The Harvest of Malta

A few years ago, NWO awarded subsidies to four university projects for lifting the information from the so-called Malta excavations to a higher scientific interpretation level. During these commercial excavations, as carried out within the framework of the new archaeological legislation, there often is insufficient time and space to arrive at a scientific synthesis. Four universities will now get the chance to integrate this so-called 'Harvest of Malta' to one coherent view of the past.

The e-depot for Dutch archaeology (EDNA) has been pleading for integral archiving of the digital results of these four projects. New scientific insights are gained on the basis of the existing digital data. That actually makes them a prime example of reuse and they show the benefits of sustainable digital archiving. NWO has made an additional subsidy available to the four university institutions to this end. DANS takes care of coordination and sustainable archiving.

Contact person DANS
Drs Milco Wansleeben T 06 151 589 21 E milco.wansleeben at dans.knaw.nl

Partners

• Universiteit Leiden, Faculteit der Archeologie (2 projecten: H. Fokkens; L.P. Louwe Kooijmans)
• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculteit der Letteren (N.G.A.M. Roymans)
• Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (M. Erdrich)
• Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)

Links
Programme site De Oogst van Malta
Documentation