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The ARIADNEplus project was the extension of the previous ARIADNE Integrating Activity, which successfully integrated archaeological data infrastructures in Europe, indexing in its registry about 2.000.000 datasets (ARIADNE portal). ARIADNEplus built on the ARIADNE results, extending and supporting the research community and further developing the relationships with key stakeholders. The 41 ARIADNEplus partners came from 23 European countries, plus 4 international partners, and included leaders in different domains like palaeoanthropology, bioarchaeology and environmental archaeology as well as other sectors of archaeological sciences, including all periods of human presence from the appearance of hominids to present times. Transnational Activities together with the planned training further reinforced the presence of ARIADNEplus as a key actor.
The data infrastructure is embedded in a cloud that offers the availability of Virtual Research Environments where data-based archaeological research may be carried out. The project furthermore developed a Linked Data approach to data discovery, making available to users innovative services, such as visualization, annotation, text mining and geo-temporal data management. Innovative pilots were developed to test and demonstrate the innovation potential of the ARIADNEplus approach.
ARIADNEplus was funded by the European Commission under the H2020 Programme, contract no. H2020-INFRAIA-2018-1-823914 from 1.1.2019 to 31.12.2022.