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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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