World Atlas of Archaeology on the Web
Ancient Civilizations
Archaeologists and Adventurers
Artifact Studies
Book Reviews in Archaeology
Current Digs (2004 Field Season)
Current Issues, News, and Events
Earth Sciences
Historical Studies
Humans and Cultural Studies
Humor, Fiction, Entertainments
Legal and Ethical Issues
Analysis and Excavation Methods
Prehistoric Cultures
Resources for the Amateur and Armchair
Resources for Beginning Students
Resources for Field and Lab Technicians
Resources for the Professional
Resources for Graduate Students
Resources for Teachers
Resources for the Writer
The Study of Regions of the World
Studies of Time Periods
Theoretical Studies
Geoarchaeology
Experimental Archaeology
Resources from every country in the world, collected and maintained by your Guide. Includes information on archaeological sites, university programs,current researchers, and cultural history.
Greek and Roman, Incan and Maya, Indus Valley and Mississippian - here's the place to learn about the great ancient civilizations of our past.
Biographies and directories, email lists and professional information provide ways to learn about how archaeologists live and what they do; how the history of archaeology has changed and how to contact current day researchers.
Archaeological investigations begin with the small finds collected during the excavations. These pages include information about specialized studies of various artifact types, as well as specialized techniques and professions of artifact analysis.
Book notes on a selection of books on many different archaeological topics and issues, including everything from children's books to books for the general public to books for the professional.
Excavations during the 2004 field season will be carried out all over the world. Here's a selection of the world's digs.
When archaeology news hits the world at large, sometimes it's difficult to know where the archaeology starts and the "news" begins. This page contains information on how to get more news, as well as current stories such as the Brickell and Kennewick Man studies.
Since archaeology is mostly done on the grounds, many related sciences assist the archaeologist in his or her work. Studies here include geology, geography, astronomy, biology, GIS, remote sensing, underwater studies, and the like.
Much research has been undertaken in the last couple of centuries of the world's history. These pages include link collections for the 18th through 20th centuries, explorers and early travels, frontier sites, military and battle sites, historical cemeteries, and urban and industrial studies.
The study of anthropology has loaned a great deal to archaeology. These studies include cultures and ethnic groups, gender-specific studies, artisan studies, human origins, indigenous peoples, archaeoastronomy, forensic archaeology, and related issues.
Books and videos, short original fiction, humorous songs, literary efforts, and archaeology of the truly weird; just the ticket to lighten up your life.
Global legislation, health and safety issues, ethical issues, looting and vandalism, NAGPRA and repatriation, archaeological theory, and current events frame the pages in this section.
C14 laboratories, artifact studies, archaeometry, fauna and flora, GIS, computers, quantitative methods, all of these are tools of the compleat archaeologist.
The archaeology of hunter-gatherer societies, how we all made a living before we discovered agriculture and writing and the other tools of civilization. Clovis and Folsom, Upper Paleolithic societies, megalithic sites.
Clubs and associations to join; videos and books; fiction, stories and songs; papers on what it's like to be an archaeologist; early travels and adventurers.
What every wannabe archaeologist should know; a collection of information on how to get started and what being an archaeologist is really like.
This page includes contacts for networking, archaeologist directories, and a raft of articles on what it's like to be a field technician and how to be trained and get a job.
Bibliographies, directories, associations, research tools for the professional. Online resources and book reviews; employment opportunities and professional associations.
Contact points, histories, and a guide to graduate departments; an eight part series on getting into graduate school and what to expect there; interviews, job hunting and a step-by-step guide to applying to graduate school.
Resources for K-12 teachers and college teachers as well; curriculum guides, clip art, associations, other sites of interest on About.com, health and safety issues, bibliographies, clubs and associations.
Dictionaries, bibliographies, book reviews, thesauri, clip art, maps and mapping, and other resources for the science writer, whether for technical material, for general public writing, or for web writing.
Much--but not all--archaeology is conducted within specific regions of the world. This page lists resources for Africa and the Near and Far East, North and South America, the Middle East, the Arctic and Subarctic regions, Europe and Australia.
Sometimes archaeologists study the field in slices of time; this includes the Bronze Age, Paleoindian, Neolithic, Medieval/Renaissance, and other periods.
Experimental archaeology, geoarchaeology, gender studies, and the like. The archaeology of ideas.
Most archaeological remnants are found in the dirt, so it only makes sense that we ought to study the geology of the earth.
The reconstruction of how people did things in the past.