In this section

Guides to Good Practice
- Digital archiving
- The project lifecycle
- Basic components
  - Introduction
  - Documents and digital texts
    - Introduction to documents and texts
    - Creating documents and texts
      - General considerations
      - File formats
    - Preserving documents and texts
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Databases and spreadsheets
    - Introduction to databases and spreadsheets
    - Creating databases and spreadsheets
      - General considerations
      - File formats
    - Preserving databases and spreadsheets
    - Appendices
      - Case study: Inrap: archival preparation of the ArchéoDB field registration system
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Raster Images
    - Introduction to raster images
      - Raster images in archaeology
      - Current issues and concerns
    - Creating raster images
      - General considerations
      - File formats
    - Archiving raster images
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Vector images
    - Introduction to vector images
      - Vector images in archaeology
    - Creating vector images
      - General considerations
      - File formats
    - Archiving vector images
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Digital video
    - Introduction to digital video
      - What is digital video?
      - Current issues and concerns
    - Creating digital video
      - General considerations
      - File formats
    - Preserving digital video
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Digital audio
    - Introduction to digital audio
      - What is digital audio?
      - Current issues and concerns
    - Creating digital audio
      - General considerations
      - File formats
    - Preserving digital audio
    - References
      - Bibliography
- Data collection and fieldwork
  - Aerial survey
    - Aims and objectives
      - About this guide
    - Aerial photography, remote sensing and archaeology
      - Aerial photography and interpretative mapping
      - Remote sensing
    - Digital data sources
    - Documenting your resource
      - Why document your data?
      - How to document your resource
    - Archiving your data
      - Depositing information
      - Aerial photography case study
    - References
  - UAV survey
  - Geophysics
    - Introduction
    - The life of geophysical data
    - Documenting and archiving
    - Archive files
    - Comprehensive documentation
    - Subsets of documentation
      - Subsets of documentation
    - Depositing to archives
    - Conclusions
      - Conclusions
    - Appendices
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Marine survey
    - Introduction
    - Creating marine survey data
    - Archiving marine survey data
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Laser scanning
    - Acknowledgements
    - Introduction
    - Acquiring and processing laser scan data
    - Archiving laser scan data
    - Case study: virtual Hampson Museum
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Close-range photogrammetry
    - Acknowledgements
    - Introduction
      - Close-range digital photogrammetry in an archaeological context
      - Current metadata and documentation standards
    - Data collection and documentation
      - Typical steps for a CRP project
    - Metadata groups
    - Archiving close-range photogrammetric data
      - Preparing to archive
    - Case study
      - Close-range photogrammetry for architecture at Ostia Antica, Italy
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Dendrochronology
    - Aims and objectives
    - Creating dendrochronological data
    - Archiving dendrochronological data
    - Copyright
      - Copyright for dendrochronology
    - Case study: The Dendrochronology of the Early-medieval Emporium Dorestad (the Netherlands)
    - References
- Data analysis and visualisation
  - GIS
    - Introduction to the GIS guide
    - Creating and Using GIS Datasets
    - Archiving GIS Datasets
    - Appendices
      - Appendix 1: case study – depositing a GIS dataset
      - Appendix 2: pathways through the GIS guide to good practice
    - References
  - CAD
    - A Brief Introduction to CAD
    - Capturing data for CAD projects
    - CAD Systems
    - Documenting data from CAD projects
    - Archiving CAD Data
    - Appendices
    - References
  - 3D Models
    - Aims and objectives
    - Creating 3D data
    - Archiving 3D data
    - References
      - Bibliography
      - Other resources
- Case studies
  - Project specific guides
  - Other case studies & guides
    - An Optimum Guide for the Reduction of Noise using a Surface Scanner for Digitising Human Osteological Remains
- Preparing and depositing your archive
Continuing professional development
Data management
Instructions for Depositors
ADS-easy instructions for use
- ADS-easy data limitations
- ADS-easy Costing Calculator
- Registering with ADS-easy
- Creating a new project
- Project Details (Step 1)
- File Upload (Step 2)
- Metadata (Step 3)
  - Databases
  - Documents and reports
  - Geophysics
  - GIS
  - Maps and plans
  - Photographs and images
  - Spreadsheets
- Submission (Step 4)
Advice for grant applicants
Teaching resources
- Archives for teaching
- Data Train
  - Teaching material
Advice for HER uploads to the Heritage Gateway
FAQs
Glossary
Data access and reuse

Introduction

Armin Schmidt and Eileen Ernenwein, 2nd edition, Archaeology Data Service / Digital Antiquity, Guides to Good Practice

Although it may seem peculiar to consider a life-cycle of archaeological geophysical data, it has evolved as a useful metaphor to highlight the changes that geophysical data undergo subsequent to their collection in the field until they finally reach the Archive.