Open Context and Data Sharing with the Kansas - Episode 6

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Russell and Doug chat with Eric Kansa and Sarah Whitcher Kansa, the husband and wife archaeologist team behind the data publication tool "OpenContext" about data sharing in archaeology, the culture of archaeologists, White House awards, and more!

Links

• Alexandria Archive Institute

• OpenContext Data Publication Website

• OpenRefine Data Cleaning Tool

• PlusOne Article from OpenContext Dataset: "Data Sharing Reveals Complexity in the Westward Spread of Domestic Animals across Neolithic Turkey"

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Dan Garcia: GIS and Databases - Episode 3

Today on the show Doug and Russell talk with Dan Garcia, a cultural resource management (CRM) archaeologist from Arizona, about his work with GIS and Digital Databases in the field as a project manager. Dan also gives us his archaeology nerd origin story and advice for students who want to work in CRM archaeology.

Links

• EcoPlan Associates
• Geographic Information System (GIS) Software
• • ArcMap/ArcGIS
  • QGIS
  • GRASS
  • Google Earth
• Adobe Illustrator
• Federated Archaeological Information Management System (FAIMS)
• FileMaker/Filemaker Go
• John Walldrodt Tutorial/PARAPS Pompeii database
• Kaxob, Belize/Boston University Archaeology Project 
• Botflies

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Doug @openaccessarch, Russell @Mjstrwy / @DiachronicD

Stu Eve and L-P Archaeology - Episode 1

Welcome to the first episode of the ArchaeoTech Podcast. On this episode, Doug Rocks-MacQueen and Russell Alleen-Willems interview Stu Eve of L-P Archaeology about a field recording database they're using.

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Doug @openaccessarch, Russell @Mjstrwy and @DiachronicD, and the APN @ArchPodNet

Blogs:

• Russell Alleen-Willems: Diachronic Design
• Doug Rocks-MacQueen: Doug’s Archaeology

Thanks for listening and we’ll see you in the field!!

Artwork by Tristan Boyle (c)2014