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A wavy line with numbers on either side along it's length to denote a path. Above the path is the title of this piece in light blue. It reads "Learn to Conduct a Basic Archaeological Survey". Next to that on the right is a narrow dark blue bar that reads "A Data Story Short" perpendicular to the other text. Below the path is the Open Context logo of a blue rhombus with long edge oriented up and down on the left and light blue rhombus in the same orientation to form a book next the the words "Open context". This is above words that say "The Alexandria Archive Institute".

Learn to Conduct a Basic Archaeological Survey

July 31, 2025 by Paulina Przystupa

Welcome to the Alexandria Archive Institute and Open Context‘s Data Story Shorts! Here in Learn to Conduct a Basic Archaeological Survey, you’ll conduct an archaeological-style survey of your neighborhood and use those observations to cultivate your data literacy. We based this short on practices from the “slow” movement and if you’d like to learn more […]

On a dark blue banner in white reads "A Digital Data Story". Perpendicular to that in light blue across the top reads "Stop and Smell…the Material Culture?: An Object-Oriented Observation Guide". Below that is the Open Context logo of a blue rhombus with long edge oriented up and down on the left and light blue rhombus in the same orientation to form a book next the the words "Open context". This is above words that say "The Alexandria Archive Institute". In the center is one grey trowel with flowers growing or etched onto it in Dark blue. This is meant to illustrate that this data story focuses on taking the time to mindfully observe a single belonging.

Stop and Smell the…Material Culture?: An Object-Oriented Observation Guide

November 9, 2023 by Paulina Przystupa

This exercise is best suited to those with an interest in belonging or material culture analysis, archaeological data collection, or using mindful observation skills for archaeology and daily life. Users should have a basic understanding of observation and recording methods, such as handwritten, audio, or video recording, but little previous experience with archaeology or data […]

On a dark blue banner in white reads "A Digital Data Story". Perpendicular to that in light blue across the top reads "The Road Most Traveled: An Archaeological Survey Guide". Below that is the Open Context logo of a blue rhombus with long edge oriented up and down on the left and light blue rhombus in the same orientation to form a door next to the words "Open Context". This is above words that say "The Alexandria Archive Institute". In the center is a series of trowels in dark blue, pink, light blue, and purple that are connected via swirling dashed lines to location tear drops farther down the page. This is meant to illustrate that this data story focuses on survey.

The Road Most Traveled: An Archaeological Survey Guide

November 2, 2023 by Paulina Przystupa

This exercise is best suited to those with an interest in archaeological survey, archaeological data collection, or using mindful observation skills for archaeology and daily life. Users should have a basic understanding of observation and recording methods, such as handwritten, audio, or video recording, but previous experience with archaeology or data creation is not required.

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