OCSEAN Workshop on modelling archaeological data March 8 - 10 in Pühajärve, Estonia brings together leading researchers from the fields of archaeology, genomics, and data modelling. Scientist from several partner universities and guest presenters gathered to tackle questions of archaeological data modelling possibilities, challenges, and potential new avenues of research. Within two days of presentations, exchange of ideas and brainstorming on current research in the fields of Pacific archaeology, anthropology and data science, the participants explored the avenues of modelling archaeological data with state-of-the-art computational and statistical methods. The workshop ended with tours in the University of Tartu two main participating departments: 1) Department of Archaeology - overview of collections and projects, methods available; and 2) Institute of Genomics - introduction of ancient DNA lab, Estonian Biocenter, Estonian Genome Center.
