‘CAA2016: Oceans of Data’ gives an up-to-date overview of the field of archaeology and informatics. It presents ground-breaking technologies and best practice from various archaeological and computer science disciplines. The articles in this volume are based on the foremost presentations from the 44th Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference 2016, held in Oslo. The theme of CAA2016 was ‘Exploring Oceans of Data’, alluding to one of the greatest challenges in this field: the use and reuse of large datasets that result both from digitalisation and digital documentation of excavations and surveys. The volume contains 50 peer reviewed and highest ranked papers that are divided in eight parts, including an introduction and seven chapters. The introduction sets the stage with Oceans of Data (C.-E. Ore) and Theorising the Digital (S. Perry and J. S. Taylor), discussing the current status of overall CAA research. These two papers present the current developments, challenges, and potential that lies ahead from different perspectives. Ore points to the importance of common authority systems and ontologies. Common conceptual data models will ease curation and secure long term reusability. Perry and Taylor address the need to bring together theoretical and digital archaeology. In the following chapters, different topics are presented under the headings Ontologies and Standards, Field and Laboratory Data Recording and Analysis, Archaeological Information Systems, GIS and Spatial Analysis, 3D and Visualisation, Complex Systems Simulation, and Teaching Archaeology in the Digital Age.
Table of Contents
Foreword
INTRODUCTION
Oceans of Data: Creating a Safe Haven for Information – Christian-Emil ORE
Theorising the Digital: A Call to Action for the Archaeological Community – Sara PERRY and James Stuart TAYLOR
ONTOLOGIES AND STANDARDS
Is that a Good Concept? – George BRUSEKER, Maria Daskalaki, Martin Doerr, and Stephen STEAD
Sculptures in the Semantic Web Using Semantic Technologies for the Deep Integration of Research Items in ARIADNE – Philipp GERTH, Dennis Mario Beck, Wolfgang Schmidle, and Sebastian Cuy
Formalization and Reuse of Methodological Knowledge on Archaeology across European Organizations – Cesar GONZALEZ-PEREZ, Patricia Mart ín-Rodilla, and Elena Viorica Epure
Linked Open Data for Numismatic Library, Archive and Museum Integration – Ethan GRUBER
Sustainability = Separation: Keeping Database Structure, Domain Structure and Interface Separate – Ian JOHNSON
Systematic Literature Review on Automated Monument Detection: A Remote Investigation on Patterns within the Field of Automated Monument Detection – Karl Hjalte Maack RAUN and Duncan PATERSON
Bioarchaeology Module Loading…Please Hold. Recording Human Bioarchaeological Data from Portuguese Archaeological Field Reports – Ana Lema SEABRA, Filipa Mascarenhas NETO, and Cristina BARROSO-CRUZ
Methodological Tips for Mappings to CIDOC CRM – Maria THEODORIDOU, George Bruseker, and Martin Doerr
An Ontology for a Numismatic Island with Bridges to Others – Karsten TOLLE, David Wigg-Wolf, and Ethan Gruber
Integrating Analytical with Digital Data in Archaeology: Towards a Multidisciplinary Ontological Solution. The Salamis Terracotta Statues Case‑Study – Valentina VASSALLO, Giusi Sorrentino, Svetlana Gasanova , and Sorin Hermon
FIELD AND LABORATORY DATA RECORDING AND ANALYSIS
Integrated Methodologies for Knowledge and Valorisation of the Roman Casinum City – Michela CIGOLA, Arturo Gallozzi, Leonardo Paris, and Emanuela Chiavoni
A Multidisciplinary Project for the Study of Historical Landscapes: New Archaeological and Physicochemical Data from the ‘Colline Metallifere’ District – Luisa DALLAI, Alessandro DONATI, and Vanessa VOLPI
From Survey, to 3D Modelling, to 3D Printing: Bramante’s Nymphaeum Colonna at Genazzano. – Tommaso EMPLER and Adriana CALDARONE
Towards a National Infrastructure for Semi‑Automatic Mapping of Cultural Heritage in Norway – Martin KERMIT, Jarle Hamar Reksten, and Øivind Due Trier
Experiments in the Automatic Detection of Archaeological Features in Remotely Sensed Data from Great Plains Villages, USA – Kenneth L. KVAMME
Interpolating 3D Stratigraphy from Indirect Information – Lutz SCHUBERT, Ana Predoi, and Keith Jeffery
Closing a Gap with a Simple Toy: How the Use of the Tablet Affected the Documentation Workflow during the Excavations of the Rozprza Ring–Fort (Central Poland) – Jerzy SIKORA and Piotr KITTEL
