Digital Heritage and Archaeology in Practice : Data, Ethics, and Professionalism

Brings together archaeologists and heritage professionals to discuss practical applications of digital and computational approaches to the field. Contributors explore the diverse and exciting ways in which digital methods are being deployed in archaeological interpretation and analysis, museum collections and archives, and community engagement.

Exploringthe use of digital methods in heritage studies and archaeological researchThe two volumes ofDigital Heritage and Archaeology inPractice bring together archaeologists and heritage professionals fromprivate, public, and academic sectors to discuss practical applications ofdigital and computational approaches to the field. Contributors thoughtfullyexplore the diverse and exciting ways in which digital methods are beingdeployed in archaeological interpretation and analysis, museum collections andarchives, and community engagement, as well as the unique challenges that theseapproaches bring. Inthis volume, essays address methods for preparing and analyzing archaeologicaldata, focusing on preregistration of research design and 3D digital topography. Next, contributors use specific case studies to discuss data structuring, withan emphasis on creating and maintaining large data sets and working with legacydata. Finally, the volume offers insights into ethics and professionalism,including topics such as access to data, transparency and openness, scientificreproducibility, open-access heritage resources, indigenous sovereignty,structural racial inequalities, and machine learning. Digital Heritage and Archaeology in Practice highlights the importance of community, generosity, and openness in theuse of digital tools and technologies. Providing a purposeful counterweight tothe idea that digital archaeology requires expensive infrastructure,proprietary software, complicated processes, and opaque workflows, thesevolumes privilege perspectives that embrace straightforward and transparentapproaches as models for the future.