Archaeological Recording Kit

Archaeological Recording Kit (ARK) is a web-based, open source software package for recording and disseminating archaeological data.{{Cite web|url=http://ark.lparchaeology.com/|title=ARK|last=|first=|date=|website=L-P Archaeology|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-01}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.bajr.org/bajrresources/software.asp|title=Archaeology Software|last=Connolly|first=David|date=|website=BAJR|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-01}} ARK is primarily designed for recording excavations, but can also be used for archaeological surveys, palaeoenvironmental research and collections management.{{Cite web|url=http://www.collectionstrust.org.uk/item/1066-archaeological-recording-kit-ark|title=Archaeological Recording Kit (ARK)|last=Poole|first=Nick|website=Collections Trust|language=en-gb|access-date=2016-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827161332/http://www.collectionstrust.org.uk/item/1066-archaeological-recording-kit-ark|archive-date=2016-08-27|url-status=dead}}

ARK is based on the LAMP stack and MapServer, and is free software released under the GNU GPL.{{Cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/arkdb/|title = ARK}} It was developed by L-P Archaeology, a British commercial archaeology practice.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lparchaeology.com/cms/about-lp|title=About L-P|last=|first=|date=|website=L-P Archaeology|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-01}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.archaeologists.net/ro/484-l-p-archaeology|title=L - P : Archaeology|last=|first=|date=|website=Chartered Institute for Archaeologists|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807025740/http://www.archaeologists.net/ro/484-l-p-archaeology|archive-date=2016-08-07|url-status=dead}}

The Fasti Online project was built using an ARK back-end, and demonstrates its usage beyond normal archaeological recording.{{cite web |url=http://www.fastionline.org/ |title=Home |website=fastionline.org}}