Palaeoenvironmental Records and Php Possibilities: Results and Perspectives on an Online Bioarcheological Database

Enora Maguet (1) , Jean-Baptiste Barreau (2, 3) , Chantal Leroyer (4, 2)

1 UR2 - Université de Rennes 2
2 CReAAH - Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire
3 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
4 MC - Ministère de la Culture

ABCData project is an online bioarchaeological database, that essentially gathers palynological and anthracological data. This relational database was built using a framework (FuelPHP), and the different interfaces and applications were all developed through computer programming, using several languages and open access libraries. In particular, we developed a paly-nological query interface associated to a SVG graphics generation tool. We tested ABCData’s functioning through the integration and the analysis of numerous palynological cores that had already been studied with a different method. This study revealed a great accordance between the two methods, and highlighted some bias and the necessity of permanently watching over of the statistic distribution of the samples

Keywords: PH; Interdisciplinary; Palaeoenvironment; Programming; Database

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Archaeology and Prehistory; Computer Science [cs]; Databases [cs.DB]

Enora Maguet, Jean-Baptiste Barreau, Chantal Leroyer. Palaeoenvironmental Records and Php Possibilities: Results and Perspectives on an Online Bioarcheological Database. 43rd Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, Mar 2015, Siena, Italy. pp.143-156. ⟨hal-02459295⟩