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The
prominent feature of a contemporary research is that more
and more of data involved becomes initially digital. Still
at the moment we distract from the enthusiastic view of the
digital future of archaeology and draw our attention to the
past of the science the first thing we see is huge piles of
data that has been collected for decades and centuries of
previous research.
There are three main problems arousing with old data: its
secure storage and preservation, its unification and integration,
its reassessment, re-systematisation and re-analysis within
current research.
The ambitious project, initiated by the Smolensk archaeological
expedition in the year 2000, gives a new life to the multi-type
data (archive and thematic maps, remote sensing data, field
records, reports, finds, photos, publications, references,
etc), collected during nearly 130 years of archaeological
excavations and scientific research of one of the largest
in Russia complex of medieval archaeological sites of Gnezdovo.
The data is digitally integrated in the designed analytical
information system powered by ArcView GIS, AutoCAD, Microsoft
Access, HTML and other solutions.
This paper presents a detailed overview of all the stages
of the project from the design to data digitising, insertion
and management.
Key words: digital, archive, data, research, integration
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