Sign in

Open Context

@opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy
37 followers 1 following 27 posts

Open Context (opencontext.org) reviews, edits, annotates, publishes and archives research data and digital documentation for archaeology and […] [bridged from hcommons.social/@opencontext on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

PostsRepliesMedia
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026
RE: scholar.social/@ekansa/116811273528… This essay discusses some of the costs of #LLM #AI driven mass web-scraping and how it impacts #nonprofit #opendata services like Open Context. #datacuration #rdm #datamanagement
144
Reposted by Open Context
Eric Kansa @ekansa.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/03/2026
Bill Caraher wrote an interesting blog reaction to our recent paper doi.org/10.11141/ia.71.3 about Open Context. He looks at the precarity of so many of our universities and libraries, and looks for alternative, more distributed models for the curation of research data in #archaeology […]
scholar.social
Original post on scholar.social
014
Reposted by Open Context
Internet Archaeology @internetarchaeology.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026
New in IA71: Kansa, E. and Kansa, S. Whitcher 'Open Context in a Changing Context: Data Publishing, Interoperability and Governance' doi.org/10.11141/ia.71.3 #Archaeology #datacuration #DataManagement #interoperability #FAIR #CARE #sustainability This paper describes the rationale and […]
fediscience.org
Original post on fediscience.org
023
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026
Open Context turns 20 this year! To mark the occasion, we finally wrote up a long article that provides details about how we organize and publish data, and how we relate to the broader landscape of data repositories in #archaeology doi.org/10.11141/ia.71.3 #datacuration #openscience […]
hcommons.social
Original post on hcommons.social
1610
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026
We're starting 2026 with an experimental implementation of "Really Simple Licensing" (RSL)(https://rslstandard.org/guide/what-is-rsl) to start making explicit expectations for #AI use of the #OpenData that we publish for #archaeology This update isn't very visible to human users of Open Context […]
hcommons.social
Original post on hcommons.social
010
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/12/2025
We wrote up a short end of 2025 recap of Open Context developments. It even references an obscure and totally bizarre 1970's era cartoon! alexandriaarchive.org/2025/12/30/op… Happy New Year everyone! We wish solidarity and hope to our […]
hcommons.social
Original post on hcommons.social
004
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
Paulina Przystupa is bringing #archaeology #dataLiteracy instructional materials to the #OER commons! Here's an example of free teaching materials for you to adapt and reuse: oercommons.org/courses/cow-culating… Many more such resources are on their […]
hcommons.social
Original post on hcommons.social
014
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2025
Researchers in #archaeology have worked for many decades to analyze large numbers of #radiocarbon dates from sites across the world. The P3K14C dataset developed by Darcy Bird and colleagues has aggregated and organized over a 166,000 of these dates. See […]
hcommons.social
Original post on hcommons.social
105
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2025
Here's a recent publication in the Journal of Field Archaeology that uses "Ivan Illich’s concept of conviviality to highlight the enriching character of collaborative work". doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2025.25284… Caraher and Pettegrew apply the concept of conviviality to #opendata […]
hcommons.social
Original post on hcommons.social
002
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2025
Do you care about #context? Have you ever wanted to geek out about why #persistent #identifiers (#PIDs) matter in #archaeology ? Look no further than this video where our postdoctoral fellow Dr. Paulina Przystupa leads an interview exploring naming, identity, provenance, and contextual […]
hcommons.social
Original post on hcommons.social
021
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2025
Want to join a learning community for professional development in #data skills for #archaeology? Check out this opportunity led by our postdoctoral fellow Dr. Paulina Przystupa: alexandriaarchive.org/2025/07/18/pi…
alexandriaarchive.org
Pilot Applications Open for the Archaeological Data Literacy Practicum - The Alexandria Archive Institute
The Data Literacy Program invites anyone interested in archaeology to apply to attend the Archaeological Data Literacy Practicum pilot.
001
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2025
#Archaeology #DataReuse is in the air! Here's another example of a paper, authored by James Newhard and colleagues, that cites and reuses shared #opendata: doi.org/10.3390/heritage8080298 Their paper reuses data from "The Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey" (Pettegrew et al 2021): […]
hcommons.social
Original post on hcommons.social
001
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2025
