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SKELETOR: advances in bioarchaeological data recording system

In Croatia, the procedure of documenting human skeletal remains is mostly done using paper forms. Data collected during this procedure varies in type, complexity, and levels of categorization, so subsequent digitization usually covers only a small part of it. This slows down the analysis process significantly, makes accessing and processing data difficult, and its long-term preservation questionable. Since within the discipline, well-developed and subject-specific databases are usually unavailable or unaffordable, an easy-to-use system for recording and analysing human skeletal remains in a digital environment was developed under the Croatian Science Foundation “milOrd” project. The system named SKELETOR is suitable for the digitization of existing bioarchaeological data and the direct import of data during the process of documentation. Along with built-in compatibility with archaeological field data archived in tabular form, it is also intended to ensure long-term data preservation. Using the example of bioarchaeological data on human skeletal remains collected as a part of the “milOrd” project, the authors will present the data entry procedure and the system-provided capabilities for their analysis. In this way, the advantages of this system, which enables simpler and faster access to recorded data, simultaneously speeding up and simplifying the bioarchaeological analysis, will be considered.

human skeletal remains, bioarchaeological dataset, spreadsheet data, recording forms

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