Practical Approaches to Managing Messy Data in Archaeology
While other chapters in this volume delve deeply into the underpinnings and conceptual frameworks of digital heritage data, this chapter aims to provide a framework for how to approach “messy” data in practice. This chapter is designed to be useful for those with limited training in database develop...
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| Published in | Digital Heritage and Archaeology in Practice p. 98 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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University Press of Florida
28.06.2022
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| Edition | 1 |
| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | While other chapters in this volume delve deeply into the underpinnings and conceptual frameworks of digital heritage data, this chapter aims to provide a framework for how to approach “messy” data in practice. This chapter is designed to be useful for those with limited training in database development and data organization. Digital heritage data is used by scholars from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, and the format and content of the data are equally diverse. Archaeologists and historians, for example, often generate data from historical research, ethnographic research, archaeological excavations, and a variety of other methodologies that yield both |
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| ISBN: | 9780813069302 0813069300 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctv2mwg3mj.9 |