Big-data projects: English landscapes and identities

• Autores: Stephen Rippon
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 96, Nº 387, 2022, págs. 768-770
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This review considers two books outlining the results of a major big-data project in England that sought to make sense of the growing amount of information from developer-funded archaeology, the reporting of finds to the Portable Antiquities Scheme, and from a wide range of other databases. The result is fascinating and thought-provoking discussions of how we could interpret regional variation in archaeological data, although methodological issues present an interesting case study of the challenges that big-data projects face. The publication strategy—of two separate volumes—also raises questions about how we should disseminate the results of large-scale research programmes.