[Readme file for archaeological datasets]
[The instructions in this document are in square brackets.]
[When you have completed this document, remove all instructions and delete sections that you did not complete]
[Fill in as many sections as possible in this document to facilitate the reuse of your dataset.]
[For any information on this document, contact lgil@icac.cat]

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This file has been created on [date in format AAAA-MM-DD] by [Name].

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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1. Dataset title:
[Mandatory]

2. Authorship:
[Mandatory | Repeat the structure, one for each author.]
 
	Name: 
	Institution: 
	Email:
	ORCID: 

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DESCRIPTION
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1. Dataset language:
[Recommended]

2. Abstract:
[Mandatory | Explains the content of the dataset, its purpose, what data will be found, the types of files, their formats, etc.]
 
3. Keywords:
[Mandatory | Minimum 3 keywords from a thesaurus such as Art and Architecture Thesaurus, Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names, PeriodO, etc. | Repeat the structure, one for each term.]

	Term: 
	Vocabulary:
	Vocabulary URL:

4. Date of data collection:
[Mandatory | Single date or date range.]
 
	From: YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY
	To: YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY
 
5. Historical period covered by data:
[Mandatory | Single date or date range.]
 
	Start: YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY
	End: YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY
 
6. Publication Date:
[Mandatory | Date was made available for distribution/presentation.]

	YYYY-MM-DD 
 
7. Grant Information
[Mandatory | Repeat the scheme for each agency if necessary.] 

	Grant Agency: 
	Grant Number: 
 
8. Geographical location/s of data collection:
[Mandatory | Use Geonames: https://www.geonames.org ]
 
	Archaeological site:	
	Country:
	City:
	Geographic Unit: 
	Latitude:
	Longitude: 
 
9. Kind of data
[Recommended | Select one or more options.] 

	- Observation data 
	- Experimental data 
	- Simulation data 
	- Compiled data 
	- Geospatial data
	- Textual data
	- Program source code

10. Alternative URL 
[Recommended | Link where the dataset can also be accessed. They can also be added to personal or project websites.]


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ACCESS INFORMATION
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1. License of the dataset:
[Mandatory | Choose a license for data or software: https://ufal.github.io/public-license-selector ]

2. Citation:
[Mandatory]

2. Dataset DOI: 
[Mandatory]
 
3. Related publications:
[Mandatory | Bibliographic citation]

4. Links to other research outputs and datasets:
[Recommended]


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VERSIONING AND PROVENANCE 
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1. Specify the origin of the data: 
[Recommended]  

2. Last modification date:
[Recommended]

	YYYY-MM-DD

3. Version dataset: 
[Mandatory]


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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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1. Methods used to collect and generate the data:
[Recommended | Select one or more options.] 

	- Archaeological excavation
	- Archival research
	- Archaeological prospections
	- Analytical Investigations: Inorganic Materials Study, Dating (Bioarchaeology, Ancient DNA, Dendrochronology, C14)
	- Other (explain)

2. Data processing methods:
[Mandatory | Describes how the published dataset was generated.]

3. Software used to generate the dataset:
[Mandatory | Include name and version.]

4. Software or instruments needed to interpret the data:
[Recommended]

5. Information about instruments, calibration, and standards:
[Recommended]

6. Quality-assurance procedures performed on the data:
[Recommended | Select one or more options.]

	- Set up of scientific and technical committee.
	- Use of tools for automatic checks.
	- Data conform to format specification.
	- Consistency verified with data models and standards.
	- Other (explain)

7. People involved in experiments, surveys, processing, analysis, etc.
 [Recommended]

 
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FILE OVERVIEW
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1. Explain the file naming conversion:
[Mandatory]
 
	Ex. ArchaeologicalSite_CaptureYear_TypeFile_Number.jpg 
	
	Attributes
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	Archaeological site: A very short title representing the archaeological site. 
	Year: The year of the excavation (YYYY). 
	Type of file: A very short title of the kind of file. 
	Number: Three-digit unique sequential identifier such as 001, 002, 003.

2. File list:
[Mandatory | Repeat the scheme for each file.]
 
	File name:
	Description:  
 
3. Relationship between files:
[Recommended]
 
4. File(s) format(s):
[Mandatory]

5. Directory structure:
[Recommended]


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SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR TABULAR DATA
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1. Data dictionary (variables, units of measures, codes or symbols for missing data, special formats, or abbreviations) .
[Mandatory. | Check out ICAC's template: http://hdl.handle.net/2072/536963 ]


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README.txt template for research data published on CORA.RDR 
(https://dataverse.csuc.cat/) --- Version: 1.1 (2024-05-22). 
Disponible a: http://hdl.handle.net/2072/534226 
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