Archaeology Links
University Departments (Archaeology, Anthropology and Classics)
Australian National University, Canberra ACT (Department of Archaeology and Anthropology) Australian National University, Canberra ACT (Division of Archaeology and Natural History) Charles Darwin University, Darwin NT (School of Australian Indigenous Knowledge Systems) James Cook University, Townsville QLD (School of Anthropology, Archaeology and Sociology) Latrobe University, Bundoora VIC (School of Historical and European Studies - Archaeology Program) Macquarie University, Sydney NSW (Dept. of Ancient History) Monash University, VIC (Centre for Archaeology and Ancient History) University of New England, Armidale NSW (Department of Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology) University of Western Australia, Perth WA (Centre for Archaeology) University of Western Australia, Perth WA (Department of Anthropology) University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD (School of Social Science - Anthropology) University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit) University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD (School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics) University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD (Archaeological Services Unit) University of Adelaide, South Australia (Department of Classics) University of Melbourne VIC (School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology) University of Sydney (School of Archaeology) Departments Overseas (About Archaeology)
Completed Research Theses in Archaeology (Australia)
Flinders University Australian National University The University of Queensland/ATSIS University of Sydney University of New England University of Western Australia James Cook University The University of Melbourne
List Servers
Australian Archaeology Mail List (AUSARCH-L) (This is maintained by Australian National University). Attachment limit of 250KB. For larger file sizes post it to a website or document can be forwarded to a requestor.
State, Australian and International Archaeology Associations, Government Departments and Societies
Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc (AACAI) Australian Institute of Professional Archaeologists (AIPA) Australian Rock Art Research Association (AURA) The Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA) New Zealand Archaeological Association Australian Society for Historical Archaeology (ASHA) Australian Heritage Council Heritage SA NSW Heritage Office National Trust of Australia Heritage Council of Victoria Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service National Geographic The Council for British Archaeology online Society for Historical Archaeology Society for American Archaeology Society for Archaeological Sciences Archaeology of Whaling in Southern Australia and New Zealand (AWSANZ) Flinders Archaeology Society American Schools of Oriental Research British Schools and Institutes WAC5 Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, South Australia
Museums
South Australian Museum South Australian Maritime Museum Australian National Maritime Museum Western Australian Maritime Museum Whyalla Maritime Museum, SA Axel Stenross Maritime Museum, Port Lincoln SA National Museum of Australia Australian Museum Online Queensland Museum Australian University Museums On Line Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo National Motor Museum, Birdwood SA Smithsonian Institute Museum of Classical Archaeology, University of Adelaide
Legislation
Quick Search for Heritage Legislation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 Australian Heritage Council Act 2003 Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986 Australasian Legal Information Institute National Native Title Tribunal
Libraries
Flinders University Library Adelaide University Library University of South Australia Library State Library of SA Australian Libraries Gateway National Library of Australia
Ethics
AIMA Code of Ethics (maritime) AACAI Code of Ethics (Consulting Archaeologists)
