Online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed on Dec. 22, 2015).

Open Source Archaeology: Ethics and Practice' brings together authors and researchers in the field of open-source archaeology, defined as encompassing the ethical imperative for open public access to the results of publicly-funded research; practical solutions to open-data projects; open-source software applications in archaeology; public information sharing projects in archaeology; open-GIS; and the open-context system of data management and sharing. This edited volume is designed to discuss important issues around open access to data and software in academic and commercial archaeology, as well as to summarise both the current state of theoretical engagement, and technological development in the field of open-archaeology.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Open archaeology: definitions, challenges and context / Benjamin Edwards and Andrew T. Wilson -- 2. Digital haystacks: open data and the transformation of archaeological knowledge / Jeremy Huggett -- 3. Here today, gone tomorrow: open access, open data and digital preservation / Ray Moore and Julian Richards -- 4. Community-driven approaches to open source archaeological imaging / Gareth Beale and Nicole Beale -- 5. Open source GIS geospatial software for archaeology: towards its Integration into everyday archaeological practice / Hector Orengo -- 6. What was published is as important as how it was published / Lolita Nikolova -- 7. Free and open source software in commercial and academic archaeology / Benjamin Ducke -- 8. Building the bazaar: enhancing archaeological field recording through an open source approach / Shawn Ross, Brian Ballsun-Stanton, Adela Sobotkova and Penny Crook -- 9. Archaeological experiences with free and open source geographic information systems and geospatial freeware: implementation and usage examples in the compliance, education, and research sectors / Joshua Wells, Christopher Parr and Stephen Yerka.

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