Books, Television, Films, and Reviews:
- Poggio Colla CD-review - Issue 4 of *Internet Archaeology* has opened with a review by Phil Perkins of the Poggio Colla 1995 Season Sampler CD-ROM. The sampler gives details of the excavations at Poggio Colla, an Etruscan hilltop settlement in Tuscany.
- Edinburgh University Press - useful titles include The Handbook for British and Irish Archaeology: Sources and Resources by Cherry Lavell. Answers questions such as: Where can I find an amateur archaeological society to join? How can I find out more about a particular aspect of archaeology? Which are the most useful available texts in this field? Which universities run archaeology courses? A copy of Edinburgh's archaeology catalogue can be obtained from Katy.Lockwood@ed.ac.uk.
- A Mostly Complete Piltdown Man Bibliography - A fine annotated bibliography about the famous Piltdown fraud and its treatment in the literature
- IRIS, Integrated Research Information System - An online catalog for the collections of the Getty Research Institute. IRIS displays bibliographic records of over three hundred and fifty thousand book and serial titles, as well as descriptions of approximately three thousand archival and photograph collections; material includes European art, archaeology and architecture from the Bronze Age onwards
- Time Team - a popular TV programme that stages 3-day professional excavations in order to solve archaeological conundrums. You need a plug-in that reads Director type files before you can visit this URL.
- William Wilde's Lough Corrib (1867) - A scanned version (not yet fully proofed) of Wilde's famous book, with many descriptions and illustrations of archaeological sites and historic monuments
- Phoibos Verlag - A specialist Austrian publisher on classical archaeology.
- Version 2 (History and Archaeology) of "Essentials of Statistical Methods" - details of the book.
- C.I.R.T. - International Center for Retrieval of New, Ancient and Rare Books Warning - if you visit they may send you unsolicited book listings
- Castle Bookshop - a specialist bookseller dealing mainly in books about Archaeology, Local History, Architecture, Wales, Celtic Studies and linguistics.
- Römerbuch - details of Auf Römerstraßen durchs Land, a new book on museums and sites in Roman SW Germany
- Review of Potter and Johns Roman Britain
- Books on the Mediterranean - a wide range of archaeology books and excavation reports from the catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania Museum
- The volume covering the symposium "Aerial Archaeology in Eastern- and Central Europe" is now available. Click here for more details.
- Cinema Archeologico - The result of a short season of archaeological films, this 'programme' has details and resumes of a wide range of such films, forming an extremely useful resource.
- Archaeology on Film - An electronic database of archaeology film reviews maintained by Heidi Schultz, this has good critical discussion of films used regularly in teaching archaeology, including some with European subject matter, and invites further reviews.
Internet Resource Guides:
- WWW Virtual Library for Anthropology
- WWW Virtual Library for Archaeology - all areas outside Europe.
- Archaeology in Luxembourg - Information on iron age and Gallo-Roman archaeology in Luxembourg, with a large number of excellent pages of excavation reports and related on-line papers, opportunities for excavation, bibliographies, a chat-room and a message board.
- Archeo-125 - An association dedicated to studying the archaeology of Basse-Normandie, with details of events, publications, excavations open to volunteers, a photo gallery and a paper on the prehistory of Potigny.
- Gacetilla de Arqueologia - An excellent resource, updated monthly, about Spanish archaeology, with information about museums, biographies of archaeologists, excavations, exhibitions, publications, a hypermail forum, and a directory of archaeology with links to a wide range of Spanish and other organisations and resources.
- Roman Archaeology Field Reports - A page with links to field reports of Roman archaeology, the majority in Europe
- Anthropology Resources on the Internet - Allen Lutins' guide to anthropology (including much archaeology) on the Net.
- Ancient World Web - Julia Hayden excellent efforts to provide access to everything to do with the Ancient World.
- Nordic Underwater Archaeology
- The Viking Network Web - A resource for education and the Vikings, in Norse and English. Last updated 2/97.
- Scotland's Past - A website for Scottish archaeology and history, hosting the official Web pages for the Council for Scottish Archaeology, The National Committee on Carved Stones in Scotland and the Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society. Within the next few weeks the Scottish Trust for Underwater Archaeology will be added. Also a history and archaeology News page and a comprehensive Links page.
Archeologie et WWW - A resource in French for worldwide archaeology, with a page of European links organised by country.
- British Archaeology on the Internet
- Archäologie in Deutschland - Virtual Library for German archaeology (also available in English), sorted by discipline/subject and institutions.
- Trent & Peak Archaeology Trust's UK Archaeology page - the old url will automatically forward users for the time being.
- I.A.Recordings - Founded in 1982, I.A.Recordings is dedicated to the recording of past and present British industrial activity on film and video. This website includes a short description of industrial archaeology, and links to other industrial archaeology pages across the world.
- ArchDATA - The webserver for French archaeology, with links to CNRS, universities, museums, research centres, government bodies, reports and exhibitions, bibliographies and news (in French).
- CIMEC Information Centre for Culture and Heritage - Described as the 'gateway to the Romanian cultural heritage', this fine new resource gives access to a wide range of archaeological information from Romania, including 160 excavation reports (in Romanian), Treasures of the Romanian Cultural Heritage (in English, with images), archaeological museums and collections, information on archaeologists in Romanian museums, abstracts of CAA96 papers from Iasi conference and (to come) archaeological sites excavated during the past ten years.