Archaeological Materials and Artefact Types Ceramics Clay Pipes (UK) http://www.claypipes.com/UK.htm Ceramics Bibliography http://www.mtsu.edu/~kesmith/TNARCHNET/Pubs/cerambib.html North Staffordshire/Stoke-On-Trent Potteries http://www.thepotteries.org/index.html Antique British Ceramics http://www.abcir.org/index.shtml The Astbury A-Z of Pottery Terms htttp://www.astbury.org/pottery/dicfctl.htm Isle of Sheppey, Kent Stoneware Bottles http://www.jjanman.freeserve.co.uk/ Archlab Ceramic Database http://www.stmarys.ca/academic/arts/anthropology/sdavis/ceramics/contents.htm Glossary of Historic Ceramics Terms http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/Historic_Ceramic_Web_Page/Historic_Glossary.htm Bibliography of Historic Ceramics http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/Historic_Ceramic_Web_Page/Historic_Bibliography.htm Ware Descriptions http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/Historic_Ceramic_Web_Page/Historic%20Ware%20Descriptions/English_Brown.htm Archaeological Ceramic Building Materials Bibliographies http://www.geocities.com/acbmg1/ The Introduction of Tobacco and Tobacco Pipes to the British Isles By Allan Peacey http://www.shef.ac.uk/assem/issue6/Cessford_text_web.htm
Glass Great Glass Antique Bottles Bottle Books The Bottle Dump Lea and Perrins Bovril Bottles Corning Glass Museum http://www.cmog.org/ Glass Bibliography Corning Museum of Glass Glass Glossary Window and Flat Glass Bibliography for Historical Archaeologists http://www.mtsu.edu/~kesmith/TNARCHNET/Pubs/glassbib.html Australian Bottle Digger (includes list of Australian manufactures and English Companies making bottles for Australian companies) http://www.users.bigpond.com/oz-riley/ Antique Wine Bottle and Black Glass Club http://www.banksconsulting.co.uk/bottles/ Antique Beer and Soda Bottles (includes descriptions and diagrams of lips, bases, shapes, closures etc) http://www.worldlynx.net/sodasandbeers/index.htm Poison Bottles http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/5772/rob.htm Database of Embossed Medicine Bottles at Midwest Archaeological Centre http://www.cr.nps.gov/mwac/bottle_glass/index.html information from archaeological reports and popular books http://www.antiquebottles.com/poch/ http://www.glassencyclopedia.com Stone Tools Glossary of Terms used in "Lithic" Analysis (ANU) Links to Resources on Stone Artefacts (ANU) Flintknapping.com http://arts.anu.edu.au/arcworld/resources/paa/arcrock.htm includes articles on tools, a catalogue of types, photographs and introduction to stone tool http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Galaxy/2863/index.html includes descriptions, photographs, and excavation reports Hyper-text Book Version of Grace, R. 1989 Interpreting the Function of Stone Tools: The quantification and computerisation of microwear analysis. B.A.R. international series 474. http://www.hf.uio.no/iakk/roger/lithic/bar/bar1.htm Stone Age Stone Tools Reference Collection http://www.hf.uio.no/iakk/roger/lithic/sarc.html Lithics Glossary http://members.aol.com/artgumbus/glossary.html Digital Stones. Analysing Stone Tools http://imnh.isu.edu/DigitalStones/intro1/AnalysingStoneToolsAnOverview.html Comparative Implementology-Pacific base with lots of photographs including stone tools, fish hooks http://www.implementology.org.pf
Faunal/Skeletal Fauna and Food Bibliography http://www.mtsu.edu/~kesmith/TNARCHNET/Pubs/foodbib.html Virtual skeleton http://www.uwyo.edu/RealLearning/4210qtvr.html
Building Materials Brick bibliography http://www.mtsu.edu/~kesmith/TNARCHNET/Pubs/brickbib.html Concrete and concrete buildings http://www.digitalpresence.com/histarch/concreteblock.html Building Conservation http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles.htm includes articles useful for archaeologists Archaeological Ceramic Building Materials Bibliographies http://www.geocities.com/acbmg1/
Metal Slag and Metallurgy Bibliography http://www.digitalpresence.com/histarch/slag.html Old Tins, South Australia http://www.geocities.com/oldtinsa/index.html Journal of Historical Metallurgy Contents list http://www.hist-met.org/hm_index.html Nails for Historical Archaeologists Bibliography http://www.digitalpresence.com/histarch/nails.html Trade Catalogues on Nails and Nail Making http://www.digitalpresence.com/histarch/nailcats.html
Other Artefact Types The Study Of Six Artefact Categories From The Wreck Site Of The Earl Of Abergavenny http://www.weymouthdiving.co.uk/research.htm Chinese insulators http://www.insulators.com/china/ includes some diagrams Industrial Archaeology Links http://www.sia-web.org/ialinks/linkmenu.html Glass and porcelain insulators http://www.insulators.com/books/index.htm Gun Cartridge Identification Bibliography http://www.digitalpresence.com/histarch/cartridg.html Gun Bibliography http://www.mtsu.edu/~kesmith/TNARCHNET/Pubs/gunbib.html Game Marble Bibliography http://www.digitalpresence.com/histarch/marble.html Marble Identification Guide http://www.marblealan.com/my.htm Non-Glass Hand Made Marbles http://marblealan.com/nonglass/
