-Period Regional Survey Data from Vidarbha, Maharashtra, India Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Jason Hawkes, Riza Abbas, Sitaram Toraskar
Presented here are the data collected during regional surveys of Vidarbha, India, which were collected to reconstruct the societal and cultural changes that took place in this region during the mid-first millennium CE. Following an overview of the data and their research context, we describe the methods that were used to collect, process and analyse them. This is accompanied by a critical assessment
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Data from “Assessing Open Science Practices in Phytolith Research” Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Emma Karoune
This is a dataset gathered to assess the state of open science practices in phytolith research. All articles presenting primary phytolith data were extracted from 16 prominent archaeological and palaeoecological journals between 2009 and 2018. In total, the dataset contains information on 341 articles. This included archaeological (n = 214), palaeoenvironmental (n = 53) and methodological (n = 74)
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The MedAfriCarbon Radiocarbon Database and Web Application. Archaeological Dynamics in Mediterranean Africa, ca. 9600–700 BC Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Giulio Lucarini, Toby Wilkinson, Enrico R. Crema, Augusto Palombini, Andrew Bevan, Cyprian Broodbank
The MedAfriCarbon radiocarbon database and its accompanying web application are outcomes of the MedAfrica project — Archaeological deep history and dynamics of Mediterranean Africa, ca. 9600–700 BC. The dataset presented here in Version 1.0 of the database includes 1587 archaeological 14C dates from 368 sites in Mediterranean Africa. The database is unusual because the majority of the dates within
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Settlement Dynamics on the Banks of the Upper Tigris, Iraq: The Mosul Dam Reservoir Survey (1980) Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Paola Sconzo, Francesca Simi
The paper describes a dataset of archaeological sites and villages now partially covered by the water of the Mosul Dam Reservoir. For the first time the dataset offers digitized information on c.150 archaeological sites detected during a survey carried out by the Iraqi State Organization for Antiquities and Heritage in the 1980s. Knowledge of the map of these sites will have a substantial impact on
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Late-Holocene Human Resilience in a Fluvial Environment: A Geoarchaeological Dataset for the Central Po Plain (N Italy) Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Filippo Brandolini
This paper presents a dataset collected and constructed as part of a PhD research project in Environmental Sciences. Applying a multidisciplinary approach that combines archaeological and geomorphological data, this project aimed to reconstruct the Late Holocene landscape evolution in the Central Po Plain (Italy). The dataset was collected digitising the information retrieved from various sources such
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Geochemical Sourcing of New Zealand Obsidians by Portable X-Ray Fluorescence from 2011 to 2018 Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2019-03-20 Mark D. McCoy, Alex Jorgensen, Hayley Glover, Christopher Stevenson, Brendan Kneebone, Arden Cruickshank, Andrew McAlister, Isaac McIvor, Caleb Gemmell, Dion O. O’Neale, Thegn N. Ladefoged
This dataset includes 4,582 obsidian artefacts matched to their natural geological source from 45 archaeological sites in New Zealand (Aotearoa). It is a compilation of a number of independent projects conducted in the laboratories of the University of Auckland and University of Otago from 2011 to 2018 [1–13]. It combines previously published studies [3, 5–13], an MA thesis [1], a BA(Hons) dissertation
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Indigenous Landscape Transformation on Northern Haytí: An Archaeological and Environmental Database of the Montecristi Coast Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2019-01-01 Eduardo Herrera Malatesta, Corinne L. Hofman
This paper addresses a database collected and constructed as part of PhD research project on the north-western coast of the Dominican Republic. The PhD was part of the ERC Synergy Grant NEXUS 1492: New World Encounters in a Globalizing World. The database was collected during fieldwork campaigns between 2014 and 2015. Fieldwork consisted of a regional survey, material culture registry and collection
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The Use of Spondylus gaederopus during the Neolithic of Europe Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2019-01-01 Arne Windler
