Thematic digital repositories. Unveiling central Argentina archaeological material culture

IZETA, ANDRES DARIO

Umea

Conferencia; Public Archaeology Twitter Conference PATC; 2017

Universidad de Umea

During the last 75 years, Central Argentina archaeology focused on the characterization of past pre-Hispanic cultures through the collection of various kinds of material culture. Many of the objects which were acquired by the Museo de Antropologia (Universidad Nacional de Cordoba) came from local amateur collectors, while others were added as the product of scientific research. In 2010 we started a project in order to create a digital catalogue and digitize the archaeological collections and their associated documentation. As a result of this process we integrate digital objects in two institutional repositories, being the first ones in Argentina and southern South America to make this kind of information public. Based on this experience, the main goal of this presentation is to be reflexive on the ways digital archaeological data acquisition can be done in order to provide digital archaeological objects for the use by archaeologist and the general public.theusebyarchaeologistandthegeneralpublic.