The empirical calibrations I use are instrument specific, and I have data on ~10,000 archaeological samples collected over the last 10+ years on 3 instruments with ? (more than 3) different calibrations (repairs to tubes and detectors meant redoing the calibration). I didn't keep track of everything I should have from the beginning. Now, to keep things straight, I need to go back through my old data files and add metadata on which instrument was used and which calibration.
James Allison
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Archaeologist studying the ancient farmers of the Southwestern U.S. and eastern Great Basin; quantitative methods, ceramic analysis, archaeological theory.
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The post above was supposed to be tacked on to my replies to the thread about pxrf metedata. In my rush to finish before my laptop battery died, I broke the thread.
The post above was supposed to be tacked on to my replies to the thread about pxrf metedata. In my rush to finish before my laptop battery died, I broke the thread.
Robert BischoffOn 31 March 2026, we’ll be running a workshop on using ArchaMap for archaeological data synthesis and FAIR data workflows, including category matching, linked translations, and cross-dataset export. CAA 2026 in Vienna runs 31 March to 4 April 2026.
PCI Archaeology2/3 Recommended by @jamesallison & Sophie C. Schmidt based on reviews by Robert Bischoff, @ArchaeoBasti and 1 anonymous reviewer. All editorial work accessible here: https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.archaeo.100344
This is part of the #CAA2023 proceedings which decided to use our #OpenAccess system @CAA_int
This is part of the #CAA2023 proceedings which decided to use our #OpenAccess system @CAA_int
1/3 New recommendation: Antigoni Panagiotopoulou, Colin A. B. Wallace, Lemonia Ragia and Dorina Moullou (2025). Detection of temporal changes of the Omega House at the Athenian Agora. V2 peer-reviewed and recommended by PCI Archaeology https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15739599
1/4 New recommendation: @RonaldVisser, Karsten Lambers, Kenneth Aitchison, Annemarie Jutte, Doug Rocks-Macqueen, Laura van der Knaap, @izarom, Tom Brughmans, Jeroen Linssen, Adam Pažout (2025) Lessons learned: creating tutorials to teach agent-based modelling to archaeologists. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15705862
Clemens SchmidLast week I was in Athens for the International Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in #Archaeology (CAA, see @CAA_int). Under the auspices of the @CAA_SSLA special interest group Martin Hinz and I had organized a session on computational interfaces for archaeological research software. The idea was to explore the potential of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs). Despite the nerdy topic we got 5 interesting talks: (1/7)
Sebastian HageneuerExcited to share our new open-access paper in it – Information Technology!
Sophie C. Schmidt and I explore Digital and Computational Archaeology in Germany—what it is, how it’s taught, career paths, and future challenges. We call for continued investment in DCA to help integrate digital tools into broader archaeological practice. 🎉🎉🎉
🔗 https://itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/04/11/new-publication-dca-in-germany/
The name on that email (in Italian, but supposedly originating from the Ivory Coast, where most people speak French or an African language) is Sarah Adams and comes from an email server belonging to a girl's high school in Thailand. I also have French and German versions of similar scams in the last few days. I don't know why the scammers are suddenly so confused about what my native language is.