We just saw this paper by Néhémie Strupler that cites #opendata about surveys in #archaeology, including the "Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project I: Pedestrian Survey" that we published back in 2013. It's a great example of reusing older data for new research! doi.org/10.1002/arp.1964
012
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2025
We had a few hours of downtime today because we needed to fix a third-party user interface component that suddenly lost hosting. The updates we made hopefully resolves the issue. Sorry for the interruption in service! #archaeology #opendata
013
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2025
Paulina Przystupa wrote up a quick guide to finding images resources you can reuse for instruction in #archaeology and #culturalheritage. Go take a look! alexandriaarchive.org/2025/02/06/wh… #dataLiteracy #OpenData
alexandriaarchive.org
Where to find reusable images - The Alexandria Archive Institute
Learn about some places to find reusable images online and that we'll provide more detailed information on each source in the future.
022
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2025
A quick update. We had a brief downtime because of some server-side software updates and new SSL certificate installation. We're backup with lots of #opendata in #archaeology to use for research and learning!
012
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2025
Interested in teaching #archaeology and some #dataLiteracy ? Need something short and too the point? Check out these recent updates from Paulina Przystupa! alexandriaarchive.org/2025/01/24/in…
alexandriaarchive.org
Introducing Data Story Shorts - The Alexandria Archive Institute
We're introducing our Data Story Shorts, a new series of smaller, succinct open archaeology educational resources
002
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2025
Just making sure we have updated a full copy of the data we publish. Internationally. Just in case. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14728229 #OpenData #archaeology
zenodo.org
Open Context Database SQL Dump
Open Context (https://opencontext.org) publishes free and open access research data for archaeology and related disciplines. An open source (but bespoke) Django (Python) application supports these data publishing services. The software repository is here: https://github.com/ekansa/open-context-py The Open Context team runs ETL (extract, transform, load) workflows to import data contributed by researchers from various source relational databases and spreadsheets. Open Context uses PostgreSQL (https://www.postgresql.org) relational database to manage these imported data in a graph style schema. The Open Context Python application interacts with the PostgreSQL database via the Django Object-Relational-Model (ORM). This database dump includes all published structured data organized used by Open Context (table names that start with 'oc_all_'). The binary media files referenced by these structured data records are stored elsewhere. Binary media files for some projects, still in preparation, are not yet archived with long term digital repositories. These data comprehensively reflect the structured data currently published and publicly available on Open Context. Other data (such as user and group information) used to run the Website are not included.    IMPORTANT This database dump contains data from roughly 190+ different projects. Each project dataset has its own metadata and citation expectations. If you use these data, you must cite each data contributor appropriately, not just this Zenodo archived database dump.
013
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2024
Here's our 2024 overview, with a focus just on our #datacuration efforts. We'll share 2024 retrospectives about our work in professional development and #dataethics shortly. It's been another active year, and we're grateful to our data contributors and our funders for their support and […]
hcommons.social
Original post on hcommons.social
011
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2024
We're busy working on publishing data documenting decades of excavations at Tall al-Umayri (Jordan). It's a multi-period site with most excavated contexts documenting Late Bronze Age through Islamic periods. This link shows figurines […]
hcommons.social
Original post on hcommons.social
201
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/12/2024
Made a small update, publishing excavation data and associated documentation from the 2024 field season at Poggio Civitate (south of Siena, Italy). Here's a map of the new records (and click on the "Item Records" tab to see individual excavation contexts and artifacts) […]
hcommons.social
Original post on hcommons.social
003
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/12/2024
A quick test of this "bridge" to BlueSky set up. Does this #Etruscan ivory (or bone) plaque show up over on that other social media platform? opencontext.org/media/6eed2231-a6c1… #archaeology
opencontext.org
19710101ast.jpg from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro Rectangle/Tesoro Rectangle 7/1971, ID:283/PC 19710101
An Open Context "media" record documented by the project: "Murlo"
001
Open Context @opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/12/2024
OK. Open Context is now also on BlueSky thanks to the Bridgy Fed for BlueSky. bsky.app/profile/opencontext.hcommo… #archaeology #opendata #scholarlycoms
033