Summary and Schedule

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This resource aims to prepare Arts and Humanities (A&H) researchers for supporting the Hackathon: Data Driven Approaches to Safeguarding Cultural Heritage.

The content of the resource includes information, links and other shared resources. It is a developing resource to support those ideas, tools and networks developed at the event.

The actual schedule may vary slightly depending on the topics and exercises chosen by the instructor.

Software Setup

DAFNI platform

DAFNI platform will be used to support coding. For these accounts will be provided.

Once you get your account, please login in in this link: https://facility.secure.dafni.rl.ac.uk/ and enter your login and password.

You can also create an account here. There are two types of accounts: Standard and Expert.

Information on how to upload additional datasets can be found in this resource: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1HR-qx9Uc2nEJJN4kFvy3EG9tBL9fRaCY

Data Sets

ADS Datasets

CITiZAN: the Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network

Citizen science collected dataset of heritage sites under threat.

Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Surveys (RCZAS) — Historic England

  • Digital Collection - Historic England (2013) Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Surveys (RCZAS) [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1106880 > Note: Made up of a series of surveys around the English coastline.

The Palaeolithic Rivers of Southwest Britain

  • Collection - Tony Brown, Robert Hosfield, Laura Basell, Phil Toms, S. Hounsell, R. Young (2008) The Palaeolithic Rivers of Southwest Britain [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1000027

Inland Navigation in England and Wales before 1348: GIS Database

  • Collection - Oksanen, E. (2019) Inland Navigation in England and Wales before 1348: GIS Database [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1057497

Summer Precipitation for the England and Wales region, 1201–2000 CE, from Stable Oxygen Isotopes in oak tree rings

  • Collection - N. J. Loader, G. H. F. Young, D. McCarroll, D. Davies, D. Miles, Christopher Bronk Ramsey (2020) Summer Precipitation for the England and Wales region, 1201–2000 CE, from Stable Oxygen Isotopes in oak tree rings [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1078324 (spreadsheet data)
  • Associated publication - Loader, N.J., Young, G.H.F., McCarroll, D., Davies, D., Miles, D., and Bronk Ramsey, C. (2020), Summer Precipitation for the England and Wales region, 1201–2000 CE, from Stable Oxygen Isotopes in oak tree rings. J. Quaternary Sci. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3226

HS2 Heritage Spatial Archive

  • Collection - High Speed Two Ltd. (2024) HS2 Heritage Spatial Archive [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1118851
  • Part of a parent collection - High Speed Two Ltd. (2023) HS2 Historic Environment Digital Archive [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1113008
  • Associated data paper - Aryankhesal, F.F. 2023 ‘HS2 Phase One: Heritage GIS Digital Archive (Data paper)’, Internet Archaeology, HS2 publications. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.hs2.1

A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works

  • Collection - MOLA Headland Infrastructure (2025) A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1081262
  • Associated monograph - West, E., Christie, C., Moretti, D., Scholma-Mason, O. and Smith, A. 2024 A Route Well Travelled. The Archaeology of the A14 Huntingdon to Cambridge Road Improvement Scheme, Internet Archaeology 67. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.67.22

Vernacular Architecture Group (VAG) Collections and Map

  • Entire Collection - Vernacular Architecture Group (VAG) (2024) Vernacular Architecture Group (VAG) Collections and Map [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1106888
  • Interactive map (no downloadable GIS files, but each dataset can be downloaded as structured data)

DAFNI Datasets

CGFI

Credo Hipims

About this resource

This resource is built with The Carpentries Workbench, as part of the training activities of the UKRI-funded Digital Skills in Arts and Humanities (DISKAH) Network.

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