Academic Article
Concordance in rural and urban database structure: the York experience
- Title
- Concordance in rural and urban database structure: the York experience
- Creator(s)
- Chartrand, Jeffrey
- Editor(s)
- Miller, Paul
- Date
- 1994
- Is Part Of
-
Archeologia e Calcolatori
- Volume
- 5
- Pages
- 203-217
- Language
- eng
- Rights
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- Abstract
- Computerised databases form an integral part of much archaeological work around the world, but few of these systems are designed with expansion or compatibility as a prerequisite. This paper investigates the problems of integrating data from a variety of sources, both urban and rural, and then discusses in detail the modular database solution adopted by two archaeological projects at the University of York. The discussed solution enables the integration of data collected from different sources, and at very different scales from the single record per site to the recording of every feature or artefact in more detailed databases. To conclude, the paper touches upon future developments in the field, and their potential impact upon the way in which we store and view archaeological data.
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