About Geohistorical Fair Data in the French Context of Research. The Case of the PARCEDES Project on Agrarian Landscapes

The PARCEDES project funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR) involve multiple institutions across France, Italy, and England and aim to study the organization and evolution of agrarian parcels or field boundaries from Protohistory to the present day in four different areas (Vend.e, N.mes, Maremma, Devon) in order to identify local particularities and general scenarios for the evolution of agrarian parcels. The project has a strong digital component, which complies as closely as possible with the FAIR principles, using a number of French digital tools, some of which are supported by the French government. Since 2023, several actions have been undertaken to give access to an visualise certain data produced or used during the project and to promote the research carried out within the project: - the production of webGIS with ArcGis online for public access enabling the display of datasets (https://parcedes. hypotheses.org/category/webgis); - the storage and sharing of data sets on the “Fabrique Num.rique du Pass.. (https://www.fabriquenumeriquedupasse.fr/pages/homepage_v2/) dedicated to the storage and dissemination ofgeohistorical data, backed by the “Projects Time Machine” consortium of the IR* Huma-Num (French State Research Infrastructure) https://parcedes.hypotheses.org/1155); - the ongoing publication of data papers on certain datasets produced by ANR PARCEDES; - promoting the results of PARCEDES research in the form of StoryMaps (https://parcedes.hypotheses.org/984) The challenges outlined in the paper, such as the fragmented landscape of data sharing, lack of standards, and obstacles in feeding data into research infrastructures, highlight the importance of initiatives like PARCEDES. By addressing these challenges, the project contributes to facilitating data sharing in archaeology and ensuring the long-term preservation of valuable geohistorical information. The guidelines and actions proposed in the paper align with the goals of collaborative projects like PARCEDES in creating a more accessible and interoperable geohistorical data. Abstract taken from the EAA 2024 Abstract Book: 30th EAA Annual Meeting (Rome, Italy 2024) - Abstract Book Names, titles and affiliations are reproduced as submitted by the session organisers and/or authors. Language and wording of titles and abstracts were not revised. Technical editing: Sára Tylšová, Magda Karabáš (EAA) Design and layout: Sára Tylšová, Magda Karabáš (EAA) Design - cover: Symposia srl Design - logo: Caterina Amendola European Association of Archaeologists Rome, August 2024 © European Association of Archaeologists, 2024 ISBN 978-80-88441-08-3 30th EAA Annual Meeting (Rome, 2024) https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2024/scientificprogramme