What happens to documentation after the field season ends? RADOGOST helps store and share archaeological data so it can be found, understood, and reused.
Imagine a classic scenario: fieldwork, hundreds of photos, RTK GPS files, sketches, context descriptions, 3D models, artefact tables, analytical notes. Then “after the season”, when archaeologists return home and sit down at desks and in libraries, everything lands on a hard drive. The data gets sorted and usually ends up in folders named “NEW”, “FINAL”, “FINAL_2”… and starts living a life of its own. After a year, no one remembers which file is current. After five years, no one knows whose coordinates those were, what the methodology was, or whether it’s even allowed to show it to anyone.
Now consider another perspective: science based on verification, re-analysis, and data reuse. This is exactly where RADOGOST comes in.
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