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The '''Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery''' ('''DAACS''') is an ongoing Internet-based research and archival initiative of the [[Thomas Jefferson Foundation]] meant to advance the historical understanding of slavery and slave-based society in the [[United States]] and the [[Caribbean]] in the time before the [[American Civil War]]. The project was initially founded in 2000 with funds from the Archaeology Department of [[Monticello]], the historical home and plantation of [[Thomas Jefferson]] and a modern [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Project History|url=http://www.daacs.org/aboutdaacs/project-history/|website=Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery|accessdate=3 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Monticello, a UNESCO World Heritage Site|url=http://www.monticello.org/site/about/monticello-unesco-world-heritage-site|website=Monticello|accessdate=3 July 2015}}</ref> The project's goals include cultivating collaboration between scholars of multiple disciplines and the sharing and [[open access]] to American slavery-related archaeological data.<ref name=About>{{cite web|title=About DAACS|url=http://www.daacs.org/aboutdaacs/|website=Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery|accessdate=3 July 2015}}</ref>

In addition to organizing and conducting physical excavations of slavery-related archaeological sites throughout the [[Chesapeake Bay|Chesapeake]] region, the [[Carolinas]], and the Caribbean, the project maintains a free, online, publicly available SQL database of detailed archaeological recordings from sites related to the slavery of Africans in North America and the Caribbean. The data are systematically recorded using a single set of classification and measurement protocols, enabling researchers to perform both cross-site and within-site analyses on available data.<ref name=About/>

== 3D laser scanned artifact images ==

In 2008, with funding from the US [[National Endowment for the Humanities]] and the UK [[Joint Information Systems Committee]], the DAACS began a project to provide three-dimensional laser scans of [[Afro-Caribbean]] artifact [[sherds]] as part of its online dataset. 3D image files are created using a NextEngine 3D Scanner HD at a resolution of 40,000 points/in², using 3D digital scanning techniques established by the [[University of California, San Diego]] Levantine and Cyber-Archaeology Laboratory. Though the project is currently limited to Afro-Caribbean sherds from select sites, the DAACS has stated plans to expand the project to scanning [[ceramic]] and non-ceramic artifacts from sites throughout the [[Atlantic]] region. All 3D scan files ([[Wavefront .obj file|.obj]]) and constituent image files ([[.jpg]]) are publicly available for download as part of the [[open access]] DAACS database.<ref>{{cite web|title=3D Laser Scanned Artifact Images|url=http://www.daacs.org/about-the-database/3d-laser-scanned-artifact-images/|website=Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery|accessdate=3 July 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.daacs.org/ Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) homepage]
*[http://www.daacs.org/query-the-database/ DAACS Open Access Database]
*[http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/monticello-archaeology/ Monticello Department of Archaeology] at the Monticello UNESCO World Heritage Site
*[http://www.daacs.org/about-the-database/3d-laser-scanned-artifact-images/ 3D Laser Scanned Artifact Images] information at the DAACS website

[[Category:Slavery in North America]]
[[Category:Archaeological databases]]

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