Archaeology

Virtual trip through ancient sites across the world.

A guide to world-wide universities that provide graduate degrees in archaeology, with a searchable keyword index to faculty interests.

Explore lost civilizations and cultures, mystic places, sacred writings, unexplained artifacts, and science mysteries. Biographies of popular proponents of alternative theories.

Online editions of the bi-monthly Science Frontiers digest, produced by William R. Corliss

Provides information on a project, videos and book series that claims to solve historical, scientific, theological and Biblical mysteries.

Is there evidence recorded in myths and legends that there have been global disasters which have destroyed ancient civilisations? Could these catastrophes explain the true nature of the gods? Paul Whitesman discusses these topics.

Jennifer Hutchey lists archaeology fieldwork, employment advertisements, field schools, internships, volunteering, and related resources, mainly for North America.

Archaeological practices and their effect on Geophysical survey results, with suggestions for new standards.

Online news, reviews and virtual galleries of art and archaeology exhibitions in Europe and the United States; international calendar by European journalists and critics. [English/French]

Open access academic journal published annually. It aims to promote research into the history of human populations inhabiting South-Western Asia.

An international, interdisciplinary journal published bimonthly. Interscience Wiley lists available issues, with abstracts of articles.

A blog and site for understanding the science behind the hype of Dec 21, 2012.

Links to all ancient astronomy related articles by James Q. Jacobs. Covers many cultures. Includes a bibliography and photos.

Magazine presenting unorthodox views of the prehistory of the Americas, focusing on the early arrival of people from Europe, Africa, the far East and Polynesia.

Archive of articles on archaeology, folklore, mythology and earth mysteries published in "At the Edge" and its predecessor, "Mercian Mysteries," 1989-1998.

Internet site for this University of North Carolina Assistant Professor. Research interests include craft specialization in Mesoamerica, especially Maya metallurgy, and Plantation archaeology in the SE United States.

Detailed profile of this Trent University Professor. Research interests include Mesoamerican archaeology, especially the culture history of the ancient Maya.

Find individuals, institutions, and dissertations relating to American Egyptology. Sponsored by Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago and the University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition.

Curriculum vita of this University of Wisconsin Professor. Primary areas of study are the Iron Age of southwest Germany, gender and the history of archaeology.

Brief profile of this University of Missouri Professor. Research includes the archaeology of hunter-collectors, 19th-century American frontier settlement, origins of domestication, and ceramic technology.

International Congress on Cultural Heritage for representatives from various fields to come together and discuss new ideas for technology to help preserve cultural heritage. Held in Vienna, Austria on April 8-12, 2003.

Commercial radiocarbon dating laboratory in Miami, Florida, US. Detailed description of methods and services.

Paleoanthropology set on the savannas of northern Kenya, the site made famous by Leakey.

Involved in experimental archaeology. Provides its goals, membership details, a meeting schedule, a calendar of events, projects, and publications.

Non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging research into Near Eastern archaeology. Includes information on publications, annual meeting, membership, overseas centers, and excavations.

Scholarly article by Donald P. Ryan, from C.N. Reeves (ed.), After Tutankhamun: Research and Excavation in the Royal Necropolis at Thebes.

An article from the BBC reporting the discovery in Uttar Pradesh of gold jewelry belonging to the Indus Valley.

An article by Chris J D Kostman discussing the theorized collapse and transformation of the Harappan Civilization.

Maps and 3D images, objects, a slide show, games, animations and educational materials reveal the city's portrait and its shape as it changed over time. Includes details of the town's archaeological unit and its work.

Online journal for the study of Northwestern Europe from the Late Roman Empire to the advent of the Norman Empire aimed at both professionals and amateurs. US-based, but has British academics on the editorial board.

Dartmouth College provides searchable text, galleries of expandable thumbnail photographs and bibliographies on topics including Minoan and Mycenean architecture.

A talk by Jared Diamond, Ph.D. from UCLA that addresses the question of why human history unfolded differently on different continents for the last 13,000 years.

Annual summary of archaeological literature: includes subscription information and subscribers-only online database.

Offers links to field data, documentation, networking, institutions, universities, and SAFA, the Society of Africanist Archaeologists.

From the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology on the first peopling of the New World. Highlights: Interviews with scientists, QuickTime Interactive timeline photorealistic reconstructions games for younger visitors.

British Egyptologist puts forward an astronomical theory for the northern alignment of the Great Pyramid at Giza. BBC article.

Features a collaborative project between SECEF, Ideum, the NPS, other organizations, and individuals. Contains an overview, photos, a timeline, news, credits, and contact information.

An interdisciplinary website dedicated to research, education and care of heritage in Astronomy in Culture.

The NASA site for Sun-Earth day 2005 (March 20). The theme is 'Ancient Observatories, Timeless Knowledge'. Includes webcasts.

A detailed examination of M. Griaule's 1950 paper "Un Systeme Soudanais de Sirius".

Sponsored by the Archaeology Data Service at the University of York on Wednesday 29 January 2003.

The laboratory specializes in excavations at prehistoric sites in Israel and the biohistory of the eastern Mediterranean people.

Ole Hagen argues that this inscription from Minoan Crete is a calendar. Includes drawings of both faces of the disc.

Program integrates a series of relevant courses taught in the Departments of Anthropology, Geography and Geology and offers an interdisciplinary B.Sc. and H.B.Sc. degree in geoarchaeology.

Toti Calo's photographic book of megaliths in Europe and specifically Apulia, Italy.

Includes a worldwide database of rock art links.

Research to retrace the history, morphology and ecology of the extinct aurochs (Bos primigenius).

Offers undergraduate and graduate programs. Includes information about departments, academic programs, publications and the library.

The Department of Archaeology offers post-graduate and undergraduate studies. Courses, module catalogue, staff, research, publications, seminars.

Art and Archaeology Department. Programs for undergraduate and higher degrees, staff, and a notice board for current students.