Data
The data for this lesson is from a fictional excavation that will take place in the Digital Archaeology Lab later this year. The data have been intentionally ‘messed up’ for the lesson.
Download the data file to your computer by clicking this link.
Software
For this lesson you will need OpenRefine (formerly Google Refine) and a web browser.
Note: this is a Java program that runs on your machine (not in the cloud). It runs inside your browser, but no web connection is needed.
Windows
- Check that you have Firefox or Chrome browsers installed and set as your default browser. OpenRefine runs in your default browser. It will not run correctly in Internet Explorer.
- Download software from http://openrefine.org
- Unzip the downloaded file into a directory by right-clicking and selecting “Extract…”. Name that directory something like OpenRefine.
- Go to your newly created OpenRefine directory.
- Launch OpenRefine
- Click the openrefine.exe (this will launch a command prompt window, but you can ignore that and wait for the browser to launch)
- If you are using a different browser, or OpenRefine does not automatically open for you, point your browser at http://127.0.0.1:3333/ or http://localhost:3333 to launch the program.
Mac
- Check that you have Firefox or Chrome browsers installed and set as your default browser. OpenRefine runs in your default browser. It will not run correctly in Internet Explorer.
- Download software from http://openrefine.org
- Unzip the downloaded file into a directory by double-clicking it. Name that directory something like OpenRefine.
- Go to your newly created OpenRefine directory.
- Launch OpenRefine
- Drag icon into Applications folder, and Ctrl-click/Open… it.
- If you are using a different browser, or OpenRefine does not automatically open for you, point your browser at http://127.0.0.1:3333/ or http://localhost:3333 to launch the program.
Linux
- Check that you have Firefox or Chrome browsers installed and set as your default browser. OpenRefine runs in your default browser. It will not run correctly in Internet Explorer.
- Download software from http://openrefine.org
- Unzip the downloaded file into a directory. Name that directory something like OpenRefine.
- Go to your newly created OpenRefine directory.
- Launch OpenRefine
- Type ./refine into the terminal within the OpenRefine directory
- If you are using a different browser, or OpenRefine does not automatically open for you, point your browser at http://127.0.0.1:3333/ or http://localhost:3333 to launch the program.