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Sustainable Archaeology (SA) is a digital archaeological research facility and collections repository that advances a sustainable form of practice and research archaeology in Ontario. Sustainable Archaeology is an inter-institutional collaborative research facility between the University of Western Ontario (Western) and McMaster University. Sustainable Archaeology's research facilities are located in London, Ontario, and Hamilton, Ontario. Sustainable Archaeology is funded by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Ontario Research Fund (ORF). Sustainable Archaeology consolidates archaeological collections from across Ontario digitally into the Informational Platform, a web-based database and research interface, bringing together thousands of collections generated through research and commercial or cultural resource management (CRM) archaeology in Ontario. Collections are held in-trust by Sustainable Archaeology for the people of Ontario.〔''Sustainable Archaeology Collections Procedures and Standards''. Document on file at Sustainable Archaeology. 2011.〕 The consolidation of data and collections facilitates collaborative research between divergent fields of archaeological study, and access to both recent and previously excavated archaeological materials. Artifacts, field records, contextual datasets, and reporting are converted into digital information and 3D images and integrated into the Informational Platform, a web-based research oriented database system. == Background == Since the 1970s, provincial legislation in Ontario has mandated that lands projected for development must first be assessed for evidence of cultural heritage, including archaeological sites.〔Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport. ("Land Use Planning and Development" ) Accessed 31 October 2012〕 As a result, the number of archaeological sites identified and excavated in the province, and the amount of data and collections amassed, has grown steadily over the past several decades.〔Ferris, Neal and Aubrey Cannon, ("Capacities for a Sustainable Archaeology" ), Paper presented at the Ontario Archaeological Society Annual Meeting, Waterloo, Ontario, 17 October 2009. Accessed 30 October 2012.〕 Today, 80-90% of archaeological practice in Ontario is conducted as commercial-based fieldwork, undertaken on behalf of the public and private sector by cultural resource management (CRM) companies.〔Sustainable Archaeology. http://sustainablearchaeology.org/. Accessed 30 October 2012〕 The collection of archaeological artifacts from licensed excavations has exceeded storage capabilities in Ontario. Collections have remained largely inaccessible to researchers, students, and local and Descendant communities.〔Ferris and Cannon, ("Capacities for a Sustainable Archaeology" )〕 This "crisis" in curation reflects broader trends in the management of archaeological collections internationally.〔Sullivan, Lynnne P. and S. Terry Childs. ''Curating Archaeological Collections: From the Field to the Repository''. Oxford: AltaMira Press, 2003〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sustainable Archaeology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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