- Source
- Advances in Archaeological Practice
- Published
- 20 Jul 2026
- Authors
- Joshua J. Wells, N. Gupta, Kelsey Noack Myers
Excerpt from source
Abstract The proliferation of information and communication technologies in US archaeology has created myriad expectations for professional labor throughout the life cycle of data. Technological adoption has outpaced the development of professional and ethical frameworks, leaving archaeological data labor unsustainable in our under-resourced discipline. This article reviews traditional Western paradigms underpinning legal and intellectual property models that have shaped archaeological data standards and contribute to problematic outcomes for archaeological data labor, alienate publics from primary data of publicly mandated heritage preservation, disregard Indigenous Data Sovereignty, and…
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