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title: 'roadDB: Access Data from the ROCEEH Out of Africa Database (ROAD)'
version: 0.1.0
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289513
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.roadDB
abstract: 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.
authors:
- family-names: Kanaeva
  given-names: Zara
  email: zara.kanaeva@geographie.uni-tuebingen.de
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1989-1494
- family-names: Borre Pedersen
  given-names: Jesper
  email: jesper-borre.pedersen@ifu.uni-tuebingen.de
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3468-0986
- family-names: Sommer
  given-names: Christian
  email: christian.sommer@uni-tuebingen.de
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9062-0876
- family-names: Streicher
  given-names: Timo Patrick
  email: timo.streicher@googlemail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2193-4308
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: 'The ROCEEH Out of Africa Database (ROAD): A large-scale research database
    serves as an indispensable tool for human evolutionary studies'
  authors:
  - family-names: Kandel
    given-names: A. W.
  - family-names: Sommer
    given-names: C.
  - family-names: Kanaeva
    given-names: Z.
  - family-names: Bolus
    given-names: M.
  - family-names: Bruch
    given-names: A. A.
  - family-names: Groth
    given-names: C.
  - family-names: Haidle
    given-names: M. N.
  - family-names: Hertler
    given-names: C.
  - family-names: Heß
    given-names: J.
  - family-names: Malina
    given-names: M.
  - family-names: Märker
    given-names: M.
  - family-names: Hochschild
    given-names: V.
  - family-names: Mosbrugger
    given-names: V.
  - family-names: Schrenk
    given-names: F.
  - family-names: Conard
    given-names: N. J.
  journal: PLOS ONE
  year: '2023'
  volume: '18'
  issue: '8'
  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289513
  start: e0289513
repository: https://sommergeo.r-universe.dev
commit: a6da45385c4849c98293b0288806bc11370767f8
date-released: '2026-05-05'
contact:
- family-names: Sommer
  given-names: Christian
  email: christian.sommer@uni-tuebingen.de
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9062-0876