Today's biodiversity crisis fundamentally threatens the habitability of the planet, thus ranking
among the primary human challenges of our time. Much emphasis is currently placed on the …

Since the 19th century, the study of shell middens has played an important role in
archaeological research. Shell midden and broader coastal archaeology have transformed …

With the advent of ancient DNA, as well as other methods such as isotope analysis,
destructive sampling of archaeofaunal remains has increased much faster than the effort to …

Investments in data management infrastructure often seek to catalyze new research
outcomes based on the reuse of research data. To achieve the goals of these investments …

With the advent of the Web, increased emphasis on “research data management,” and
innovations in reproducible research practices, scholars have more incentives and …

In this paper, we introduce Linked Open Data (LOD) in the archaeological domain as a
means to connect dispersed data sources and enable cross-querying. The technology …

Understanding variation of traits within and among species through time and across space is
central to many questions in biology. Many resources assemble species-level trait data, but …

The practices of data sharing, data citation and data reuse are all crucial aspects of the
reproducibility of archaeological research. This article builds on the small number of studies …

Investments in data management infrastructure often seek to catalyze new research
outcomes based on the reuse of research data. To achieve the goals of these investments …

The RomAniDat data community is a network of experts from diverse fields including
archaeozoology, archaeology, and history, who collaborate on the collection of faunal data …