Atlas GIS has been obtained specifically for use with the site file. Another option under consideration is the development of a multimedia site file database. The Office of Archaeological Services is already developing several multimedia databases in conjunction with the Advanced Technology Group from the University of Alabama Seebeck Computer Center. A multimedia site file could include all the existing data, plus maps, photographs, plans and profiles, along with a multimedia front end to simplify the system's use. As technologies for information management improve at an ever accelerating rate it is difficult to guess what the Alabama State Site File will be like in ten years, or even five years.
Form is hard to predict.
But whatever its form, we hope there is no change in the substance of the Alabama State Site File. We hope the Alabama State Site File is, and remains, a useful information source for researchers and managers concerned with the archaeological resources of Alabama.