History

NABO works to aid northern logistics, reduce costs, and pool funding for common projects. NABO has sponsored joint purchases of vehicles and other expensive field gear and has provided radiocarbon dates and specialist assistance for multiple field projects. Working groups have produced common data management systems such as NABONE, and created the NABO Project Management System, collaborated to produce the dataARC system and is further striving to make data accessible, searchable and interactive. Field staff exchange programs have provided opportunities for spreading best practice and improving the comparability of field and laboratory work across the region. NABO works with local institutions and communities to improve outreach and education at all levels. Monographs, edited conference volumes, special issues of journals, and many individual articles in peer reviewed journals have all resulted from NABO collaborative efforts over the past years. NABO successes have been the direct product of the hard work and exceptionally strong personal commitment of its members for three decades, and it is gratifying to see equal enthusiasm and still greater energy exhibited by the many younger scholars now involved in North Atlantic collaborative research.