Collective Re-Excavation and Lost Media from the Last Century of British Prehistoric Studies

There are thousands of forgotten archaeological archives hidden away in repositories all over the world, lost worlds where many scholars have toiled away for years, trying to record every detail and bit of information available about rare and precious archaeological objects in an attempt to bring order and understanding to an almost incomprehensible past. This paper discusses how these archives can be approached through Huhtamo's definition of media archaeology as a 'historically-attuned enterprise' that involves 'excavating forgotten media-cultural phenomena', focusing on the MicroPasts digitization project. It is shown that greater utilization of digital media simply changes and extends the terms of engagement, accessibility, and flow of information from antiquated archaeological archives to the community and back again

Crowd-sourced Archaeological Research: The MicroPasts Project

This paper offers a brief introduction to MicroPasts, a web-enabled crowd-sourcing and crowd-funding project whose overall goal is to promote the collection and use of high quality research data via institutional and community collaborations, both on- and off-line. In addition to introducing this initiative, the discussion below is a reflection of its lead author’s core contribution to the project and will dwell in more detail on one particular aspect of MicroPasts: its relevance to research and practice in public archaeology, cultural policy and heritage studies

Citizen Archaeologists. Online Collaborative Research about the Human Past

Archaeology has a long tradition of volunteer involvement but also faces considerable challenges in protecting and understanding a geographically widespread, rapidly dwindling and ever threatened cultural resource. This paper considers a newly launched, multi-application crowdsourcing project called MicroPasts that enables both community-led and massive online contributions to high quality research in archaeology, history and heritage. We reflect on preliminary results from this initiative with a focus on the technical challenges, quality control issues and contributors motivations

Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Add MS 26938 - Add MS 9398

This dataset comprises 35 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1100 - 1816; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Add MS 26938 - Add MS 9398). These manuscripts are out of copyright. We would appreciate it if users could read our Ethical terms of use guide before reusing our Hebrew manuscripts datasets: https://www.bl.uk/help/ethical-terms-of-use These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for image and text analysis, teaching, art projects, or anything else of inspiration. We would appreciate it if users could read our Ethical terms of use guide before reusing our Hebrew manuscripts datasets: https://www.bl.uk/help/ethical-terms-of-us

Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 2510 - Or 2588

This dataset comprises 40 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (900 - 1747; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 2510 - Or 2588). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for image and text analysis, teaching, art projects, or anything else of inspiration. We would appreciate it if users could read our Ethical terms of use guide before reusing our Hebrew manuscripts datasets: https://www.bl.uk/help/ethical-terms-of-us

Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Add MS 10456 - Add MS 17058

This dataset comprises 25 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1200 - 1599), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Add MS 10456 - Add MS 17058). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for image and text analysis, teaching, art projects, or anything else of inspiration. We would appreciate it if users could read our Ethical terms of use guide before reusing our Hebrew manuscripts datasets: https://www.bl.uk/help/ethical-terms-of-us

Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 1103 - Or 2201

This dataset comprises 46 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1250 - 1699; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 1103 - Or 2201). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for image and text analysis, teaching, art projects, or anything else of inspiration. We would appreciate it if users could read our Ethical terms of use guide before reusing our Hebrew manuscripts datasets: https://www.bl.uk/help/ethical-terms-of-us

The West Bank and East Jerusalem Archaeological Database: Narratives of Archaeology and Archaeological Practices

Since their occupation in 1967, the West Bank and East Jerusalem have been subject to extensive archaeological surveys and excavations, carried out mostly by Israeli archaeologists. Data on thousands of surveyed and excavated archaeological sites has been compiled into one comprehensive source of information, the West Bank and East Jerusalem Archaeological Database. This database is as complete a synthesis as possible of the archaeological activity conducted by Israel in the occupied territories from 1967 to 2007. This paper presents the database’s sources, structure, and data, accompanied by a few search and query examples using ArcGIS. It also engages in a critical discussion on the database’s contents and its limitations as a regional archaeological database, which in turn opens a window into Israeli archaeological practices in the West Bank

Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 2210 - Or 2364

This dataset comprises 21 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1000 - 1655; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 2210 - Or 2364). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for image and text analysis, teaching, art projects, or anything else of inspiration. We would appreciate it if users could read our Ethical terms of use guide before reusing our Hebrew manuscripts datasets: https://www.bl.uk/help/ethical-terms-of-us

Multiple inventories and divided archaeology in the West Bank: An assessment of databases in the Etzion Bloc

This paper presents and discusses an assessment of the scope, priorities, and coverage of existing archaeological datasets, via database comparison and on-the-ground re-survey of all accessible known sites in one region of the West Bank, the Etzion Bloc. The main goal of this survey was to assess the current inventories listing archaeological sites in the Etzion Bloc, an area that brings together an interesting range of archaeological and geographical issues that result directly from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This database assessment and review of listed archaeological sites included the verification of site existence and the examination of sites’ modern context, accessibility, current condition, potential threats, and the accuracy of their recorded location. The results of this fieldwork demonstrate the importance of keeping data up-do-date, provide suggestions on how to enhance the structure and contents of current inventories, and help prioritize and inform plans for further archaeological fieldwork in this region