Archaeology of the recent past, when written documentation is available, nevertheless has a lot to teach us about ourselves.
The Indians of the Greater Southeast is a collection of papers on Native American groups living from Florida to Texas during the first years of the European colonization of the American continent.
An electronic newsletter on sites dealing with the African-American presence in the so-called New World, from New South Associates (you'll have to scroll down some).
A letter from the field from your guide, about some research at a historic French fort site in Illinois.
From the Society for Historical Archaeology, bibliographic materials on historic archaeology, including complete contents of Historical Archaeology, John Cotter's bibliography, and a place to submit suggestions.
From Megan Springate, an indispensible collection of funding sites for historical archaeology research,
A virtual display of artifacts from the Manitoba Museum. French and English
From the University of Michigan, documents from the mid-19th century, on line and searchable, make an amazing resource for US historians and archaeologists. Takes awhile to download the images, though.
A pictorial Internet museum of buttons and other military paraphenalia from 1650-1821.
Information and an index concerning these maps, a uniform series of large-scale maps, dating from 1867 to the present and depicting the commercial, industrial, and residential sections of some twelve thousand cities and towns in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
A professional organization of archaeologists primarily interested in the historic period (post-1492) in the New World.
Historical Archaeology is published by the SHA.
An electronic discussion list of people practicing, or just interested in historic archaeology and managed by Anita Cohen-Williams.
Another electronic discussion list from Anita Cohen-Williams, this one on topics concerning the Spanish-American borderlands, 1521-1900.
A compilation of descriptions and images of historic ceramics from a site in Australia, plus a compilation of links for further research.
Commercial archaeology focuses on the material culture aspects of commerce and transportation.
Plantation archaeology is the study of plantation life, usually in the American southeast.
Commercial archaeology focuses on the material culture aspects of commerce and transportation.
