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Kandel, Andrew W., Haidle, Miriam N. and Sommer, Christian (Eds.): Human Origins – Digital Future: An International Conference about the Future of Archaeological and Paleoanthropological Databases, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2022. https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.882

Identifiers

ISBN 978-3-96929-065-1 (PDF)

Published

10/12/2022

Authors

Andrew W. Kandel (Ed.), Miriam N. Haidle (Ed.), Christian Sommer (Ed.)

Human Origins – Digital Future

An International Conference about the Future of Archaeological and Paleoanthropological Databases

This eBook presents the proceedings of an online conference entitled, “Human Origins – Digital Future” which took place from 27-31 July 2020. The main aim of the conference was to discuss integrative aspects and approaches for developing, using and securing large scientific databases in the future, specifically in the context of archaeological and paleoanthropological research. The conference focused on how databases with novel information technology can be used to gain new knowledge by linking, retrieving and analyzing archaeological, paleoanthropological, paleobiological and geographical information. In addition to addressing fundamental questions of digitalization and open science, the conference examined approaches using innovative methods. Given the digital nature of the conference, we designed the format of this publication to employ multimedia and interactive features. Therefore, this volume brings together the abstracts of the talks, each containing a link that allows the reader to view the video as presented at the conference. In addition, the volume closes with a round-table discussion that can be accessed through links to interviews about selected topics related to the future of databases.

Andrew W. Kandel is a Paleolithic Archaeologist in the Research Center "The Role of Culture in the Early Expansions of Humans" of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He specializes in the analysis of cultural changes that occurred during the transition from Middle to Upper Paleolithic in the Levant and Caucasus.

Miriam N. Haidle is a Paleolithic Archaeologist and Paleoanthropologist in the Research Center "The Role of Culture in the Early Expansions of Humans" of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Her work focuses on the development of tool behavior in humans and animals and the implications thereof for cultural and cognitive evolution.

Christian Sommer is a Physical Geographer in the Research Center "The Role of Culture in the Early Expansions of Humans" of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He studies the prehistory of landscapes and their influence on early humans by the analysis of large geospatial datasets with quantitative methods.

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Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
vii-x
Andrew W. Kandel, Miriam N. Haidle, Christian Sommer
Human Origins – Digital Future: An International Conference about the Future of Archaeological and Paleoanthropological Databases
2
Volker Hochschild
4-5
Introduction
Mind Map – CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
8
Andrew W. Kandel, Miriam N. Haidle, Christian Sommer
9-15
Chapter I – Databases
Mind Map – DATABASES
18
Eric C. Grimm , John W. Williams
Shared Standards, Community Curation, and Active Reanalysis of Paleo Data
19-20
Chapter II – Methods
Mind Map – METHODS
28
Christian Sommer, Volker Hochschild
30-31
Alice Williams
Using Agent-Based Models to Evaluate Archaeological Theories against Existing Archaeological Data
32-33
Chapter III – Applications
Mind Map – APPLICATIONS
38
Ericson Hölzchen, Christian Sommer, Christine Hertler
45-46
Mika Puspaningrum, Christine Hertler, Ericson Hölzchen, Angela Bruch, Iwan P. Anwar, Agus T. Hascaryo, Jan-Olaf Reschke, Susanne Krüger
51-52
Andreas Zimmermann, Isabell Schmidt
56-57
Chapter IV – Products
Mind Map – PRODUCTS
60
Matthias Lang, Philippe Kluge, Colin Emonds, Vinzenz Rosenkranz
65
Chapter V – Perspectives (as Interviews)
Mind Map – PERSPECTIVES
68
Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Andrew W. Kandel
69
Julian Richards, Christian Sommer, Volker Hochschild
72
Appendix A. Digital Resources
76
Appendix B. List of Authors
78-82
Appendix C. Participants List
84-91

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