Version: 5
Framework: Arches Project

Overview

EAMENA ("Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa") is a project dedicated to the documentation and assessment of archaeological sites across the MENA region. This repository is an Arches-based implementation for managing EAMENA's spatial, descriptive, and heritage data.

Arches is an open-source platform designed for cultural heritage data management. EAMENA leverages its graph database and semantic capabilities to organize and share site data, threats, activities, and historical information.

The EAMENA database is a customised Arches 7.6 instance, which may be installed from this repository.

Resources

• Main project repository: eamena-project/eamena
• Documentation:
  • See the EAMENA Arches Database README for more information on deployment and database structure.
• Arches documentation:
  • Arches Documentation

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python (recommended version per Arches documentation)
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch
• Node.js & npm (for frontend assets)
• Celery and a suitable message queue, such as RabbitMQ
• Familiarity with Arches

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/eamena-project/eamena.git
   cd eamena

2. Install dependencies:
   Install Python dependencies. It is recommended to do this within a virtual environment.

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Configure database and environment:
   See this guide for EAMENA-specific setup. The Arches package containing all the EAMENA customisations may be installed from the ./pkg directory.

Support

If you need more detailed developer or deployment instructions, please see the database README.