What do the FAIR and CARE Principles Mean in the Practice of Archaeology
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In this paper, the authors present ongoing work by the FAIR+CARE Cultural Heritage Network, a group working to investigate, develop, demonstrate, and promote more equitable cultural heritage data practices in archaeology. The Network aims to reconcile the apparent social and technical contradictions between two highly regarded data management principles: the CARE (collective benefit, authority to control, responsibility, and ethics) and FAIR (findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reuse). The Network’s four co-directors will discuss activities to date aimed at advancing the capacity of Tribal Historic Preservation Offices, CRM, federal and state agencies, universities, repositories and publishers to curate data that relate to Indigenous Peoples in an ethically responsible manner. Specifically, the authors discuss how centering the cultural rights of Indigenous Peoples and descendant communities creates ground for decision making and capacity building throughout the data lifecycle in American archaeology.