The Latest Biology News And Medical NewsBiology News 2Health News 2Biology News 3Health News 3
HOME >> BIOLOGY >> NEWS
e-Science records Roman finds

Twenty first century e-Science met the ancient Roman world in a Hampshire field this summer. For the first time, archaeologists excavating at the Silchester Roman site used e-Science techniques to record their finds. The techniques will be demonstrated at the e-Science All Hands meeting in Nottingham on 20-22 September.

The archaeologists are participating in a project to build a Virtual Research Environment (VRE) that will enable geographically-dispersed researchers with an interest in the work to collaborate through on-line links. The project is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).

Silchester is one of the most important Roman sites in Britain. The town layout remains just as it was when the Romans abandoned it in the fifth century AD because nobody has built on it since. The excavations are of wide interest to Romanists throughout the UK and beyond.

Traditionally, archaeologists dig at the site during eight weeks each summer and record their finds using paper and pencil. These records are digitised the following winter for entry into the York-based Integrated Archaeological Database (IADB), which is held on a server in Reading.

The Silchester VRE project has three main aims. The first is to streamline this data gathering process, so saving time spent later on digitising records. The second is to facilitate on-line collaboration between researchers allowing them to share data and expertise. The third is to make databases inter-operable so that data can be compared easily and new correlations and insights found. "The project is streamlining the flow of data from excavation right through to publication, which traditionally is a very long process," says Mike Rains, a member of the project team from the York Archaeological Trust.

This season, archaeologists tackled the first aim by abandoning their paper and pencils and taking up hand-held computers (PDAs) instead. Although the excavation is a mile
'"/>

Contact: Judy Redfearn
judy.redfearn@epsrc.ac.uk
44-776-835-6309
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
21-Sep-2005


Page: 1 2

Related biology news :

1. UK e-Science Program wins award for leadership in grid computing
2. UKs first optical network gives boost to e-Science
3. Science on the Grid: e-Science projects deliver for science, industry and engineering
4. Materials scientists get the whole picture with new e-Science technique
5. Innovating through e-Science
6. UC researchers shatter world records with length of latest carbon nanotube arrays
7. New species and new records of marine species discovered in NW Hawaiian Islands
8. Equine Medical Center records successful year for neonatal foals
9. A Guinness book of biological records
10. Nano springs eternal; Protozoan engine posts nano records
11. Waggle dance controversy resolved by radar records of bee flight paths

Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
TAG: Science records Roman finds

