# Digital Research Archives Starting in 2008, I became involved in efforts to digitise the massive archives of a number of long-lasting, largely unpublished archaeological projects at the Penn Museum ([al-Hiba](https://pricelab.sas.upenn.edu/projects/al-hiba-publication-project), [Gordion](http://www.penn.museum/research/projects-researchers/mediterranean-section/124-gordion-archaeological-project), [Hasanlu](http://www.penn.museum/research/projects-researchers/near-east-section/138-hasanlu-project)). The materials accumulated by these projects consist of tens of thousands of photographs, object cards, catalogues, field notebooks, plans, and drawings. In 2009, with Gareth Darbyshire, the Gordion Archivist at the Penn Museum, I consolidated these separate initiatives into the Digital Research Archives Project, and created a state–of–the–art digitisation laboratory to allow these projects to coordinate methodologies and share resources. The goal of the project is to facilitate research and accelerate the publication of these datasets by developing an online research environment. This environment, powered by a sophisticated database that stores and correlates digital versions of the materials, would be accessible from any location, and provide the tools to manage and process the data. It would free scholars from the burden of data processing and allow them to devote their time and energy to the primary task of archaeological interpretation. ## Recent Publications Download 3 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=688410&content_filter%5B1%5D=688395&content_filter%5B2%5D=688394&content_filter%5B3%5D=688402&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=688410&content_filter%5B1%5D=688395&content_filter%5B2%5D=688394&content_filter%5B3%5D=688402&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=688410&content_filter%5B1%5D=688395&content_filter%5B2%5D=688394&content_filter%5B3%5D=688402&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=688410&content_filter%5B1%5D=688395&content_filter%5B2%5D=688394&content_filter%5B3%5D=688402&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=688410&content_filter%5B1%5D=688395&content_filter%5B2%5D=688394&content_filter%5B3%5D=688402&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=688410&content_filter%5B1%5D=688395&content_filter%5B2%5D=688394&content_filter%5B3%5D=688402&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=688410&content_filter%5B1%5D=688395&content_filter%5B2%5D=688394&content_filter%5B3%5D=688402&&format=ris) ### 2019 Daniel Lord Smail, Gabriel H. Pizzorno, and Nathaniel Hay. 2019. “[Recyclage et L’ontologie de L’objet Dans les Textes du Bas Moyen Âge : L’exemple de Marseille](/publication/recyclage-et-lontologie-de-lobjet-dans-les-textes-du-bas-moyen-age-lexemple-de)”. In L’objet Au Moyen Âge et à L’époque Moderne : Fabriquer, échanger, Consommer et Recycler, Pp. 393-401. Caen: Presses Universitaires de Caen Daniel Lord Smail, Gabriel H. Pizzorno, and Nathaniel Hay. 2019. “[Recyclage et L’ontologie de L’objet Dans les Textes du Bas Moyen Âge : L’exemple de Marseille](/publication/recyclage-et-lontologie-de-lobjet-dans-les-textes-du-bas-moyen-age-lexemple-de)”. In L’objet Au Moyen Âge et à L’époque Moderne : Fabriquer, échanger, Consommer et Recycler, Pp. 393-401. Caen: Presses Universitaires de Caen - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum8726/files/pizzorno/files/smail_pizzorno_hay_2019.pdf) Pendant la dernière décennie du XIXe siècle, l’idée d’une science de la société fondée sur une approche positiviste commençait à prendre forme. Le but en était de construire une méthodologie pouvant réduire les phénomènes sociaux humains en... - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum8726/files/pizzorno/files/smail_pizzorno_hay_2019.pdf) ### 2018 Gabriel H. Pizzorno and Daniel Lord Smail. 2018. “[An Archaeology of Textual Things](/publication/archaeology-textual-things)”. In Situ Gabriel H. Pizzorno and Daniel Lord Smail. 2018. “[An Archaeology of Textual Things](/publication/archaeology-textual-things)”. In Situ - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum8726/files/pizzorno/files/pizzorno_and_smail_2018.pdf) In the past few decades, the efforts of museums and other cultural institutions to digitize and make their collections accessible online have made massive amounts of information about artifacts available to the general public and researchers alike. From... - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum8726/files/pizzorno/files/pizzorno_and_smail_2018.pdf) Gabriel H. Pizzorno, Daniel Lord Smail, and Laura Morreale. 2018. “[Using Linked Open Data for a Documentary Archaeology of Late Medieval Europe](/publication/using-linked-open-data-documentary-archaeology-late-medieval-europe)”. In Linked Pasts IV. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Gabriel H. Pizzorno, Daniel Lord Smail, and Laura Morreale. 2018. “[Using Linked Open Data for a Documentary Archaeology of Late Medieval Europe](/publication/using-linked-open-data-documentary-archaeology-late-medieval-europe)”. In Linked Pasts IV. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum8726/files/pizzorno/files/dalme_lod_poster.pdf) The “Documentary Archaeology of Late Medieval Europe” (DALME) is a publicly accessible database of material culture based on the textual sources from later medieval Europe. The goal of the project is to increase our understanding of Europe’s material... - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum8726/files/pizzorno/files/dalme_lod_poster.pdf) --- Attachments- [ image drap\_ore.jpg ](/sites/g/files/omnuum8726/files/pizzorno/files/drap_ore.jpg) - [ image drap\_notebook.jpg ](/sites/g/files/omnuum8726/files/pizzorno/files/drap_notebook.jpg) - [ image drap\_objects.jpg ](/sites/g/files/omnuum8726/files/pizzorno/files/drap_objects.jpg) - [ image drap\_photos.jpg ](/sites/g/files/omnuum8726/files/pizzorno/files/drap_photos.jpg) ---