Tag Archives: data access

Forensic osteology resource

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Adam Van Arsdale

The good people at forensicosteology.org have put together a large number of resources related to the field. I see today that they have a wonderful metabase of searchable osteology trauma specimens, including catalog/institution reference information as well as photographic (and … Continue reading →

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Skeletal collections database

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Adam Van Arsdale

Some time ago I began slowly collecting information relating to known anthropological skeletal collections. The task quickly fell beneath more pressing obligations, but I am happy to see that someone else has had much more success. Highfantastical.com has a really … Continue reading →

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One of the advantages of data openness

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Adam Van Arsdale

People can tell you if you messed up prior to becoming associated with a widely cited, but ultimately wrong analysis. The current example is the much-discussed case of the Reinhart/Rogoff economics paper about the alleged dangers of high public debt … Continue reading →

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Talking about data access at the 2013 AAPAs

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Adam Van Arsdale

This week is the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA), in Knoxville, Tennessee. My visit to this year’s meetings is going to be an abbreviated one, owing to the realities of leaving a 3-week old at … Continue reading →

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Still more on data access

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

John Markoff has a piece in yesterday’s NY Times about the limited availability of huge troves of digital and internet data produced by companies like Google and Facebook. The issue came to a boil last month at a scientific conference … Continue reading →

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Lines not written about paleoanthropology

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

Scientists bicker as vigorously as any other group, but rarely about the right to share and publish the data on which their research depends – Michael Specter, “The Deadliest Virus” The New Yorker, 3/12/12 The article, like most writing I’ve … Continue reading →

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