The Five-Minute Archaeologist in the Southern Levant - Cynthia Shafer-Elliott
34. What happens to all the data?
The Five-Minute Archaeologist in the Southern Levant - Cynthia Shafer-Elliott
Piotr Bienkowski [+]
University of Manchester
Piotr Bienkowski is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology and Museology at the University of
Manchester. Previously he was Director of Manchester Museum, Head of Antiquities at
National Museums Liverpool, and editor of the journal Levant. He has been excavating in
southern Jordan since 1980.
Description
Many excavations – up to 75% – are never published in final form, and not many people read those that are. How best to disseminate final results has always been problematic. With increasing digital data, it is likely that online final publication will eventually become the norm in Levantine archaeology. Meanwhile, the archives of hundreds of unpublished excavations await study and ‘re-excavation’.