Archeologia e Calcolatori Archeologia e Calcolatori
National Research Council Istituto di Studi sulle Civiltą Italiche e del Mediterraneo Antico
University of Siena Dipartimento Patrimonio Culturale
Journal

Journal established by: Mauro Cristofani and Riccardo Francovich
Editor: Paola Moscati

Authors Camin, L. - Marini, A. - Negri, A. -
Title Ploes: percorsi tra archeologia, storia e tecnologie informatiche
In «Archeologia e Calcolatori n. XVII - 2006»
URL http://soi.cnr.it/archcalc/indice/PDF17/10_Camin.pdf
Editor Edizioni All'Insegna del Giglio
Date 2006-01-01
Subject Database
Subject Classification of archaeological finds
Description The systematic study of imports from the Orient uncovered in funerary contexts, as part of a research project the purpose of which is the reconstruction of the trade and cultural relations between the Aegean and the oriental basin of the Mediterranean in the Early Iron Age, has been supported by the relational database Ploes carried out in a MsAccess 2000 environment. Ploes represents an example of the possible meeting point between computer science and historical-archaeological research and testifies to the contribution that the computer science technologies can also offer to studies of the traditional school. The digital archives, that have replaced the conventional catalogue, have allowed the management of great amounts of data (1000 imported objects distributed in 300 tomb contexts) in a way that is functional for the purposes of research thanks to the possibility of creating a multiplicity of paths for reading the material. The Ploes database has allowed the storage of data related to individual objects and their discovery contexts in a single archive, thus making it possible to adopt a contextual approach to the analysis of the archaeological documentation. The structure of the digital archives reflects the defined methodological plan at the level of theoretical formulation of the study project: Ploes represents therefore not simply a container of information but an indispensable research instrument.
Description pp. 157-175
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