An Open Context for "Near Eastern Archaeology"

Abstract

Open Context aims to help fill this gap by providing open access data publication services for archaeology Open Context has a flexible and generalized technical architecture that can accommodate most archaeoiogicai datasets, despite the Jack of common recording systems or other documentation standards, it includes a variety of tools to make data dissemination easier and more worthwhile. New tools for data collection, such as electronic distance measurement devices (EDMs), global positioning systems (GPS), digital cameras, and video recording, and the growing popularity of handheld data-entry devices, mean that the practice of archaeology increasingly results in "born digital" documentation.