A Workflow Tool for Archaeological Experiments and Analytics

Abstract

This paper outlines the background to, and design of, a workflow tool intended to help plan and record archaeological experiments. The tool consists of a user-friendly interface for annotations and drawing flowcharts, and is being developed to work on smartphones, tablets and desktop computers. It is being written as part of a larger project aimed at creating a digital infrastructure that should make it easier for everyone involved in archaeology to share digital resources. Our workflow tool addresses the need to make the results of experimental archaeology more accessible to the wider archaeological community, and to make them more reproducible. It should also help reduce the risk of making mistakes and wasting time and/or resources when running experiments through better planning.

Keywords

• documentation
• newest era
• germany
• digitalisation
• experimental archaeology