Reproducibility in the Field: Transparency, Version Control and Collaboration on the Project Panormos Survey

Archaeological fieldwork is rarely considered reproducible in the sense of the ideal scientific method because of its destructive nature. But new digital technology now offers field practitioners a set of tools that can at least increase the transparency of the data-collection process as well as bri...

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Main Authors:	Strupler Néhémie, Wilkinson Toby C.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	De Gruyter 2017-11-01
Series:	Open Archaeology
Subjects:	open science multi-vocality decentralisation of data reproducibility post-field collaboration transparency ethics fieldwork
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2017-0019

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spelling	doaj-b994b403a884435d80ad82bb2d6d56b72021-10-02T19:15:49ZengDe GruyterOpen Archaeology2300-65602017-11-013127930410.1515/opar-2017-0019opar-2017-0019Reproducibility in the Field: Transparency, Version Control and Collaboration on the Project Panormos SurveyStrupler Néhémie0Wilkinson Toby C.1Archéologie et histoire ancienne: Méditerranée-Europe, ARCHIMÈDE (UMR 7044), Université de Strasbourg and Institut für Altorientalische Philologie und Vorderasiatische Altertumskunde, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster, Münster, GermanyChurchill College/McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKArchaeological fieldwork is rarely considered reproducible in the sense of the ideal scientific method because of its destructive nature. But new digital technology now offers field practitioners a set of tools that can at least increase the transparency of the data-collection process as well as bring other benefits of an Open Science approach to archaeology. This article shares our perspectives, choices and experiences of piloting a set of tools (namely: ODK, Git, GitLab CE and R) which can address reproducibility of fieldwork in the form of an intensive survey project in western Turkey, and highlights the potential consequences of Open Science approaches for archaeology as a whole.https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2017-0019open sciencemulti-vocalitydecentralisation of datareproducibilitypost-field collaborationtransparencyethicsfieldwork
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title	Reproducibility in the Field: Transparency, Version Control and Collaboration on the Project Panormos Survey
title_short	Reproducibility in the Field: Transparency, Version Control and Collaboration on the Project Panormos Survey
title_full	Reproducibility in the Field: Transparency, Version Control and Collaboration on the Project Panormos Survey
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publisher	De Gruyter
series	Open Archaeology
issn	2300-6560
publishDate	2017-11-01
description	Archaeological fieldwork is rarely considered reproducible in the sense of the ideal scientific method because of its destructive nature. But new digital technology now offers field practitioners a set of tools that can at least increase the transparency of the data-collection process as well as bring other benefits of an Open Science approach to archaeology. This article shares our perspectives, choices and experiences of piloting a set of tools (namely: ODK, Git, GitLab CE and R) which can address reproducibility of fieldwork in the form of an intensive survey project in western Turkey, and highlights the potential consequences of Open Science approaches for archaeology as a whole.
topic	open science multi-vocality decentralisation of data reproducibility post-field collaboration transparency ethics fieldwork
url	https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2017-0019
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Reproducibility in the Field: Transparency, Version Control and Collaboration on the Project Panormos Survey

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