(Date:11/25/2009)...nia Institute of Technology (Caltech) have uncover...n the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster . , Th...nship between the neurotransmitter dopamine and at... described in the December issue of the journal N...bout 20,000 neurons and has long been considered a...
(Date:11/25/2009)...h, may be used to boost resistance to, or slow, th...of Medicine researchers report in a study publishe...e . , Parkinson,s disease is caused by a degener...in known as the substantia nigra, which is respons...of dopamine in late-stage Parkinson,s causes sympt...
(Date:11/25/2009)...es. In addition to mammalian immune systems that b...bacteriophages, viruses that kill half the bacteri...d another class of microorganisms called archaea (...eep-sea volcanic vents) manage just fine, thank yo...stem that helps protect them from many viruses and...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):Caltech scientists find emotion-like behaviors, regulated by dopamine, in fruit flies 2Caltech scientists find emotion-like behaviors, regulated by dopamine, in fruit flies 3Caltech scientists find emotion-like behaviors, regulated by dopamine, in fruit flies 4Hormone ghrelin can boost resistance to Parkinson's disease 2Researchers discover biological basis of 'bacterial immune system' 2Researchers discover biological basis of 'bacterial immune system' 3Entomological Society of America names 2009 award winners 10202 1Entomological Society of America names 2009 award winners 10202 2A need for leadership in primary care 58607 1A need for leadership in primary care 58607 2Eleven Health 26amp 3B Consumer Groups Urge Federal Court to Reject Tobacco Companies Lawsuit Against FDA Tobacco Regulation Law 58604 1Eleven Health 26amp 3B Consumer Groups Urge Federal Court to Reject Tobacco Companies Lawsuit Against FDA Tobacco Regulation Law 58604 2
(Date:11/25/2009)..., Ambassador to Speak at ... Toronto, Canada (Vocus) November 25, 2009 -- Amba..., ,Who: ,David Appia, French Ambassador for Intern...vest in France Agency ,To view a biography of Davi...: ,Ambassador Appia is available to meet with pres...
(Date:11/25/2009)...,, ,, BOCARATON,Fla.,Nov.25/PRNewswire...forBodyLogicMD.Thenation,slargestandfastestgrowing...medicallysupervised bioidenticalhormones has grown...er2008-from21to36physicians -andisinprogresstoaddm...,bytheendofthisyear. ,, Inthepastyear ,BodyLogi...
(Date:11/25/2009)...,, MARKHAM,ON,Nov.25/PRNewswire/-Cytochromat...ardofDirectors.Dr.MoldtwillreplaceMr.UlrikSporkast...erofBoardmembersremainsunchangedatsixmembers. ,...dlookforwardtobenefitingfromhisexperienceandguidan...adingCKD-focusedspecialtypharmaceuticalcompany,"st...
(Date:11/25/2009)...,, BEIJING,Nov.25/PRNewswire-Asia/--SinovacB...cines,announcedtodaythatitexecuted,ajointventure(J...ologyCo.,Ltd.(SinovacDalian).TheJVwillresearch,dev...ovacwillcontributeitsexpertise,andexperienceindeve...herpartywillbringitslanduserights,manufacturingfac...
Breaking Biology Technology:French Ambassador for International Investment to Visit Toronto December 11 2Nation's Largest Network of Doctors Specializing in Bioidentical Hormones Grows at an Exponential Rate 2Nation's Largest Network of Doctors Specializing in Bioidentical Hormones Grows at an Exponential Rate 3Cytochroma Announces Appointment of Peter Moldt to Board of Directors 2Sinovac Establishes Joint Venture to Expand Human-Use Vaccine Development and Manufacturing Capabilities 2Sinovac Establishes Joint Venture to Expand Human-Use Vaccine Development and Manufacturing Capabilities 3
Other News:
...sts announced today a critical step on the path of...s for medicine. As described in the April 21 issue...olecular imprints coupled to DNA in mouse ES cells... almost any body cell type. These imprints, or "si...
...)--Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation will...xpedition to study the "rainforests" of the Red Se...m to complete years of coral reef research in just...o coral health such as global climate change, ecot...
...accelerates, quantifying the role of forests in th...seek simple predictors of forest biomass and carbo...lic ecology generated testable explanations, deriv... wide range of ecological patterns. However, in tw...
...ts at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have ...tocompatibility Complex (MHC) of the human genome.... more than 400 known genes. The best known of thes...and participate in the immune system by protecting...
Novel molecular 'signature' marks DNA of embryonic stem cells 2Novel molecular 'signature' marks DNA of embryonic stem cells 3Living Oceans Foundation leads Red Sea expedition 2Diverse tropical forests defy metabolic ecology models 2Diverse tropical forests defy metabolic ecology models 3Diverse tropical forests defy metabolic ecology models 4New method to analyse the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) of the human genome 2
Through its long-term Aurora Programme of solar system exploration, ESA is already preparing a series of robotic missions that will reveal the Red Planet's secrets and pave the way for a human expedit
...mson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvan...ology (JCO) have important implications for women ...hows that bilateral prophylactic mastectomy can re...with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, and may be even mo...
...how much of what proteins are produced in the cell.... One type of naturally occurring regulatory molec...ively disrupts the production of a protein it is p...ference. These short stretches of nucleotides comb...
An illustrious principle in ecology states that no two identical species may coexist: sooner or later all but one will drift to extinction. Researchers from the Beijing Normal University and the Unive
ESA prepares mission to search for life on Mars 2ESA prepares mission to search for life on Mars 3Mastectomy dramatically reduces breast cancer risk among women with BRCA1/2 mutations 2Mastectomy dramatically reduces breast cancer risk among women with BRCA1/2 mutations 3Exploring small RNA function 2