Citizen archaeologists. Online collaborative research about the human past
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Resource type
Journal article
Date published
December 30, 2014
Abstract
Archaeology has a long tradition of volunteer involvement but also faces considerable challenges in protecting and understanding a geographically widespread, rapidly dwindling and ever threatened cultural resource. This paper considers a newly launched, multi-application crowdsourcing project called MicroPasts that enables both community-led and massive online contributions to high quality research in archaeology, history and heritage. We reflect on preliminary results from this initiative with a focus on the technical challenges, quality control issues and contributors motivations.
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MicroPasts
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
Arts and Humanities Research Council | AH/M00953X/1 |
Journal title
Human Computation
Volume
1
Issue
2
Publisher
Human Computation Institute
ISSN
2330-8001
eISSN
2330-8001
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