Science

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).

Features information on the program, faculty, speaker series, and post-doctoral fellowship opportunities. Missouri, USA.

Japanese academic research institution in Japan devoted to African Studies. Details organizational research initiatives and provides history and photographs from past activities.

Provides an overview of the Center's activities. Features mission statement, links to related sites, calendar of events, as well as contact details. USA.

African Studies Program.

Offers field courses in Africa with guided integrated studies, biology, anthropology, geology, and political science.

A practical guide on how to learn the Chinese language.

Sells books and journals.

University of Texas at Austin program offers information for current and prospective students. Features news, publications and event calendar.

Community site on Bengali language, arts, literature and history.

Europe-wide information system on cultural policy measures and instruments. Includes country profiles, overview, resource links and related information.

News and commentary about economics and politics in Latin America.

Stockholm University's Institute in Latin American Studies.

Center for Latin American Studies

A non-profit Arab research organization, which is not affiliated with any political organization or government. Features information on journals, bookstore, library, and contact details. Located in Beirut.

Serves as a means of communication between academics, policy-makers, practitioners, journalists and the informed public. Features information for contributors and subscribers. Also offers tables of contents of back issues.

Department of Media and Communications. Norway.

Nonprofit group uses debate training to help urban high school and college students improve their career opportunities. Programs, tools, and news.

Interdisciplinary scholarly organization concerned with rhetoric as a subject of study and instruction. Posts its history and constitution.

A short paper overviewing what a CSA is and what it takes to get one going from a farmers perspective. Includes a good bibliography of resources. Prepared in 1997 by Lane Greer of Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

British charity specialising solely in microfinancial services for the developing world. Provides an overview of clients and activities, affiliated organizations, and accounts, as well as past publications.

An interactive portal for information and knowledge sharing on sustainable development and poverty reduction. Includes comprehensive database of development projects and an international procurement marketplace.

Professor of Economics at Duke University. Contains research, software, and contact information.

An annotated collection of links to econometric software resources, by John Kane.

Brief coverage of hundreds of packages relevant to econometricians. Links to other related software lists.

Functions for estimating, simulating, and testing economic models, particularly volatility models.

Article from the Wikipedia open encyclopedia project that discusses history, characteristics and other approaches.

Project to set up a Global Resource Bank as a future alternative to capitalism.

A collection of interactive EconModel applications that includes many of the most important models in microeconomics and macroeconomics.

Electronic journal from the Economics Research Network (part of the Social Science Research Network) that publishes paper abstracts. Fully searchable. Hundreds of abstracts available in the archives.

Detailed fundamental research into monetary gold. Includes history of money, commodity essentials, economic context. Also real-time gold prices and charts.