roadDB: Access Data from the ROCEEH Out of Africa Database (ROAD)
Provides an R interface to the ROCEEH Out of Africa Database (ROAD) (<https://www.roceeh.uni-tuebingen.de/roadweb/smarty_road_simple_search.php>), a comprehensive resource for archaeological, anthropological, paleoenvironmental and geographic data from Africa and Eurasia dating from 3,000,000 to 20,000 years BP. The package allows users to retrieve data from the online database at different levels of detail and customize search requests. Functions return 'data frame' objects compatible with other R packages used in prehistoric and paleoenvironmental science, supporting reproducible workflows as an input provider.
| Version: |
0.1.0 |
| Imports: |
RPostgres, assertthat, utils, dplyr, stringr, glue |
| Suggests: |
ggplot2, knitr, rmarkdown, testthat (≥ 3.0.0) |
| Published: |
2026-02-08 |
| DOI: |
10.32614/CRAN.package.roadDB (may not be active yet) |
| Author: |
Zara Kanaeva 
[aut],
Andrew Kandel
[ctb],
Jesper Borre Pedersen
[aut],
Christian Sommer
[aut, cre],
Timo Patrick Streicher
[aut],
Research Center: The Role of Culture in Early Expansions of Humans
(ROCEEH) [cph],
Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities [fnd] |
| Maintainer: |
Christian Sommer <christian.sommer at uni-tuebingen.de> |
| License: |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| NeedsCompilation: |
no |
| Citation: |
roadDB citation info |
| Materials: |
README, NEWS |
| CRAN checks: |
roadDB results |
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