THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF BATTLEFIELD ARCHAEOLOGY: DIGITAL PRESERVATION OF AMERICA'S REVOLUTIONARY WAR [THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF BATTLEFIELD ARCHAEOLOGY (DABA), LED BY THE CENTER FOR DIGITAL ANTIQUITY AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, SEEKS SUPPORT TO PRESERVE AND EXPAND ACCESS TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIGITAL RESOURCES DOCUMENTING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR. THOUSANDS OF REPORTS, DATASETS, IMAGES, AND GIS FILES PRODUCED OVER DECADES OF RESEARCH REMAIN DISPERSED, POORLY INDEXED, AND VULNERABLE TO LOSS. DABA WILL IDENTIFY, AGGREGATE, AND CURATE THESE DIGITAL MATERIALS WITHIN THE DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD (TDAR), ENSURING LONG-TERM PRESERVATION AND OPEN, ETHICAL REUSE. BY UNIFYING LEGACY AND BORN-DIGITAL DIGITAL RESOURCES, THE PROJECT WILL ENABLE NEW HUMANITIES RESEARCH INTO THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF SOLDIERS, CIVILIANS, AND TRIBAL NATIONS, WHILE SUPPORTING PUBLIC HISTORY, EDUCATION, AND DESCENDANT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. DABA WILL ESTABLISH DURABLE CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE THAT STRENGTHENS HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP AND PRESERVES THE MATERIAL RECORD OF THE NATION?S FOUNDING CONFLICT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.]