Artefacts made of the Mediterranean mollusc Spondylus gaederopus have been in the focus of archaeological research since the discovery and publication of the hoard of Bernburg, Germany, in 1885 by Rudolf Virchow. They are considered to be one of the first long-distance exchange goods in Europe, as the distribution of Spondylus artefacts spread between the Adriatic/Aegean Sea up to the Paris Basin during
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The Published Archaeobotanical Data from the Indus Civilisation, South Asia, c.3200–1500BC Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2019-01-01 J. Bates
The collection of this dataset of published archaeobotanical data from the Indus Civilisation (c.3200–1500BC) was carried out by the author as part of her doctoral work, and has continued up to October 2017. The dataset represents a systematic collation of all primary published macrobotanical data, regardless of their designation as ‘crop’, ‘fully domesticated’ or ‘wild/weedy’ species. The dataset
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Timing the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in the Iberian Peninsula: The Radiocarbon Dataset Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2019-01-01 Salvador Pardo-Gordó, Oreto García Puchol, Joan Bernabeu Aubán, Agustín Diez Castillo
In this paper, we describe the radiocarbon dataset compiled in the context of the project HAR2015-68962 EVOLPAST: Dinamicas evolutivas y patrones de variabilidad cultural de los ultimos cazadores-recolectores y el primer Neolitico en el este peninsular (7000–4500 cal. BC) funded by the Spanish government. The dataset offers the most complete and public radiocarbon dataset focus on the Neolithic Transition
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Contemporary Gold Mining in Eastern Zimbabwe: Archaeological, Ethnographic and Historical Characteristics Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2019-01-01 Njabulo Chipangura
This paper is based on the dataset that I collected during my doctoral research in Eastern Zimbabwe between 2015 and 2018. The dataset represents an investigation of pre-colonial and contemporary gold mining practices in this area and covers the period from AD 1300–2018 from an anthropological and archaeological perspective. The fieldwork conducted consists of archaeological excavations and surface
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Data for “Identifying Landscape Modification Using Open Data and Tools: The Charcoal Hearths of the Blue Mountain, Pennsylvania” Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2019-01-01 Benjamin Carter
The data and methods described were used to identify charcoal hearths on the Blue Mountain of eastern Pennsylvania. The data is derived from openly available LiDAR data and was modified using LASTools. This data was used to develop a methodology for the identification of charcoal hearths via a digital elevation model, a hillshade model and a slope analysis. This enabled the identification of 758 potential
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Regional Demographic Trends and Settlement Patterns in Central Italy: Archaeological Sites and Radiocarbon Dates Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2018-01-01 Alessio Palmisano, Andrew Bevan, Stephen Shennan
Data set for "Regional Demographic Trends and Settlement Patterns in Central Italy: Archaeological Sites and Radiocarbon Dates".
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Commercial Landscapes of Long-distance Contacts in Western Asia, C. 3200 – 1600 BC: Perspectives from Material Culture Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2018-01-01 Michele Massa1, Alessio Palmisano
To our knowledge, this dataset represents the largest existing repository of archaeological material culture data for Anatolia, northern Mesopotamia, and northern Levant during the Early and Middle Bronze Age (ca. 3,200 – 1,600 BC). Here we present four types of objects (lapis lazuli and ivory artefacts, Syrian bottles, and balance pan weights) that can be analysed as tracers of long-distance contacts
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Van Giffen’s Dogs: Cranial Osteometry of Iron Age to Medieval Period Dogs from the Northern Netherlands Journal of Open Archaeology Data (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2018-01-01 E.E. Scheele, C. Çakırlar
This paper presents biometric data from a collection of 488 dogs skulls originating from 58 (archaeological) sites in the northern Netherlands dating from the Iron Age to the Medieval Period. The crania were originally collected and documented in the early 20 th century by Prof. Albert Egges van Giffen, one of the pioneers of Dutch archaeology and archaeozoology. The ‘De honden van Van Giffen’ project