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Download the AHOB Database
From this page you may download the AHOB database for local use. Each table comes as a comma-delimited text file that can be maniuplated in programs like Microsoft Excel or which can be imported into analytical tools like R or into relational databases like mySQL.
Click on the linked names below to download data tables.
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site name, location, age, lithology, etc. |
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taxon, site, location, age, etc. |
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industry, site, location, age, etc. |
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date, error, lab, site, location, age, etc. |
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date, material, lab, site, location, age, etc. |
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geochem method, value, material, lab, site, location, age, etc. |
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site, source id, source etc. |
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source id, source, url |
Table Relationships
Table relationships can be established using the following columns:
- LocNum - links general site data from the sites table to data in the other tables.
- SiteHorzNum - links detailed data about stratigraphic horizons from the sites table to data in the other tables.
- SourceID - links short source names in any table to the complete source information in the mastersources table).
About the Database and its Web Interface
The AHOB Database interface and the relationships of its underlying tables is described in:
Polly, P. D. and C. B. Stringer. 2011. The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain (AHOB) Database. In R. Macchiarelli and G-C. Weniger (ed.) Pleistocene Databases: Acquisition, Storing, Sharing. Wissenschaftliche Schriften des Neanderthal Museums, 4: 51-60.
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