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State Government Archaeology Data

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This group is a place for discussion among site file managers, curators, collections managers, and archaeological archives professionals at the U.S. state government level (and anyone else interested).

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    Jolene Smith replied to the topic Call for SAA presenters: Futures & Challenges in Government Digital Archaeology in the forum Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 2 years, 10 months ago

    Hello all, the SAA electronic symposium site is live at https://aejolene.github.io/SAA2018digigovt/.

    Even if you didn’t submit an abstract for the in-person session, there are lots of opportunities to contribute. You can submit a full conference paper, a brief blog post, a link to your project, or just answer the survey on the site before April…[Read more]

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    Jolene Smith started the topic Call for SAA presenters: Futures & Challenges in Government Digital Archaeology in the forum Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 3 years, 5 months ago

    Dear colleagues,

    With sponsorship from the SAA Digital Data Interest Group, I’m pulling together an electronic symposium for the upcoming Society for American Archaeology conference in Washington DC and looking for presenters. Papers/presentations will be made available online, but there will also be an in-person session for demos and creative d…[Read more]

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    Jolene Smith started the topic Field Records and Digital Records Policies? in the forum Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 3 years, 10 months ago

    Hi all,

    I’m looking for good examples of field records (digital and physical) policies when dealing with materials submitted by outside archaeologists for curation. Do you all have any you’d be willing to share?

    Thanks in advance!

    Jolene

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    John Doershuk joined the group Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 3 years, 11 months ago

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    Taylor Wiley joined the group Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 4 years, 3 months ago

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    Jolene Smith replied to the topic Online Site File Databases Roundup in the forum Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 4 years, 4 months ago

    Paige- yes. Our site forms have been fully electronic in a relational database since the mid-90s, actually. In this newest iteration of our system, users enter their information directly and also digitize site boundaries (or upload shapefiles) directly. I QC each record in two steps and then assign the site number at the end. As soon as approve…[Read more]

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    Paige Silcox replied to the topic Online Site File Databases Roundup in the forum Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 4 years, 4 months ago

    So Jolene, in that process the data they submit goes directly into your site info database (after review of course), is that correct? Ultimately that’s what we’d like to have, but it may be a while yet before our database is online. I’m looking at options to improve our submission process in the meantime. Currently, we simply have people submit…[Read more]

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    Jolene Smith replied to the topic Online Site File Databases Roundup in the forum Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 4 years, 4 months ago

    Virginia’s site form process is also fully online. I’m about to redo the user documentation in much more detail, but here’s the very quick user guide (PDF) from 2013 if it’s helpful for anyone.

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    Paige Silcox replied to the topic Online Site File Databases Roundup in the forum Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 4 years, 4 months ago

    Jamie, I’d be interested to hear more about your online site form submission process. We’re in the process of trying to streamline our site form submission/site number request process right now.

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    Jolene Smith replied to the topic Digital Data and Climate Change/Disaster Response in the forum Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 4 years, 4 months ago

    Although an unlikely source, Atlas Obscura pointed me to these two initiatives for rapid response to disasters. The Copernicus service is through the EU, but it looks like they do make US maps and they could be invaluable in the face of a major weather disaster. Overlaying historic resources to assist responding agencies would be…[Read more]

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    Jeffrey Weinberger joined the group Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 4 years, 4 months ago

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      Jeffrey Weinberger replied 4 years, 4 months ago

      State: Alaska
      Application: Alaska Heritage Resources Survey (AHRS)
      Launch Date: (online = ~2005)
      Description: the AHRS is a custom-built system using Oracle databases and a custom-coded Open Layers 2 mapper. We (myself, two full time staff, one part-time student intern) are hard at work entering current site data and locations, scanning in…[Read more]

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      Jeffrey Weinberger replied 4 years, 4 months ago

      One other thing. My position is part of a multi-state organization funded by the Bureau of Land Management called the Cultural Resources Data Partnership. It’s purpose has been to help develop cultural resources databases in states throughout the West where the BLM has a presence. The relevant part here is that we do have opportunities to interact…[Read more]

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        Jolene Smith replied 4 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks for joining and for the info! It’s really interesting to see the differences between states with a high proportion of Federal land control vs. those with smaller amounts of Fed land.

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    Jamie French replied to the topic Online Site File Databases Roundup in the forum Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 4 years, 5 months ago

    Our system is similar to that of South Carolina aparently, we have our first phase of online system up currently.  We have an online ArcGIS (OARRA) which is subscriber based. All of the sites and surveys in the GIS have links to (should be searchable) PDFs. We have an online site form/isolate form submission system that works, but has a few…[Read more]

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    Jolene Smith replied to the topic Online Site File Databases Roundup in the forum Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 4 years, 5 months ago

    Question for those of you digitizing things- how are you funding your projects?

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    Jolene Smith replied to the topic Online Site File Databases Roundup in the forum Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 4 years, 5 months ago

    Thanks to you both for contributing! One of the great things about this Commons group is the ability to set up websites and share documents within. This topic might be a really great candidate for expansion in one of those directions since we’re all continually doing research on the subject. I can’t wait to read more responses.

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    Paige Silcox replied to the topic Online Site File Databases Roundup in the forum Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 4 years, 5 months ago

    We are not online yet, though it’s one of the things we’ve been working toward the last few years. I’m really hoping to learn from other states what works (and what doesn’t) as we move forward with it. It’s looking like we’ll be somewhat limited to the structure the state govt already has in place, which is an Oracle DB and ArcGIS online. In th…[Read more]

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    Adrianne Daggett replied to the topic Online Site File Databases Roundup in the forum Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 4 years, 5 months ago

    Ours (SC SHPO/ Dept of Archives and History) is a work in progress. We’ve got an online GIS (http://www.scarchsite.org/Default.aspx) which shows archaeological sites for subscribers (the sites are blocked in public view), some of which link to PDFs of the site forms. Which is pretty useful! Although it doesn’t always work smoothly. The site files…[Read more]

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    Paige Silcox replied to the topic Welcome and Introductions! in the forum Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 4 years, 5 months ago

    Hi there! I’m Paige, I work with the site file at the Tennessee Division of Archaeology. We are in the process of refining and integrating our various databases to improve accessibility. Thanks for setting up this forum, I look forward to learning how other states have made/are making it work.

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    Jolene Smith started the topic Digital Data and Climate Change/Disaster Response in the forum Group logo of State Government Archaeology DataState Government Archaeology Data 4 years, 5 months ago

    Virginia is prioritizing long term planning and response to coastal erosion, rising seas, and other impacts of climate change along with strategies for short term disaster response. How is your state using digital tools or data to address these issues? 

    We’ve prioritized an increase in both archaeological and architectural survey in defined…[Read more]

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