Networking: digital archaeology repositories in Argentina

IZETA, ANDRÉS D.; CATTÁNEO, G. ROXANA

Vancouver

Congreso; SAA 82ND ANNUAL MEETING; 2017

SAA

The digitization of primary data in social sciences and humanities, including archeology, has been a central issue in the management of science in Argentina by federal agencies, public universities and private foundations. About this topic, Argentina´s National Research Council (CONICET) created the Interactive Platform for Social Science Research, an interdisciplinary space, that over six years has generated protocols related to digitization and ways to share these results under the concept of open science. In this framework, a Program focused on archaeology (Digital Archaeology Program - PAD) became an instance of theoretical reflexivity on the digital turn in the discipline and the socials sciences and the humanities. Based on that experience we present some results from the PAD digital repository, which integrates archaeological collections, databases, gray literature and publications. We will discuss relevant topics such as repository laws and digitalization criteria in Argentina, limitation of software and hardware, methodological issues and the training of human resources.