Sources¶
This section explains where the repository's evidence comes from before that evidence is turned into maps, tables, and public summaries.
That matters because bijux-pollenomics is not built from one source family.
It combines pollenomics records, archaeology context, geographic framing
layers, human ancient DNA releases, and a separate animal ancient DNA intake
program. Those materials can appear together in one public product, but they
do not answer the same question and they should not be trusted for the same
reason.
Why This Section Exists¶
Readers usually want a simple answer to one of these first questions:
- what kind of evidence is this repository actually built from?
- which source family should I trust for the question I care about?
- why can some layers travel across many regions while others are local or still incomplete?
- what is the difference between a published map layer and the underlying source work that made it possible?
The pages in this section are here to answer those questions directly, in public language, before you have to think about repository layout.
The Main Source Families¶
| Family | What it mainly contributes | Best first use |
|---|---|---|
| LandClim | pollen sequence and REVEALS context | environmental setting and broad vegetation interpretation |
| Neotoma | paleoecological pollen-site context | site-centered pollen comparison across geography |
| SEAD | environmental archaeology context | wider archaeological context beyond one national system |
| RAÄ | Sweden-specific archaeology context | dense Swedish and Nordic archaeological reading |
| Boundaries | country and region framing | filtering and geographic scope interpretation |
| AADR | human ancient DNA release context | human aDNA comparison beside pollen and archaeology |
| Animal source intake | project, paper, supplement, and sample recovery for non-human aDNA | understanding what had to be recovered before animal aDNA can be published |
Infrastructure And Collaboration Networks¶
Not every important upstream relationship is a direct source family. Some are better understood as infrastructure or collaboration networks that help make the source families more reusable, comparable, and easier to align.
| Network | What it mainly contributes | Best first use |
|---|---|---|
| PalaeOpen | cross-repository palaeoecological metadata and collaboration alignment | checking where broader terrestrial and aquatic interoperability work can improve this repository without pretending the network is direct evidence |
How To Use These Pages¶
Start with Source comparison if you want the quickest answer to "which source family can answer my question?"
Open Source family matrix if you want to compare the whole repository at once: evidence type, geographic reach, publication role, and main limits.
Then move into the family pages only after you know what kind of source you are reading about. The short family pages explain the public meaning of each source. The longer process pages explain the harder cross-cutting ideas such as Refresh policy, Shared normalization, the shared Spatiotemporal posture, the animal recovery chain, and where infrastructure networks such as PalaeOpen help without becoming evidence on their own.
What Readers Should Take Away¶
- A mixed map is not a single kind of evidence.
- Pollenomics remains core to the repository, not decorative context around an ancient DNA story.
- Archaeology and boundaries help interpretation, but they do not make direct biological claims on their own.
- Human aDNA and animal aDNA are separate source programs with different maturity and different review burdens.
- Public outputs are downstream products. They are not the same thing as the source material that supports them.
- Collaboration networks can improve interoperability and reuse without changing the rule that direct evidence must still come from tracked source families.
If You Need The Underlying Repository-Owned Records¶
Most readers will not need to open tracked files directly. If you do, the high-signal cross-family records are:
data/collection_summary.jsondata/source_spatiotemporal_posture_registry.jsondata/adna/governance/source_library/project_source_evidence_matrix.jsondata/adna/governance/source_library/project_registry.jsondata/adna/governance/source_library/paper_registry.jsondata/adna/governance/source_library/source_intake_audit.json- source family matrix
Those records are useful after you understand the source families, not before.