The Production, Preservation and Dissemination of Archaeological Data in Japan
Japan is producing a vast amount of archaeological data because of the high number of rescue excavations taking place every year in the country. However, municipal administrations are struggling to cope with storing and disseminating the accumulated data. This article gives an overview of how fieldw...
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doaj-e8b78fd6ce3a4f6482d44c5c3f58dadc2021-06-03T12:11:08ZengUniversity of YorkInternet Archaeology1363-53872021-06-0158https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.58.11The Production, Preservation and Dissemination of Archaeological Data in JapanYuichi Takata0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3330-3983Peter Yanase1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7507-7200Nara National Research Institute for Cultural PropertiesNara National Research Institute for Cultural PropertiesJapan is producing a vast amount of archaeological data because of the high number of rescue excavations taking place every year in the country. However, municipal administrations are struggling to cope with storing and disseminating the accumulated data. This article gives an overview of how fieldwork reports and archaeological illustrations are framed in national policies and how that affects the way they are handled locally, both in physical and digital form.https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue58/11/archaeologynational policiesarchaeological datarescue excavationsdigitisationfieldwork reportsjapan |
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The Production, Preservation and Dissemination of Archaeological Data in Japan |
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The Production, Preservation and Dissemination of Archaeological Data in Japan |
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The Production, Preservation and Dissemination of Archaeological Data in Japan |
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The Production, Preservation and Dissemination of Archaeological Data in Japan |
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The Production, Preservation and Dissemination of Archaeological Data in Japan |
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production, preservation and dissemination of archaeological data in japan |
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University of York |
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Internet Archaeology |
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1363-5387 |
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2021-06-01 |
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Japan is producing a vast amount of archaeological data because of the high number of rescue excavations taking place every year in the country. However, municipal administrations are struggling to cope with storing and disseminating the accumulated data. This article gives an overview of how fieldwork reports and archaeological illustrations are framed in national policies and how that affects the way they are handled locally, both in physical and digital form. |
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archaeology national policies archaeological data rescue excavations digitisation fieldwork reports japan |
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