Supercomputing at the Trench Edge: Expediting Image Based 3D Recoding – David STOTT, Matteo Pilati , Carsten Meinertz Risager , and Jens-Bjørn Riis Andresen
Semi‑Automatic Mapping of Charcoal Kilns from Airborne Laser Scanning Data Using Deep Learning – Øivind Due TRIER, Arnt-Børre Salberg, and Lars Holger Pilø
Documenting Facades of Etruscan Rock‑Cut Tombs: from 3D Recording to Archaeological Analysis – Tatiana VOTROUBEKOVÁ
Archaeological Information Systems – Fasti Online: Excavation, Conservation and Surveys. Twelve Years of Open Access
Archaeological Data Online – Michael JOHNSON, Florence Laino, Stuart Eve, and Elizabeth Fentress
DOHA — Doha Online Historical Atlas – Michal MICHALSKI, Robert Carter , Daniel Eddisford, Richard Fletcher, and Colleen Morgan
Digital Archives — More Than Just a Skeuomorph – Emily NIMMO and Peter MCKEAGUE
When Data Meets the Enterprise: How Flanders Heritage Agency Turned a Merger of Organisations into a Confluence of Information – Koen VAN DAELE, Maarten Vermeyen, Sophie Mortier , and Leen Meganck
GIS AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS
Crossroads: LCP — Model Testing and Historical Paths During the Iron Age in the North–East Iberian Peninsula (4th to 1st Centuries BC) – Joan Canela GRÀCIA and Núria Otero HERRAIZ
Boundaries of Agrarian Production in the Bergisches Land in 1715 AD – Irmela HERZOG
Geometric Graphs to Study Ceramic Decoration – Thomas HUET
Vertical Aspects of Stone Age Distribution in South–East Norway – Mieko MATSUMOTO and Espen ULEBERG
3D AND VISUALISATION
Emerging Technologies for Archaeological Heritage: Knowledge, Digital Documentation, and Communication – Martina ATTENNI, Carlo Bianchini, and Alfonso Ippolito
New Actualities for Mediterranean Ancient Theaters: the ATHENA Project Lesson – Carlo BIANCHINI, Carlo Inglese, and Alfonso Ippolito
Archaeology and Augmented Reality. Visualizing Stone Age Sea Level on Location – Birgitte BJØRKLI, Šarūnas Ledas , Gunnar Liestøl, Tomas Stenarson, and Espen Uleberg
A Virtual Reconstruction of the Sun Temple of Niuserra: from Scans to ABIM – Angela BOSCO, Andrea D’Andrea, Massimiliano Nuzzolo, Rosanna Pirelli, and Patrizia Zanfagna
A 3D Digital Approach for the Study and Presentation of the Bisarcio Site – Paola DERUDAS, Maria Carla Sgarella, and Marco Callieri
The Role of Representation in Archaeological Architecture – Mario DOCCI, Carlo Inglese, and Alfonso Ippolito
Digital Archaeological Dissemination: Eleniana Domus in Rome – Tommaso EMPLER
On Roof Construction and Wall Strength: Non-Linear Structural Integrity Analysis of the Early Bronze Age Helike Corridor House – Mariza Christina KORMANN, Stella Katsarou, Dora Katsonopoulou, and Gary Lock
An Exploratory Use of 3D for Investigating a Prehistoric Stratigraphic Sequence – Giacomo LANDESCHI, Jan Apel, Stefan Lindgren, and Nicolò Dell’Unto
Les gestes retrouves: a 3D Visualization Approach to the Functional Study of Early Upper Palaeolithic Ground Stones – Laura LONGO, Natalia Skakun, Giusi Sorrentino, Valentina Vassallo, Dante Abate , Vera Terehina, Andrei Sinitsyn, Gennady Khlopachev , and Sorin Hermon
Enhancing Archaeological Interpretation with Volume Calculations. An Integrated Method of 3D Recording and Modeling – Giulio POGGI and Mirko BUONO
3D Spatial Analysis: the Road Ahead – Martijn VAN LEUSEN and Gary NOBLES
COMPLEX SYSTEMS SIMULATION
Weaving the Common Threads of Simulation and Formation Studies in Archaeology – Benjamin DAVIES
Evolving Hominins in HomininSpace: Genetic Algorithms and the Search for the ‘Perfect’ Neanderthal – Fulco SCHERJON
An Agent‑Based Approach to Weighted Decision Making in the Spatially and Temporally Variable South African Paleoscape – Colin D. WREN, Chloe Atwater , Kim Hill, Marco A. Janssen, Jan C. DE Vynck, and Curtis W. Marean
TEACHING ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Archaeological Education for a Digital World: Case Studies from the Contemporary and Historical US – Anna S. AGBE-DAVIES
Teaching Archaeology or Teaching Digital Archaeology: Do We Have to Choose? – Sylvain BADEY and Anne MOREAU
DOMUS: Cyber‑Archaeology and Education – Alex DA SILVA MARTIRE and Tatiana BINA
Digital Data Recording at Circus Maximus: A Recent Experience – Alessandro VECCHIONE and Domenica DININNO
Teaching GIS in Archaeology: What Students Focus On – Mar ZAMORA MERCHÁN and Javier BAENA PREYSLER
