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Data Opportunities: Creating a web of knowledge

Emily Plunkett

Cite this as: Plunkett, E. 2024 Data Opportunities: Creating a web of knowledge, Internet Archaeology 65. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.65.1

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Excavations at Blackgrounds Farm, Northamptonshire. Image credit: HS2 Ltd
Excavations at Blackgrounds Farm, Northamptonshire. Image credit: HS2 Ltd

Large-scale projects, such as infrastructure or long-term research, generate some of the largest data sets which form the core of their legacy for research and future projects. Due to the scale of the data being generated and managed, projects have developed innovative approaches to transform data into meaningful information and ensure integration of data into the project lifecycle. This paper serves to present the background and context for the session presented at EAA 2022, Budapest, organised by HS2 Ltd and Jacobs Suedlink and summarises some of the papers presented within the session and which are now published in this issue.

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  • Keywords: archaeology, data, HS2, EAA
  • Accepted: 6 Sept 2023. Published: 7 February 2024
  • Funding: The publication of this issue is funded by HS2 Limited, as part of the HS2 Historic Environment Digital Archive.
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Corresponding author: Emily PlunkettORCID logo
historic_environment@hs2.org.uk
WSP, Cultural Heritage & Archaeology Associate
(formerly Historic Environment Specialist, HS2 Ltd)

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Figure 1: The original phases of HS2. Image credit: HS2 Ltd

Figure 2: Excavations at Blackgrounds Farm, Northamptonshire. At its peak during the Roman age, Blackgrounds would have been a bustling and busy area, shown though the evidence of workshops, kilns, and several beautifully preserved wells, uncovered by HS2 archaeologists. Image credit: HS2 Ltd

Aryankhesal, F.F. 2024 'The role of BIM and GIS in HS2 historic environment data management, an overview of HS2 Phase One, UK', Internet Archaeology 65. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.65.5

Aitchison, K. 2024 'Big Data and Lots of Data are Not the Same Things: Small data sources in the social science of archaeologists', Internet Archaeology 65. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.65.3

Halsted, J. 2024 'Collecting Information and Developing Narratives: the use of data on HS2 Phase One, UK', Internet Archaeology 65. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.65.4

Sparrow, T., Bain, K., Kimber, M. and Wilson, A.S. 2024 'Visualising Heritage: using 3D immersive technologies to innovate, document and communicate rich narratives for HS2', Internet Archaeology 65. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.65.7

Urankar, R., Krajšek, J. and Lipovec, B. 2024 'Archaeologists, Hunter-Gatherers of Digital Data', Internet Archaeology 65. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.65.2

Zoldoske, T. 2024 'Metadata for Discovery', Internet Archaeology 65. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.65.6

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