Archaeological Artefact Database of Finland (AADA) Photographs

Archaeological Artefact Dataset Finland, photos

 Citing photographs:

Moilanen et al. 2024. (Moilanen, U., Pesonen, P., Saipio, J., Tiilikkala, J., Sanwal, M. 2024. Archaeological Artefact Database of Finland (AADA)) 

 and

 Pesonen et al. 2024. (Pesonen, P., Moilanen, U., Roose, M., Saipio, J., Tiilikkala, J., Sanwal, U., Immonen, V., Vesakoski, O. & Onkamo, P. 2024. Archaeological Artefact Database of Finland (AADA)). Resubmitted manuscript to Nature Scientific Data)

Photographs download

Photograph repository: https://zenodo.org/records/11256533

 AADA Dataset download of latest releases and descriptions 

Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/11279777

This dataset includes the photos related to Archaeological Artefact Database of Finland (AADA, https://zenodo.org/records/11279777). The aim of this paper is to act as AADA dataset photo naming and access guide.

 Each artefact in the AADA Supplement 1. (https://zenodo.org/records/11279777) photo has an individual identifier name (Column “PhotoID”) and the corresponding individual photo (s) are is found with the same identifier (PhotoID) from the photo files in hand. The naming of the photographs was created with the following pattern (titles of columns of the AADA Database): “Collection” + ”Main number” + ”Subnumber”, e.g., KM 12345_5.jpg. In several cases there are many photographs of the same artefact and then these are indicated with a,b,c etc., e.g., KM 12345_5b.jpg. 

The photos are arranged according to their collection id:s (column “Collection” in Supplement 1. organised in folders in the AADA Supplement 2. To merge the photos to the typological data, users need to download the photos and AADA dataset to their computer and run the Python script available here, in the “AADA Photos Hyperlink folder”. The details about the script can be found in the Readme file. Users can also create hyperlinks to the Photo ID column of Excel tables. Photo links can be created directly in the Excel tables by linking to the Photo ID column. This enables quick access to the photos from within the database.

Photo ID naming convention

The photographs in the AADA dataset are named using the following pattern based on specific column titles from the database:

Example

KM 12345_5.jpg

Collection: KM

Main number: 12345

Subnumber: 5

In cases where there are multiple photographs of the same artefact, they are distinguished by adding letters (a, b, c, etc.) after the subnumber:

KM 12345_5b.jpg

Collection: KM

Main number: 12345

Subnumber: 5

Additional identifier: b

Locating photographs:

Downloading and running the Python script

To utilize the photos efficiently, follow these steps:

Download the photos and typological  data to your local computer.

Navigate to the AADA Photos Hyperlink folder.

Run the provided Python script to automate the hyperlinking process.

Notes

Most of the pottery data do not have photos of them because the material is highly fragmented and unique vessels were not separated.  

Data restrictions

The dataset and photos are freely and openly available to anyone with the condition of mentioning this publication as a reference when using the data in publications.Dataset  and photos are for noncommercial use only.