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European Culture History

European cultural history, including archaeological sites, universities, history and prehistory, and researchers of Europe.
Alpine Lake Dwellings
Alpine Lake Dwellings are a type of archaeological site found at the edge of lakes in the Alps or other mountainous regions throughout northern and central Europe
Archaeologia Bulgarica
Archaeologia Bulgarica, published three times a year, has an emphasis on interdisciplinary research in the culture history and archaeology of Southeastern Europe.
Warrior Women
While primarily focused on the archaeological evidence for women acting as warriors and priestesses during eastern European Iron Age, the book by Jeannine Davis-Kimball with Mona Behan is a fusion of archaeology and ethnography, mythology, and culture history.
Archaeology of the Balkans
From the International Institute of Archaeology in Salt Lake City, a huge new website on archaeology in the Balkan states, including all kinds of info on sites, excavations, cultures, history, and archaeologists.
ARENA: Archaeological Records of Europe
This wonderful website from the Archaeological Data Service includes an abundance of information and original documents on culture history and archaeological sites all over Europe. In several languages, and with maybe a dozen sites listed already, this promises to be a great repository for archaeology.
Association Archéologie et Gobelets
From the University of Geneva, Switzerland, a website dedicated to the study of Bell Beaker culture history in Europe.
Beaker Folk
The Beaker folk is the name given to a cultural group widespread throughout western Europe, from the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze age (4000-2000 BC).
Bell Beaker Culture
From the Association Archéologie et Gobelets, a brief introduction to Bell Beaker culture, and a bibliography.
Bodies of the Bogs
An article in Archaeology magazine, in conjunction with an exhibit at the Silkeborg Museum, when almost all of the bog bodies of northwestern Europe were gathered together in one place.
Bog Bodies
The term bog bodies is used to refer to human burials, some likely sacrificed, recovered from peat bogs of Denmark, Germany, Holland, Britain, and Ireland.
Celtic Europe
Celtic Europe includes a considerable quantity of information on archaeology, culture history, linguistics, and mythology of the Celtic groups of Europe.
Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads
The CSEN website includes information on the archaeology and ethnography of "the nomadic (and sedentary) cultures who lived or are currently living in the vast steppe lands that stretch from southern Russia through Kazakhstan, southern Siberia, western Mongolia, and northern China."
Eastern Europe Archaeology Server
Loads of information on eastern Europe, mostly in Russian, but substantial portions in English as well. Detailed pages on archaeological sites in each of the eastern European countries, and discussion of cultural groups as well.
Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe
The online version of the Atlas contains low-resolution maps of all of Europe from AD 1-1700, maps of Roman battle locations, and maps from an encyclopedia of Roman emperors, by Christos Nüssli. English and French.
Prehistoric Europe
Barry Cunliffe (ed). 1998. Prehistoric Europe: An Illustrated History. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
World Atlas: Europe
The World Atlas of Archaeology on the Web is currently under revision. Here is the original index page for Europe.
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