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World Wide Web Sites for Archaeologists


The following list reflects an idiosyncratic selection of WWW sites which may contain information of relevance to archaeologists. If you know of sites that should be added to this list, please send a message to Alwynne B. Beaudoin. For sites related to earth sciences, palynology or palaeoecology, please see the associated World Wide Web Sites for Palynologists list.

The sites are arranged according to the following categories:


Anthropology

Archaeology and Anthropology Departments

Computer Applications

Environmental Archaeology and Archaeobotany

  • The Dung File
    A bibliography dealing with pollen, plant macroremains, and parasite remains recovered from coprolites and latrines from archaeological sites.

European Archaeology

  • Irish Archaeology
  • The Iceman. List and links to resources dealing with the progress of work on the Iceman, whose body was found in the Austrian Alps

Geoarchaeology

  • Virtual atlas of opaque and ore minerals in their associations by R.A.Ixer and P.Duller
    Although, primarily intended for an economic geology/mineralogy audience, it does contain photomicrographs of typical ores from a number of British and Irish Bronze Age mine sites. It also has photos including placer gold grains showing their complexity and typical textures and associations for all the archaeologically important metals.

Government Agencies

Journals and Publishers

Librairies and Archives

Maritime Archaeology and Museums

Mesoamerican Archaeology

Miscellaneous archaeology sites

Museums and Exhibits

Canada
Royal Alberta Museum
Royal British Columbia Museum
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

U.S.A.
Exploratorium of Science and Art Part of Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
MASCA (Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Scrolls from the Dead Sea
University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology. Includes information on ethnobotany.

U.K.
The British Museum

Europe
Roman-Open Air Museum Hechingen-Stein, Germany. A Roman Villa dating from the 1th to the 3rd Century A.D.

Israel
Archaeological Museum, Kibbutz Ein Dor

Other areas
Museums list
Virtual Tours of Museums and Exhibits

Net Resources

Palaeoanthropology

Rock Art

Societies and Professional Organizations

Southwestern Archaeology (U.S.A., Anasazi etc.)

Specific Archaeological Sites

England
Archaeometry and Stonehenge. Includes information on recent radiocarbon dating results.
Boxgrove
Gardom's Edge, a long term landcsape and excavation project near Baslow in the Peak District

Germany
Roman-Open Air Museum Hechingen-Stein
A tour of a Roman Villa dating from the 1th to the 3rd Century A.D

Israel
Ashkelon Excavations, Israel
Tel Hazor

Turkey
Çatalhöyük - Excavation of a Neolithic Anatolian Tell

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CAP Web page launched March 8 1995
This component last updated: March 19 2009