- Internet Resources for Heritage Conservation, Archaeology, and Historic Preservation - Peter Stott's invaluable guide
- Archéologie et Électronique - La rubrique archéologique d'Aiolos
- ROMARCH, crossroads for the art and archaeology of Italy and the provinces of Rome, ca. 1000 B.C.-A.D. 600.
- Archaeological Resources for Rome - New Laboratory for Teaching and Learning at Columbia University
- Clickable Map of the Empire: excellent resource to find Web documents for 54 individual Roman provinces
- Underwater Archaeology Resources - an index to resources for underwater archaeology on the Internet
- North-European Archaeology - under development at Umeå University, Sweden. It will eventually link to all departments conducting North European archaeology.
- ABZU Guide to resources for the study of the ancient Near East - mirrored from Oriental Institute, Chicago
- Irish Archaeology Home Page - A guide to Irish archaeology resources. Includes a list of relevant journals published in Ireland and an e-mail directory of Irish archaeologists.
Journals:
- Analecta Prehistorica Leidensia - annual research journal by the Leiden Institute of Prehistory. Contents, prices and ordering form.
- Antiquity - a quarterly journal for archaeology - Includes the full contents of the most recent issues, including the first pages of some highlights among the articles; summary content of less recent issues; and the index to vols. 51-69 (1977-1995).
- ARCHAEOLOGY Magazine - reports on the latest archaeological news from Europe and around the world. It is an official publication of the Archaeological Institute of America.
- Archaeological Dialogues - details of this English-language journal from the Netherlands.
- Archaeology Ireland - with sample articles from the new issue.
- Assemblage - the Sheffield Graduate Journal of Archaeology.
- Athena Review, a quarterly journal of archaeology, history, and exploration.
- Ausgrabungen und Funde - details of the journal
- Classics Ireland online, the journal of the Classical Association of Ireland. Volume 3 (1996) has already been issued in traditional form but now it is available here. Contains several archaeological articles, including Claudine Dauphin on the excavation of a bath/brothel complex in the Byzantine Holy Land and John Curran on digging under the Vatican and a review of Ray Laurence's Roman Pompeii.
- Council for Independent Archaeology Newsletter 20 - Contents: The Flag Fen meeting, May 18th, Portable Antiquities, a Discussion Document, The Archaeological Investigations Project, Treasure Trove or Treasure Bill?
- Current Archaeology
- Cyberarqueologo Portugues - Revista da Associacao Independente Arqueologia dedicada a Arqueologia em Portugal. Journal on Portugese archaeology by independent group.
- Electronic Antiquity - gopher service.
- Forum Archaeologiae - Austrian Journal of Archaeology - A new quarterly journal of (mainly classical) archaeology published in Vienna, the first german-language internet archaeology journal.
- Gacetilla de Arqueologia - An excellent resource, updated monthly, about Spanish archaeology, with information about museums, biographies of archaeologists, excavations, exhibitions, publications, a hypermail forum, and a directory of archaeology with links to a wide range of Spanish and other organisations and resources.
- Internet Archaeology - Launched August 1996. The editor writes: "Call for papers available at the Home Page. Internet Archaeology will concentrate on final excavation and fieldwork reports and on data-rich papers of all types. We will be making use of the indexing and linking facilities of the Web rather than the instant publishing side."
Issues 1 - 4 currently available.
Please note that to see the papers you will need to be a registered user (there is a registration form to fill in on the web pages, and you will NOT be committing yourself to any payments of any kind). The journal is currently free, so please come and browse! The editors look forward to your feedback.
- Journal of Material Culture
- Journal of Roman Archaeology
- Journal of World Anthropology
- Medieval Life - "aims to be popular printed magazine yet one which presents to its readers information, ideas and images which are not easily accessible elsewhere. We hope to give it freshness and topicality by publishing the fruits of recent research in a way which does not demand prior knowledge of the subject. We also hope to encourage the pursuit of readers' interests by providing reviews of books, important exhibitions, conferences etc." - Richard Briggs, editor.
- NOTES - Italian Archaeological Bulletin. Publication forum for short papers up to Iron Age, includes Announcements section. Based at Ferrara University.
- Old World Archaeology Newsletter
- Online Archaeology
- Paleo-Aktueel - annual review of work carried out by the Groningen Institute for Archaeology. Contents only.
- Paleohistoria - scientific publications by Groningen Institute of Archaeology. Contents only.
- Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali - Pubblicazioni, Abstracts e Preprints section includes links to three volumes of Preistoria Alpina (1992-4) with online abstracts
- Revista de Estudios Ibéricos - Homepage and on-line articles from the journal (in Spanish)
- Rivista Archeologia Viva - an on-line journal for underwater archaeology
- Theoretical Anthropology
- Tipperary Historical Journal - Listed contents of first ten vols from 1988, including many archaeological articles.
- TRACCE - TRACKS, On Line Rock Art Bulletin, by Footsteps of Man, Valcamonica, Italy.
Library catalogues and Bibliographies:
Access to online catalogues in Europe's National Libraries, German University Libraries, and 12 British research libraries.
Online publications:
On-line Services:
- Archaeology Data Service - home page of the brand-new UK site for spatial archaeological (meta-)data.
- Panel of archaeological indexers - maintained by Lesley and Roy Adkins. Link timed out.
- IRIS, Integrated Research Information System - An online catalog for the collections of the Getty Research Institute. IRIS displays bibliographic records of over three hundred and fifty thousand book and serial titles, as well as descriptions of approximately three thousand archival and photograph collections; material includes European art, archaeology and architecture from the Bronze Age onwards