Historical Archaeology
Archaeology at Port Arthur Archaeology and Technology on the Otago Goldfields British Colonial Archaeology in Australia Casselden Place Archaeology Project A Comparative Archaeological Study of Colonial Chesapeake Culture (US)
Indigenous Archaeology
Tindale Online Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, South Australia
Maritime Archaeology
Visit the Australian Institute of Maritime Archaeology (AIMA) maritime links National Tidal Centre - Tide Information Bay Discovery Centre, Glenelg, South Australia Society for Underwater Historical Research (SUHR), South Australia (web site under construction) Maritime Archaeology Association of Victoria, Inc. Maritime Archaeology Association of Western Australia South Australian Maritime Museum Underwater Archaeology Web Directory Ships' Graveyards of South Australia National Shipwreck Place Names Project Heritage Victoria Maritime Pages
Electronic Journals
Internet Archaeology International Journal of Nautical Archaeology Mediterranean Prehistory Online Discovering Archaeology Abstracts of current articles ANU Archaeology World Stanford Journal of Archaeology Archaeology Magazine Journal of Conflict Archaeology Assemblage: The Sheffield Graduate Journal of Archaeology
Academic Texts Online
Imprints Bookshop, Adelaide Scholars Press The Blackwell Bookshops, Oxford, England Amazons Cambridge University Press Blackburn Press English Heritage Online University of Pennsylvannia Museum Publications Southern Archaeology eBooks
Computing & Statistics
Archaeology Data Service AHDS Guides to Good Practice: Virtual Reality ArchE - Harris-Matrix software for Windows Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) Calib HTML version 4.3
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing
University of Sydney's GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing links. Comprehensive.
General Resources
Archaeology news from overseas Managed by dcarlson@tamu.edu British Academy Portal ArchNet Major Archaeological web resource Digitising History - a guide to creating digital resources from historical documents Archaeology Channel ICOMOS / ISPRS Committee for Documentation of Cultural Heritage Rock Art Links Contemporary Approaches to World Rock Art Astarte Resources Isotope Analysis Service and Radiocarbon Dating CSIRO Land and Water The Institue of Human Origins Excellent multimedia presentation Becoming Human (Hominid Evolution) Geoscience Australia Australian Spatial Data Directory (ASDD) Connecting the Continent Archaeology Data Service: AHDS Guides to Good Practice News Ltd online archives Palaeoworks (ANU) Bibliography of Historical Archaeology http://www.sha.org/Research/bibresou.htm Society for Industrial Archaeology http://www.ss.mtu.edu/IA/sia.html Archiving of Digital Resources http://ahds.ac.uk/public/guides.html#archaeology
Fieldwork Opportunities Overseas and Employment
UK Archaeology Opportunities Archaeolology Abroad (Institute of Archaeology, University of London) Council for British Archaeology (CBA) Americal Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) American Centre of Oriental Research (ACOR) - Amman, Jordan Archaeological Institue of America (AIA) Fieldwork Bulletin Earthworks British Archaeological Jobs Resource SHA Jobs Notice Board
Conservation
ArtLAB, South Australia Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials (AICCM) Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) Conservation special insterest group (Australian Museums on-Line) Smithsonian Centre for Materials Research and Education Getty Conservation Institute
Geophysical Methods in Archaeology
How Geophysical Methods can help the Archaeologist
Archaeological Illustration, Photography and Digital Image Libraries
http://www.aais.org.uk 3's Company: Specialists in Archaeological Heritage and Publication Photography and Imaging Techniques in Rock Art Studies - Author: Cliff Ogleby Dave Webb Archaeological Photography PictureAustralia (National Library of Australia) DOSAA Digital Library The Nature of Clarity in Archaeological Line Drawings Technical Advisory Service for Images (UK) Archaeological Photography Bibliography (compiled by Matt Schlitz)
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