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Open Science in Archaeology

Marwick, Ben, Barton, C Michael, Bates, Lynsey, Bollwerk, Elizabeth, Bocinsky, R. Kyle, Carter, Alison Kyra, Conrad, Cyler, Costa, Stefano, Crema, Enrico R., Davies, Benjamin, Drake, Lee, Dye, Thomas S., Giusti, Domenico, Graham, Shawn, Hawks, John, Huffer, Damien, Madsen, Mark E, Neiman, Fraser D., Opitz, Rachel, Riel-Salvatore, Julien, Riris, Philip, Romanowska, Iza, Ullah, Isaac, Wren, Colin D.·2017

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Abstract

In archaeology, we are accustomed to investing great effort into collecting data from fieldwork, museum collections, and other sources, followed by detailed description, rigorous analysis, and in many cases ending with publication of our findings in short, highly concentrated reports or journal articles. Very often, these publications are all that is visible of this lengthy process, and even then, most of our journal articles are only accessible to scholars at institutions paying subscription fees to the journal publishers. While this traditional model of the archaeological research process has long been effective at generating new knowledge about our past, it is increasingly at odds with current norms of practice in other sciences. Often described as ‘open science’, these new norms include data stewardship instead of data ownership, transparency in the analysis process instead of secrecy, and public involvement instead of exclusion. While the concept of open science is not new in archaeology (e.g., see Lake 2012 and other papers in that volume), a less transparent model often prevails, unfortunately. We believe that there is much to be gained, both for individual researchers and for the discipline, from broader application of open science practices. In this article, we very briefly describe these practices and their benefits to researchers. We introduce the Society of American Archaeology’s Open Science Interest Group (OSIG) as a community to help archaeologists engage in and benefit from open science practices, and describe how it will facilitate the adoption of open science in archaeology.

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Marwick, B., Barton, C. M., Bates, L., Bollwerk, E., Bocinsky, R. K., Carter, A. K., Conrad, C., Costa, S., Crema, E. R., Davies, B., Drake, L., Dye, T. S., Giusti, D., Graham, S., Hawks, J., Huffer, D., Madsen, M. E., Neiman, F. D., Opitz, R., Riel-Salvatore, J., Riris, P., Romanowska, I., Ullah, I., & Wren, C. D.
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