Allison Sterrett-Krause, College of Charleston
We developed a database system for artifacts from a legacy archaeological project (excavated in the early 1990s) using Caspio, a commercial low-code/no-code cloud-based data management platform. The primary research aim of the project was to allow for pandemic-related cross-platform access to data during data entry and analysis; long term aims include digital data archiving. Pedagogically this project offered students in information systems and archaeology opportunities to collaborate on developing a fully-functional data system. This project was intended primarily for the use of a small team of undergraduate student research assistants and the author, their supervising professor. The low-code commercial environment, Caspio, allowed development of data entry and data reporting tools to be managed in-house by the project staff, rather than relying on specialists in information management and archaeological informatics for continual assistance. At the end of the project, it is anticipated that data can be archived and made available to others. While the current project is designed as a private system, commercial low-code database environments offer archaeologists opportunities to more easily manage and control their data.