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The Acropolis Restoration Project (Greek or English)
Sections include: Brief Introduction ; Analytical Presentation ; Education ; Information.

Archaeology
- A Publication of the archaeological Institute of America

  • Was There a Trojan War? (May/June 2004)
    Article by Manfred Korfmann, Director of Excavations at Troy and Professor of Archaeology, University of T¸bingen.

Archaeology Data Service (ADS)
"The aim of the Archaeology Data Service (ADS) is to collect, describe, catalogue, preserve, and provide user support for digital resources that are created as a product of archaeological research. The ADS also has a responsibility for promoting standards and guidelines for best practice in the creation, description, preservation and use of spatial information across the AHDS as a whole. For those classes of archaeological data where there are existing archival bodies the role of the ADS will be to collaborate with the appropriate national and local agencies to promote greater use of existing services."
The ADS is managed by a consortium of UK institutions, led by the University of York

Archaeology: An Introduction - an electronic companion
A selection of Internet links to supplement Kevin Greene's book Archaeology: an introduction (1996)."

Cape Field School - South Africa - (dead link)
"It contains info about Blombos Cave, a 70 000 year old site in the Cape, South Africa that is providing crucial evidence on the origins of modern human behaviour. It also provides info on an annual field school run in the Cape under the auspices of SUNY, Stony Brook.

Center for Archaeological Studies
"Montclair State University's Center for Archaeological studies offers a variety of free and low cost educational services for students of all ages."

Field School
Archaeology Field Schools offered by Dept. of Archaeology, University of Bristol, UK

PBS NOVA - Ice Mummies
"...the companion Web site for the NOVA three-hour special "Ice Mummies" originally broadcast on November 24, 1998."
Sections include: Peruvian Expedition '96 ; The Iceman's Last Meal ; Unquiet Mummies ; Reading the Remains ; Resources ; Teacher's Guide ; Transcripts.

PBS NOVA - Lost King of the Maya
Companion website to the PBS broadcast.
"The film follows the work of archeologists who are using new excavations and hieroglyphic translations to interpret the early history of Cop·n, a Classic Maya site in northern Honduras."
Sections include: Tour Cop·n with David Stuart ; Incidents of Travel ; Map of the Maya World ; Reading Maya Hieroglyphs ; Resources ; Teacher's Guide.

PBS NOVA - Lost Roman Treasure
"Experts rescue priceless mosaics from an ancient city about to vanish beneath a reservoir."
Sections include: View the Mosaics ; Last-Ditch Archeology ; Remote Excavation ; Damming the Past ; Links & Books ; Teacher's Guide ; Program Transcript.

PBS NOVA - Mystery of the First Americans
"The film documents the discovery and ensuing controversy over the Kennewick Man, a well-preserved, 9,000-year-old human skeleton found in Washington State in 1996."
Sections include: Does Race Exist ; Meet Kennewick Man ; Claims for the Remains ; The Dating Game ; Resources.

PBS NOVA - Secrets of Lost Empires
"Welcome to the companion Web site to 'Secrets of Lost Empires,' a special five-part NOVA series originally aired in February of 2000. In the series, NOVA crews attempt to ferret out long-forgotten secrets of early architects and engineers. How did they design and erect the medieval war machines known as trebuchets? Egyptian obelisks? The Easter Island stone monoliths called moais? Roman baths? The rainbow bridges of ancient China? Here's what you'll find online:" Medieval Siege ; Pharaoh's Obelisk ; Easter Island ; Roman Bath ; China Bridge.

Radiocarbon WEB-info
"Radiocarbon dating is the technique upon which chronologies of the late Pleistocene and Holocene have been built. This resource is designed to provide online information concerning the radiocarbon dating method. We hope it will be of occasional use to radiocarbon users and interested students alike."
By Tom Higham, Radiocarbon Laboratory, University of Waikato, New Zealand

  • K-12
    "Welcome to the K12 section of the Radiocarbon WEBinfo site. The aim here is to provide clear, understandable information relating to radiocarbon dating for the benefit of K12 students, as well as lay people who are not requiring detailed information about the method of radiocarbon dating itself."

SARC - Stone Age Reference Collection
"...a reference program containing information about the typology, technology, raw materials and study methods of the Stone Age."
Developed for the teaching department of the Institute of Archaeology (IAKK), University of Oslo, Norway


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Seattle Times - Unearthing Tse-whit-zen
4-Part Special Report, May 22 - May 25, 2005.
"The [Washington] state Department of Transportation uncovered Tse-whit-zen in August 2003, while building a dry dock on the Port Angeles waterfront. After spending about $60 million ó and finding 335 intact skeletons ó the state abandoned the project. The future of the site is unknown."
Part 1: A Culture Emerges ; Part 2: Spirit of Pestilence ; Part 3: A Costly Mistake ; Part 4: Rebirth of a Culture. Sections include: Introduction ; Epilogue ; Study Guide ; Resources ; Multimedia.
Free registration may be required.

The Sport of Life and Death - The Mesoamerican Ballgame (Grades 6-12)
"An online journey into the ancient spectacle of athletes and gods"
Sections include: Classroom Connections ; Explore World ; Explore Game ; Experience Game ; Experience Exhibit.

Teaching Archaeology
A United Kingdom Directory of Resources
Edited by Donald Henson, English Heritage & Council for British Archaeology
"It is now possible for people to learn about archaeology in school from the age of five. There is a vast amount of resources for teachers to use in schools and at GCSE / A Level. This directory is a comprehensive guide to what is available. It includes people and organisations, where artefacts and sites can be visited and classroom material like books, videos and software...The online version of this publication was released in May 1999 (after the print version sold out). The text has been updated where names and addresses are known to have changed since the directory was first published in print in 1996."

Traditions of the Sun : Explore the World's Ancient Observatories
"We invite you to explore this site, to learn about the ancestral Native Americans in New Mexico and the ancient Maya in the Yucatan, while gaining a better understanding of the active Sun, and its importance to themóand, to us."

Unwrapped: The Mysterious World of Mummies - (dead link)
This most interesting multimedia site employs Micromedia Flash and Shockwave extensively so a high speed connection is required.
- Discover.com



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