I propose the adoption of programmatic research to meet the challenges of archaeological curation in the digital continuum, contingent on curation-enabled global digital infrastructures and on contested regimes of archaeological knowledge production and meaning making, as a “grand challenge” for digital archaeology. This broader access also enhances the management and preservation of archaeological resources. The wider access provided to a richer array of documents and databases permits scholars to develop interpretations and communicate knowledge of the historic and long-term human past more effectively.
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Users who register and agree to adhere to a set of conditions regarding appropriate use of data and recognition of the data depositors may download documents and data sets. Individuals and organizations may contribute archaeological digital data to the repository by uploading their own data and documents and creating appropriate metadata for the digital objects they contribute. Through a web interface users worldwide are able to discover data and documents relevant to their interests. The repository, known as the Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR) is accessible broadly. In order to accomplish this goal, Digital Antiquity maintains a repository for digital archaeological data. One goal is to expand dramatically access to digital files related to a wide range of archaeological investigations and topics, e.g., archives and collections field studies of various scales and intensities and historical, methodological, synthetic, or theoretical studies (Digital Antiquity 2010). I also propose new directions for archaeological associations in that they should establish a means of evaluation and approval for third party preservation firms managing the future of academic research prior to their inevitable ubiquity.ĭigital Antiquity was established in 2009 as an organization with two primary goals. This article addresses this dilemma by evaluating the existing data archival, data publication, and data preservation repositories and how, as solutions to the digital dilemma, they can be integrated into multiple workflows. While the amount of digital data grows and the solutions for their preservation remain fundamentally misaligned with research norms and project workflows, the digital dilemma places the integrity of data at risk of loss. Scholars thus face the inevitable choice between one obligation and another, one ethical and one legal. Digital data preservation firms have emerged since this methodological shift, but their policies-championing the democratization of academic data-may conflict with the legal obligations dictated by the countries where data originate. With the growing application of digital methodologies in these fields and the complexity of the resulting data, this task has become complicated. The long term care of collected and created data is an ethical obligation in the fields of archaeology and cultural heritage management.
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